Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rain pounds the Pacific Northwest, gushing through dirty downspouts, across chemically treated lawns, over oily streets and through public storm drains into bays, rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands where nature struggles to survive among the pollutants. Its a problem caused by population density and its one that you can help solve. Rain Gardens for the Pacific Northwest shows you how to trap and filter dirty water safely in your yardand how to do that with a beautiful addition to your home. Zsofia Pasztor, a Certified Professional Horticulturalist, shares what shes learned over the years experimenting with rain gardens in the challenging clay and hardpan soils of the region. The book answers questions that Zsofia regularly encounters in her workshops. -- Amazon.