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Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District, Chagrin River Watershed Partners and Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District are offering five Master Rain Gardener courses in 2022. Each course ...

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- The Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District, Chagrin River Watershed Partners and the Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District are offering five courses in the 2025 ...

A rain garden is a type of bioretention, constructed as a shallow depression to hold and infiltrate water from rooftops via downspouts, driveways or other impervious surfaces to reduce polluted ...

South Bay designer Shelkie Tao specializes in water-efficient landscaping, including rain gardens. Photo courtesy Shelkie Tao/Water Efficient Gardens. Whether you’re looking to make your landscaping ...

Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District, Chagrin River Watershed Partners, and Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District announced they are offering five Master Rain Gardener courses in 2025.

“We weren’t giving them all the tools to feel really confident, and the master rain gardener programs really give them the best of how to do it and how to avoid mistakes,” says Elizabeth Hiser, ...

Impervious surfaces, like parking lots, driveways, and walkways, make it difficult for stormwater to flow toward soil and seep into the ground. But by including rain gardens in your landscape design, ...

Shannon Freix stands by her backyard rain garden in Kalispell on Wednesday, July 6. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) A sign at the corner of Shannon Freix's backyard rain garden for the Flathead Rain ...