Installing rain barrels can reduce water bills, protect waterways

Rain Barrels, Rain Garden

By Hayley Goodchild, landscape program manager, GreenUP As heavy rain events become more common, managing stormwater runoff at the source is increasingly important. Only 25 per cent of runoff produced in the City of Peterborough is treated for pollutants before it...

Let it rain: The people and plants behind Peterborough’s rain gardens

Rain Garden

By Laura Keresztesi, neighbourhood and residential programs coordinator, GreenUP Rain gardens come in all shapes, sizes, colours, and textures, yet they share a few common features: a shallow bowl, gently sloped berms, and clear inlets and outlets for water. The...

Green stormwater facilities result in improved water quality and a decreased carbon footprint

Rain Garden

By: Dylan Radcliffe, Engage Engineering, guest author for GreenUP It’s not a secret that flooding is one of the greatest impacts that the Peterborough area feels from climate change. This is a result of the increased intensity of storms that are forecasted to occur as...

Five reasons you should build a rain garden for your home

Rain Garden

By: Laura Keresztesi, Program Coordinator, GreenUp Rain gardens are beautiful and highly practical green infrastructure. In the summer of 2022, GreenUP Program Coordinator, Hayley Goodchild, wrote five facts about rain gardens and this week it’s time to revisit them....

Rain gardens can beautify your yard and help the environment too

Rain Garden

By: Laura Keresztesi, program coordinator, GreenUP I am fed by water, but often dry. I am urban infrastructure that you, yes you, can DIY (do-it-yourself!). What am I? If you answered “a rain garden” – you’d be correct! Rain gardens are bowl-shaped gardens designed to...

Two Peterborough residents showcase the benefits of their front yard rain gardens

Gardening, Rain Garden

  By: Hayley Goodchild, GreenUP In this week’s GreenUP article, two Peterborough residents share their experience growing rain gardens at home. Both residents received subsidies through the City of Peterborough’s Rain Garden Subsidy Program, which provides...