How can your business help protect clean water? Instead of traditional landscaping with the typical annuals or non-native plants, consider adding a native plant garden or rain garden at your office or property, notes the Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District. Not only is it better for water quality, but there are also economic benefits as well. According to Earth Economics, in Franklin County, one acre of rain garden creates up to $74,000 in benefits annually. Those benefits include reducing noise pollution, flood regulation, biodiversity and habitat, neighborhood scenery, avoided management cost, carbon sequestration, and avoided emission. LEARN MORE