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A garden featuring native wildflowers and grasses is filled with yellow, purple and violet blooms. In the background is a wooded area.
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Traditional grass lawns are much less effective at absorbing and filtering stormwater than native plants and trees. The Contain the Rain program aims to increase the number of rain gardens across 16 Johnson County cities.
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