Alpine plants are ideal for small gardens and containers. An expert from Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden shares how to trick them into thriving at your home.

and muddy spots all work well for rain gardens. Your choice of plants will depend on your climate and which water-loving plants are native to your local environment, plus where you're going to ...

while others were purchased by the Boone County Community Garden Organization. The plants in the rain garden consist of of a mix of sun-tolerant prairie grasses, forbes, and wildflowers. These plants ...

Rain gardens, sometimes called bio-retention areas, are shallow depressions in the landscape that capture stormwater and allow it to gradually percolate into the soil. Planted with moisture-loving ...

Because it is a garden as much as it is a treatment area, the basin is usually cultivated with native, ornamental plant species Some people distinguish a difference between a "rain garden" and a ...