Rain Gardens : Sustainable Landscaping for a Beautiful Yard and a Healthy World

Rain gardens are at the forefront of the green revolution. This environmentally friendly landscaping captures rainwater runoff rather than redirecting it into storm drains. The result is less erosion, less water pollution, and a beautiful, low-maintenance, sustainable garden. This is the first rain garden handbook for the backyard home gardener. Coauthors Robert Domm and Lynn Steiner draw on hands-on experience to help homeowners build beautiful rain gardens in their own yards. Illustrated with color photography, this instructive book offers specific advice about planning, building, planting, and maintaining your garden. Learn about city grants, how to calculate runoff, rain barrels, attracting wildlife, gray water recycling, and much more.

Lynn Steiner (Stillwater, MN) is a degreed horticulturalist and a frequent speaker at gardening and environmental events. She is the author of three Landscaping with Native Plants books and the former editor of Northern Gardener magazine. Robert Domm (Rives Junction, MI) is a hydrology scientist with a working knowledge of rain garden design and function. A writer and photographer, Domm is published in Sierra and National Wildlife.