“Oh, that? That’s Splashley Olsen. She keeps 500 gallons out of the sewer every storm.” Mic drop. TLDR: Rain gardens are shallow, planted basins that catch stormwater from roofs and driveways, let it soak into the ground, and filter out pollutants before they hit...
The rain comes. It comes fast. It comes dirty. And the water—listen—it doesn’t just go away. No. It takes. It drags. It carries the city with it. Plastic bags. Car grease. Dust from tires. Tiny bits of nothing. Tiny bits of everything. We call them microplastics. Cute...