Take the 40 GALLON CHALLENGE to learn how you can save water (and money) in the landscape and home.

Landscaping

• Caring for Your Lawn and the Environment
• Landscape Plants for Wet Sites
• Managing Lawns and Gardens to Protect Water Quality

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Drought

• Coping with Drought

Flooding

• Handling Flood Damage in the Landscape

Stormwater Management

• Rain Garden
  • Backyard Rain Garden Guide
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Water Quality of Rooftop Runoff
• Backyard Stream Repair
  • Backyard Erosion Brochure
  • Small-scale Solutions to Eroding Streambanks
  • Backyard Stream Repair Kit
  • Recommended Plants
    • Going Native:  Urban Landscaping for Wildlife
    • Native Plant List
    • Trees for Wetsites
    • National Wetland Plant List, US Army Corps of Engineers
    • NC Native Plant Society
    • A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
    • Backyard Buffers/Livestakes
    • Live Stake Description
    • Live Stake Installation

NC State Publications on water quality in the garden