Rain garden landscape

When you plant a rain garden, you do your part for the environment, filtering runoff and protecting groundwater. Pick the right plants and you're also rewarded with a beautiful garden!

A rain garden in Maryland. | Photo by Amanda Rockler As rain pours down rooftops, through gutters, across lawns and into culverts, it collects pollutants and carries these toxins and bits of trash into local rivers and streams. Along the way, rain collects in depressions in the landscape, which often

Creating a rain garden is one of the landscaping ideas that will filter runoff and protect the groundwater in your yard. This design is easier to execute with the help of this guide to making one in your own landscape.

Interested in creating a beautiful and sustainable rain garden in your yard (and attracting more birds and bees)? Check out our tips on how to get started.

Written by Stephanie Williams, Program Coordinator Photo Cred: Zoe van Duivenbode & 12,000 Rain Gardens What exactly is a "rain garden"? A rain garden is a bowl-shaped garden specially designed to catch rain water from roofs and pavement. It helps to slow down the wate

Choosing the best plants for a rain garden can be hard. Learn what to look for, and get tons of options for sun or shade on this rain garden plants list.

When it rains, it pours. So much so that heavy rainfall flows quickly off of roofs and onto some form of paved surface, occasionally with unintended consequences. With the installation of a rain garden in

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Learn how to build a rain garden that captures rainwater runoff from hard surfaces, such as a roof or pavement, for irrigation or to reduce water pollution. #watermanagement #rainbarrels #raingarden

It's a beautiful flower bed—and a reservoir for yard and roof runoff