SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Gathering in Norma Roelke's clamshell driveway on Saturday morning, more than a dozen volunteers grabbed shovels and wheelbarrows and quickly got to work digging up a section of the ...

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If you have an area in your yard that regularly collects water after a downpour, you can turn it into a landscaping asset by ...

Rain gardens one of those rare examples of something that is useful, sustainable, cost effective and also beautiful. If you’re not familiar with the concept of rain gardens, they might look like a ...

Runoff water can contain pollutants like gas, oil, pesticides, and more. When there's heavy rain, water doesn’t always have much time to soak into the ground. It can then flow into lakes and rivers, ...

Spring and fall are our rainiest seasons. Now's a good time to look at areas where water stands in yards after heavy downpours. Instead of moaning, consider how to use these spots to your advantage.

In much of North Jersey, runoff is a big problem, and it's getting worse. In an attempt to stem flooding and the resulting waterway pollution, Gov. Phil Murphy recently authorized towns to create ...

See how to create a rain garden with beautiful native and adapted plants for pollinators. When it rains, it pours, and it’s no fun when it pools up next to the house, even in a brief cloudburst. And ...

Though the reservoirs that feed Durham’s faucets–Lake Mickie and the Little River Reservoir–are still low, I am happy to report that Lake Hiltner is now filled to the brim, thanks to recent heavy ...

A rock pathway directs water from the gutter on this home to the native plants in a garden designed by landscaper Carrie Dubberley. Carrie Dubberley Taylor Kirkland loves his creek-side property in ...

The demonstration rain garden in Bartholomew County is located on the IUPU Columbus Campus in a parking lot island and had previously been a flat and open, windswept area occupied by turf grass ...