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There are a lot of reasons you may want to install a rain garden. Maybe you are interested in surrounding yourself with beautiful native plants, or looking to attract butterflies, birds, and bees.
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A rain barrel is a containment system connected to your downspout that collects rain water from a roof to store water for later use. Stored rainwater can be used around the outside of the home for watering gardens, lawns, and even car washing.
Permeable pavers allow stormwater to slowly infiltrate into the ground, replenishing groundwater and improving water quality through natural filtration processes.
Downspout disconnection redirects rooftop runoff into lawns, gardens, or rain barrels where it can slowly absorb and reduce stormwater’s impact on local waterways. Learn how this small change can make a big difference for your home and local environment.
Explore the wonderful world of witch-hazel in winter!
Urban trees provide many benefits to our communities. Find all the urban trees resources you need here, including a video about to plant a tree and calculate your Tree Equity Score.
These gardens filled with deep-rooted native plants help stabilizes slopes, reduce erosion, absorbs stormwater runoff, and provides pollinator habitats.
Learn how to reduce your stormwater runoff with rain gardens!
As any home gardener knows, a healthy garden can include plenty of variety. However, when selecting what plants to put in your garden, it is important to be picky.
To be a conscious consumer is to be aware of what you buy and use, and the impact it has on the world. It sounds simple enough, but the line from production to consumption is full of twists, turns, and knots.
