"I always learn so much working in the rain garden. You’ve changed my whole garden ethic.”  - Sarah Graham, Red Oak Rain Garden Volunteer 

"Thank you for the informative and delightful program. Your planning and work certainly transformed that space! I’m sure several of our members will want to create their own rain gardens. Thanks again for helping people to plant native plants, too." - Cathy Montgomery, Program Chair, Illinois Prairie Chapter Wild Ones

“I enjoy walking from my home to campus. My walk takes me though Illini Grove and the new Red Oak Rain Garden; I have enjoyed watching the improvements to the rain garden."  - Jonathan Sweedler, Analytical Chemistry Director, School of Chemical Sciences at University of Illinois

"I chose to live in Allen because its proximity to the Red Oak Rain Garden. There is no other space on campus this naturally beautiful!"  - Student resident of Allen Hall