We heavily focused on native plants for this event. All of these plants will be native to North America.

One thing that's noticeable are plastic shopping bags; they're caught up in the plants and landscaping. We hope most people just don't dump things out of their vehicles.

We're very much in our infancy. We're still putting things together, looking for volunteers to work in the garden.

One part (of the Earth Day celebration) is raising awareness of The Gardens and another part is informing the public on how they can enhance their own local environments.

This is an event to get people familiar with The Gardens and provide some educational background in tree planting and such. We're going to do some planting, but it's less of a workday and more of a day to celebrate the Earth.

It is best to include plants that will survive the wet and dry of the area. I would recommend natives.