There are many ways to capture and store rainwater, but likely the best and easiest place is in the soil. To help move water ...

Lucy Papini is a senior at Boardman High School, and her hobby for gardening and environmental sustainability continues to ...

After one of the wettest years on record and the rainiest weeks on the horizon, households have been told to consider incorporating flood-tolerant plants into ‘rain gardens’ in their backyards.

Just as you yourself might run for cover in a sudden storm, one of the easiest ways to protect potted plants from very heavy downpours is to get them out of the rain garden and under shelter. 'Some ...

Dig a dry creek bed: An arroyo, or dry creek bed, is a shallow trench filled with stone, like river rock. Photo Credit: Peter Stenzel / Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 When choosing plants for your rain garden ...

A rain garden is a bowl-like depression in the ground, used to collect stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces, such as roofs and pavement, in order to infiltrate the ground rather than runoff into ...

Although Japanese spirea is a beautiful shrub, it is considered invasive in many U.S. states. Here are some beautiful, native ...

A rain garden is an area populated with plants that captures and retains stormwater so plant roots absorb the water and any pollutants before it goes into a body of water, Chelius said.

If you live in a chilly zone and know how to overwinter a garden, you may well have cut your delphiniums back already. Yet ...

Louisiana’s winter climate can be challenging for gardeners, but with the right tips, you can keep your garden thriving all ...