As I was looking at this waterfall, I thought about the fact that this is another example of the collective might of rain drops coming together. Although lovely and fitting for it's location in the Appalachians, these kinds of torrents have no place in our creeks and streams at lower elevations where soft soils wash away with the flowing water. Rain gardens help to absorb the rain water shed by impervious surfaces so that storm surges don't destroy waterways that flow into our reservoirs and lakes.

Creeping Jenny in the new King's Daughters Inn rain garden is being covered with rainwater from a storm event. Happily this plant will do well in both dry and soggy situations and even takes the occasional submersion.