Two landscape features that can help with both water conservation when it’s dry, as well as storm-water management when it’s rainy, are rain gardens and dry creek beds. These are two great additions ...

The parched month of March and the relief of thirst-quenching overnight rain reminds us how much we need to safeguard our most precious natural resource. Every time we keep the rainfall Mother Nature ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Bob Bertog, president of Bertog Landscape Co ...

YOU MAY FIND yourself in a beautiful house. With a beautiful wife. You may ask yourself, “Where does my rainwater go?” Even if you aren’t a Talking Heads fan, you should be asking that question. It’s ...

I have been talking with Delawareans about landscaping for many years now and have seen a number of changes in the way we think about landscapes. But one of the most significant paradigm shifts in the ...

MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA--(Marketwired - May 14, 2013) - Yes, there are solutions to the water pollution created by parking lot runoff that winds its way through drainage systems, rivers, lakes, canals, ...

A common sense approach to cutting water use is to collect rain that runs off the roof into a rain barrel. Residents in dry areas around the country collect rain to water their gardens. Yet, in ...

A rain barrel is a small, above-ground tank that collects and stores rainwater for later use. There are a few types, but the most common barrels collect rainwater from your roof. Adding one or two ...

Money can’t buy everything, but when you’re transforming 25,000 square feet of lawn, palms and thirsty, flammable shrubs into a water-saving oasis of succulents, edibles and California-friendly plants ...