There are many considerations when designing a rain garden. The first is, what design storm event is going to be used and what is the drainage area. These considerations would affect the geometric ...

You have to consider French drains vs dry wells when sorting our your garden drainage. I spoke to a pro landscaper about ...

Rain gardens are planted with native or well adapted plant species that can tolerate both wet and dry conditions and have deep roots that promote water infiltration. Water should drain completely ...

and stores it for use in the garden. When installing a rain barrel, an important consideration is which downspout is being used to collect the rain water. Different downspouts drain different rooftop ...

You want the area to capture water but to drain fairly quickly. The idea is to get the water to seep into the ground and not create a pond that could harbor mosquitos. A rain garden only needs to ...

Severn Trent is offering advice to customers as stormy weather and freezing temperatures are expected throughout the New Year.

Rain gardens can also clean up to 80 per cent of pollutants from road runoff, Robertson said. “When it rains and there’s a big rush of water that drains into our urban streams, it causes ...