Current Projects
Lt. Governor Pat Quinn and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provide grants to help schools and public organizations across Illinois create rain gardens. Grant recipients use these funds to create gardens that improve the local environment, provide access to the public, and enhance community aesthetics.
Please continue to regularly check the website to learn more about these rain garden projects throughout the spring and summer seasons.
2006 Grant Recipient Lewis and Clark Community College
| 2008 Rain Garden Projects | |
| Illinois College | Jacksonville |
| Unity Point School District | Carbondale |
| Harlem Middle School | Loves Park |
| Augustana College/Culture House | Rock Island |
| Carl Schurz High School | Chicago |
| Taskforce on Waukegan Neighborhoods | Waukegan |
| Park Ridge Recreation & Park District | Park Ridge |
| Silvis Garden Club | Silvis |
| International Museum of Surgical Science | Chicago |
| Springfield Park District | Springfield |
| Beaubien Elementary School | Chicago |
| Dundee-Crown H.S. | Carpentersville |
| Howard Area Leadership Academy | Chicago |
| Lincoln Park High School | Chicago |
| Fox River Country Day School | Elgin |
| Science & Arts Academy | Des Plaines |
| Special Education District of McHenry Co. | Woodstock |
| Water's Edge Waldorf School | Wauconda |
| St. Mary's School | Bloomington |
| Illinois Math and Science Academy | Aurora |
| After School Matters Earth Team | Chicago |
| Sugar Grove Foundation & Nature Center | McLean |
| Rockford Park District | Rockford |
| 2007 Rain Garden Projects | |
| Abingdon Middle/High School | Abingdon |
| Beecher Junior High School | Beecher |
| Boone County Conservation District | Belvidere |
| Chebanse Elementary School | Chebanse |
| City of Kankakee | Kankakee |
| Deer Park Community Consolidated School District | Ottawa |
| Fairview House | Urbana |
| Governor's State University | University Park |
| Green Street Project | Chicago |
| Mendota High School | Mendota |
| Morris Community High School | Morris |
| Park District of Highland Park | Highland Park |
| Parkway Foundation, Friends of Kilborn Park Organic Greenhouse | Chicago |
| Rock Island Soil &Water Conservation (Nat. Area Guard.) | Milan |
| Washington Elementary School | Chicago |
| West Prairie Middle School Garden Club | Colchester |
| Winfield United for a Better Community | Winfield |
| Univ. of IL - Allerton Park | Champaign |
| 2006 Rain Garden Projects | |
| Carlyle Junior High | Carlyle |
| Charleston Middle School | Charleston |
| Christopher School | Chicago |
| Chute Middle School | Evanston |
| CICS Basil Campus | Chicago |
| City of Danville | Danville |
| Dawes School | Evanston |
| Kansas Unit #3 Schools | Kansas |
| Lake County Forest Preserve | Grayslake |
| Lewis and Clark Community College | Godfrey |
| Maine East High School | Park Ridge |
| Marshall Jr. High | Marshall |
| Prairie Rivers Network | Champaign |
| St. Patrick School | Decatur |
| Unity-Mendon FFA Chapter at Unity High School | Mendon |
| Vandalia Main Street | Vandalia |
| Village of Cambridge | Cambridge |
| Village of Northbrook | Northbrook |
| Wedgewood Garden Club | Crystal Lake |
| West Oak Middle School | Mundelein |