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Register for a spring RainScapes training course!
The RainScapes program offers low-cost trainings to residents of Montgomery County, MD who are interested in using their property to improve water quality and provide habitat for wildlife. RainScapes, include rain
It’s good to be evergreen: Tree tips for winter
Many of us worry about our trees in winter – between the cold air, wind and snow, our trees must be in trouble, right? Not really – Trees go into
Register for a spring RainScapes training course!
The RainScapes program offers low-cost trainings to residents of Montgomery County, MD who are interested in using their property to improve water quality and provide habitat for wildlife. RainScapes, include rain
Leafgro is switching to 100% sugarcane bioplastic packaging!
The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has taken another step to protect the environment. DEP will partner with Braskem’s I’m Green™ polyethylene (PE) and ProAmpac’s Trinity Packaging Division
Making bad soil better: Decompacting and composting
Montgomery County residents are fortunate to have a fair amount of natural resources right in their own backyard. Great soil, however, is not always one of them. Heavy clay content
Time’s running out! Sign up for the fall RainScapes class
Don’t miss out on the rain garden and conservation landscaping training hosted by the County’s RainScapes program. This class, held only once or twice a year, is an opportunity to learn
Rethink your yard
Have you thought about your yard lately? I mean REALLY thought about it? Are you getting all the environmental, social and aesthetic benefits that you could from the place you
Fall is a great time for gardening, especially with natives
Learn a few new plant names, rethink the idea that “Spring is planting time” and you’ll have a fall to remember in your garden project. Contrary to conventional wisdom, autumn is not
Montgomery County Gardeners Go Native to Combat Excess Moisture in the Shade
Moisture is much easier to put into a yard than take out. What to do when water causes soggy ground and muddy puddles in your landscape? Native plants to the
Low-maintenance gardens save water as well as work
If you want to minimize maintenance in your garden—and save water in the process—the fundamental tenet is simple: location, location, location. Any garden can be low-maintenance. All it takes is
