For the past three years, engineering consultant Michael Antinelli has worked with the city of Miami Beach and its residents ...

Whether you’re a gardener, an environmentalist or simply a homeowner who wants to make more productive use and add value to your property, rain gardens are a great option to consider. “First and ...

South Bay designer Shelkie Tao specializes in water-efficient landscaping, including rain gardens. Photo courtesy Shelkie Tao/Water Efficient Gardens. Whether you’re looking to make your landscaping ...

“We weren’t giving them all the tools to feel really confident, and the master rain gardener programs really give them the best of how to do it and how to avoid mistakes,” says Elizabeth Hiser, ...

Whether you live near the coast or west of the Intracoastal Waterway, an old saying holds true, “It never rains till it pours!” While our nation’s average annual rainfall is about 38 inches a year, ...

The 16th Avenue Tree Lawn Rain Garden is a demonstration of a low-cost, owner-maintained strategy for use of a tree lawn to temporarily store, infiltrate and filter stormwater collected from the roof ...

Rain gardens come in all shapes, sizes, colours, and textures, yet they share a few common features: a shallow bowl, gently sloped berms, and clear inlets and outlets for water.

When it rains, it pours -- off the roof, the driveway and the street. The rain carries with it motor oil from driveways and roads, herbicides and pesticides spread on lawns and other yucky things, ...

A little extra rain may not seem like a big deal for Seattleites, but stormwater runoff can collect pollutants and be harmful to the environment, contaminating streams, wetlands, lakes and marine ...

“IF YOU DON’T already have rain gardens, there’s no excuse not to do this,” declares Eleanor Trainor. Her freshly revamped Ballard garden is the first one completed under Seattle Public Utilities’ ...

A workshop on creating and maintaining a residential rain garden will be held June 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Jefferson Elementary School and Remington Middle School complex at 628 ...