What is a rain garden?
A rain garden is a vegetated basin that allows water to both infiltrate through the soils into the groundwater and be absorbed by plant roots as opposed to collecting in a concentrated flow and traveling offsite to a ditch or storm sewer inlet.

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1. What is a rain garden?
2. What types of plants are used in a rain garden?
3. What are the benefits of a rain garden?
4. Will a rain garden encourage mosquito growth?