Our Bay: This Week's Take: Visiting rain gardens can be eye-opening

Summer is undeniably a time when our spirits surge with the joy of new life, a time to visit and consider how each of us, residents, businesses, churches and schools, can join in a dedicated renewal of life in the creeks and rivers we hold dear.

May I suggest an eye-opening, inspiring visit to some outstanding urban rain gardens?

For redevelopers: A miniature stream valley, created on land provided by Westfield Annapolis and funded by Chesapeake Bay Trust and National Fish & Wildlife Foundation.

The garden is an outstanding example for urban redevelopers of revitalization of compacted soils, restoring their natural...