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 ...

The city is also working on separating combined sewer systems into individual ones to further reduce stormwater overflows. While rain gardens aren't a complete solution to the city's stormwater ...

Impervious surfaces, like parking lots, driveways, and walkways, make it difficult for stormwater to flow toward soil and ...

This calculator allows you to simulate the effects that installing a rain garden, a type of green infrastructure, could have on stormwater runoff from your property. The calculator has two primary ...

It didn’t take long for volunteers who created a rain garden in Hidden Valley Park to see the fruits of their labor. “Fifteen minutes after we finished, it rained pretty hard,” said Wiley Buck of ...

Participants will learn how rain gardens help conserve water, manage stormwater and support pollinators. They also will get practical tips for designing and installing one in their own yards.

Stormwater control measures are practices, such as ponds and rain gardens, designed to remove pollutants and minimize nuisance flooding during small to medium sized storm events. In the Cape Fear ...