I’ve been into rain chains for years now, and we’ve written about them on Homes & Gardens quite a bit because they sit in that nice middle ground between something practical and something that also genuinely improves how a garden feels when it rains.
They’ve been having a bit of a moment in outdoor design lately, but they’re actually far from new. Rain chains originate from ancient Japan, where they were used to guide and harvest rainwater, and you still see them used in traditional Japanese homes and gardens today.
