One homeowner on Reddit recently shared photos of five months’ worth of progress on their beautiful and functional new rain garden. A rain garden is a landscaping feature designed to trap runoff from ...

FLORENCE — Driving through the rural Pee Dee, you can still catch a glimpse of it — something you’re unlikely to see anywhere else in the world. It’s a porch, but it’s not like other porches. The ...

A reader and friend, Zilphy DuRant of Florence, South Carolina mailed me a letter and clipping from The Post and Courier about an architectural feature I’d never heard of, rain porches. In the ...

The dogwood blooms may be calling you outside right now. Or maybe it's the pedestrians and bicyclists who capture your attention. No matter what's happening on the street where you live, it's easier ...