Rain gardens offer many environmental benefits including managing stormwater by capturing runoff and reducing the amount of water flowing into storm drains and waterways. “Rain gardens kind of use ...

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Summer in Louisiana tends to bring afternoon downpours. Where does all that rainwater go? Some of it is absorbed by the ground and plants. Some pools in low spots. And some turns into runoff, rushing ...

Some 10 trillion gallons of untreated stormwater runoff rife with any number of toxins, nitrate-and-phosphate-rich fertilizers, sewage overflow—you name it—wends its way into U.S. waterways and out to ...

Many native plants prefer the lean and mean treatment that a hellstrip provides, Baisden says. “One of the great things about native plants is they don’t require soil amendments,” she says.