A Rain Garden or "bioretention basin" is a vegetated depression in an urban landscape that collects, treats, and recharges storm water into the ground. Because it is a garden as much as it is a ...

Shirley MacFarland’s weekly community column featuring news and notes from Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton and ...

From rain gardens to using AI, gardening trends set to be big in 2025 - Native species, changing climate-tolerant plants and ...

Homeowners often select native plants to grow in their rain gardens. Indiana native plant species are commonly grown in rain gardens because of their adaptation to the local climate, soils, and many ...

To overcome this, the rain garden slopes from level ground to a 6” deep trough. The area receives full sun. The plant species were selected for full sun tolerance. All plants are native to Illinois ...

Musk mallow has attractive pink blooms, pretty foliage, and a pleasing aroma. But it's invasive in some areas, so consider ...

Growing colorful and distinctive North American native flowers as ground cover is a great way to attract pollinators and ...

For years we ignored the benefits of the native plants that grew around us ... Think of what it would be like to have a low maintenance rain garden that would be hardy and beautiful.

Over the past year, Anne King and her five-year-old daughter have grown native plants in their Portland, Oregon, yard to attract wildlife like birds. Although she knows that gardening can be ...

The Native Plant Sale features more than 100 rare, unusual, and favorite varieties of native wildflowers, shrubs, and grasses for all growing conditions, including drought-tolerant, rain garden, and ...

Focus your additions on plants with narrow leaves, tiny leaves, succulent leaves, fuzzy leaves, silvery leaves, hard leathery ...