Rain Garden Rumble 2026
To mark the seventh annual native plant tournament, we invite you to get ready for… RAIN…GARDEN…RUMMBBLLLEEEEEEE!!!! Our Rain Garden Rumble tournament takes an educational spin on a sports classic, teaching people about native plants, their benefits, and how to include them in home gardens. Including rain gardens, of course! Here’s how the competition works: Starting on Tuesday,…
Art in the Garden: A Conversation with Catherine Wiesener on the Red Oak Rain Garden Mosaics
For six years now, the student-made mosaics at the Red Oak Rain Garden have added bursts of color and personality to the paths. They’re carefully placed, nestled into the edges of the garden where plants meet pavement, and feel like they’ve always belonged here. In the fall, I visited the Allen Hall/Unit One ceramics studio…
RORG’s 2025 Year-in-Review
As 2025 comes to a close, the Red Oak Rain Garden (RORG) has continued to flourish as both a living landscape and a hub for learning, creativity, and community connection. This year, the RORG Team—Eliana Brown, Layne Knoche, Maddy Craft—cared for the garden and welcomed people into it through stewardship, student engagement, public events, and…
This GivingTuesday, make a lasting impact with the Red Oak Rain Garden!
by C. Eliana Brown, RORG Director Did you know the Red Oak Rain Garden isn’t just a beautiful community space—it’s also beneficial to our majestic red oak? Before the rain garden existed, the oak had “wet feet” during storms, preventing it from thriving. People passing through also used to experience wet feet as rainwater flooded…
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