Posts Tagged ‘rain gardens’
How to Know When to Hire a Landscape Designer
Should you DIY or should you hire? Lots of people like to work in their own gardens, it comes back to our roots as humanity where putting things in the ground was our very way of life. These days, most of us don’t have to focus on landscaping design and planting gardens just to live…
Read MoreWhy Gardening is Beneficial for School Children
Many studies demonstrate the emotional value of gardening and creating green spaces. More recent studies indicate gardens at schools have very powerful and positive effects on our children. It seems likely that humans are essentially hard-wired to feel better in nature, and need to have plants close to us.
Read MoreRain Gardens: sustainable landscaping
A rain garden is basically an area where water collects and infiltrates on your property, rather than rushing to the municipal storm sewer system. Occasionally, if your soil has good drainage and plants are well established, simply adjusting the landscape so that downspouts and paved surfaces drain into existing gardens is all that’s needed.
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