BATAVIA, Ohio (WXIX) - Rain garden classes are coming to Clermont County.

They look like beautiful flower beds, but they also have the secondary purpose of helping to keep our water clean.

Rain gardens are gardens of native plants that help protect our water quality.

Elea Cooper with Clermont County Soil and Water says there’s a science behind it all.

“The water enters through the inlet, and then the native plants in the garden help to act as a filter to remove any sediment in the water, any nutrients, any pollutants,” Cooper explains. “And then there is also an outlet just in case there is too much water.”

Rain gardens like the one at the Clermont County Fairgrounds are strategically placed in low-lying areas.

So, for example, water will come rushing down the road. It will go right

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