According to Bakacs, “a properly-designed rain garden should drain within 24-36 hours, because you don’t want the garden to attract or breed mosquitoes, and you may need to amend the soil to ...

For most residential rain gardens, Dodson recommends digging 12 inches down and adding 6 inches of gravel. Ferns are suitable plants for rain gardens. "It's really hard work digging it out," he said.

Because of that, you want your rain garden to be at least ten feet away from the foundation or any buildings. “That can definitely be an issue if you’ve got a really small yard,” Russel notes.

A rain garden is a green infrastructure project that can improve the quality of stormwater, minimize pollution, and enhance biodiversity and pollinator habitat. Purdue, Iowa State and Illinois-Indiana ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to learn something new, meet others, help the planet, or simply to do something about that permanent muddy spot in your yard, consider ...

Rain garden plants can be used to create a low-maintenance, ... It can grow up to 4-6 feet tall so will add vertical interest ...

Size & location. When considering adding a rain garden, “I would say the location of the downspouts is the number one factor,” Tao said. “Number two is space: A rain garden must be at least ...

Rain gardens are attractively-landscaped, depressional areas that help manage stormwater runoff on site. Instead of going into a storm drain, water from the roof of the Porter County Visitor Center ...

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 ...

Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District, Chagrin River Watershed Partners, and Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District announced they are offering five Master Rain Gardener courses in 2025.

Seattle Public Utilities is sponsoring a citywide effort to install rain gardens in residential yards. The effort is part of a larger program to help meet federal requirements of the Clean Water Act.