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A narrow rain garden bordered by large stones runs alongside a mural-covered wall depicting a historic building. Native grasses, shrubs, and small trees grow in the rain garden, creating a natural buffer between the walkway and a busy intersection with traffic lights and a school bus in the background. A wooden rain barrel is positioned near the downspout on the wall, emphasizing water conservation efforts.

What Is Closed-Loop Gardening, and How Can It Transform Your Yard?

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Closed-loop gardening focuses on eliminating waste, keeping materials in use, and regenerating natural systems.  In gardening, adopting circular ecnomy principles helps create closed-loop systems where every material has a purpose, ideally, more than one purpose. Once I started thinking about what I was personally going to have to do with my trash–or what I could

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Water pools on asphalt after a rain event.

How to Use Swales to Manage Water on Your Property

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Water management is a cornerstone of sustainable landscaping. In natural ecosystems, water moves efficiently through the soil, plants, and atmosphere in a harmonious cycle. However, in human-managed landscapes, this balance is often disrupted, leading to challenges like flash flooding, drought, and soil erosion.  How Water Mismanagement Contributes to Flash Flooding and Drought Water mismanagement plays

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