Rain Garden 2023

Rain Garden 2023

A Rain Garden is nature’s water filter. Rain gardens are shallow landscaped depressions that capture, clean, and absorb storm runoff from roofs, parking lots, and roads. Rain gardens capture water from an impervious surface, allowing water to filter slowly into the...
How does runoff impact water quality?

How does runoff impact water quality?

During rainfall, the water that hits the earth does not stay there. It will run off wherever it hits, running downhill into our waterways. Rain is essential to replenish the groundwater and fill the rivers and lakes. Still, it also leads to erosion and frequently...
What is a Rain Garden?

What is a Rain Garden?

An important way to keep our lakes clean is by preventing nutrients and sediments from running off your lawn, roof, or driveway into the lake. You can do this by collecting rainwater in barrels, allowing rainwater to collect in a rain garden, and slowing down...