Pat Hermés loves a garden project. None, she says, has been more fun than the iris swale she created. A swale, a pretty word for ditch or trench, carries and slows runoff water, improving its ...

The Lehman Sanctuary along Jackson Road in Lehman Township already includes a prairie grass meadow, seen in the background, to help protect the forest and wetlands below. Thanks to an education grant, ...

Whew! At last we are getting some serious rain in the north state this season. We all agree that rainwater is precious — so why do we try so hard to move it off our property? On city and suburban lots ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Aug. 1, 2017, photo, volunteers and crew arrive on the Swale in New York. The Swale garden is an old construction barge ...

The Floating Food Forest, Swale, is back for 2018, and will dock from May to June at the Brooklyn Army Terminal! We’ll be hosting two free tours of Swale with founder and artist Mary Mattingly, one on ...

How much rainwater have you kept in your yard so far this season? It's not too late to start harvesting it. Indeed, this is the best time to do some simple earthworks to take advantage of free ...

An old construction barge planted with vegetables, apple trees and fragrant herbs is giving apartment-dwelling New Yorkers a chance to pick something and eat it. Advertisement Article continues below ...

An curved arrow pointing right. We visited a floating food garden located in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The garden is part of a collaborative project called Swale, and it's designed to build a connection ...