Industrial culture has resulted in a toxic environment, one dominated by polluted air, gasoline combustion fumes, and poisonous substances. Even much of the processed foods we eat are tainted with pesticides and other toxic chemicals. Our concrete and asphalt cities are places where the emissions, leaks, and spills from gasoline and diesel powered vehicles create a powerfully poisonous residue almost everywhere we walk, breathe, and live.
Thankfully, a helpmate for these problems exists: the rain garden. The use of rain gardens mitigates the effects of toxic runoff from areas of concrete and asphalt, collects lawn chemistry and filters it before its entry into bodies of water, and otherwise helps retain ground water onsite rather than losing the falling rain to other locations.
Creating a rain garden on your property is neither excessively time-consuming nor prohibitively expensive. Some cities even have assistance programs to help with funding or other forms of help to create your own rain garden. Watch the video to get an idea of how straightforward the planning and creation of a rain garden can be.