Rain Garden

It's a beautiful flower bed—and a reservoir for yard and roof runoff

How can you handle extra rain from gutters, heavy rain, or a sloping site? A residential rain garden is a type of green infrastructure that mimics natural processes to retain and use stormwater. It promotes water infiltration, transpiration, and harvesting throughout the landscape. It also helps restore the natural water balance in areas with scarce or plentiful rain. Here's how to plan and plant yours!

< Back To The Sustainable Street Master Plan Page Stormwater from the parking lot surface now flows into a bio-retention basin, or Rain Garden. This prevents pollutants such as vehicle fluids and trash from flowing into the storm drain and into the San Francisco Bay. Rocks slow the flow of water as it enters the basin

Bioswales as seen in the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide. Click image for full information & guide, and visit the Slow Ottawa 'Stormwater Solutions' board for more sustainable water management.

Looking for inexpensive ways to green your property? Rain gardens are great, small projects that can be added as an enhancement to almost any property.

In California, and around the world, climate change is making extreme rain more likely. Here's how some cities are adapting.

Rain gardens are not only beautiful, they are also functional. By planting a rain garden, you can help protect your property and the environment.