Five Salt-Tolerant Native Plants for Rain Gardens
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Five Salt-Tolerant Native Plants for Rain Gardens

Rain gardens are often the best solution for reducing the amount of polluted runoff your property generates. They capture the stormwater before it leaves  your land, allowing it to soak gently back into the earth. This process helps the water cycle, reducing stream flooding during storms and recharging ground water, and also traps pollutants so…

A New Tree Grove, Thanks to the Hardy Garden Club

When the Hardy Garden Club approached Blue Water Baltimore and told us that they wanted to support a restoration project, we had just the project in mind. In the past, Hardy had helped the Jones Falls Watershed Association (one of the five watershed groups that merged to form Blue Water Baltimore) install a rain garden…

Why the Incinerator in Curtis Bay is Bad for Curtis Bay and our Harbor

Curtis Bay, a community in south Baltimore, is home to more than seven thousand residents. Soon, it could also be home to a plant producing carcinogenic emissions from burning as much as 4,000 tons of shredded tires, vinyl, construction debris and other waste per day.  All within a mile of two public elementary and high…

Rain is Not the Problem. Pavement is the Problem.

Can you imagine a city without impervious surfaces? Actually, engineers call them “impervious surfaces”. People in Baltimore know them as streets, sidewalks, parking lots, and roofs. These hard surfaces make urban and suburban life possible, but they also cause big environmental problems. In a natural environment, soft surfaces like meadows and forests can absorb and…