Calculate the siting and sizing of building a rain garden

Rain garden calculator for swales with berms

Basic calculator to estimate size needed for rain garden

Measure the ability of soils infiltrating rain water and the amount of runoff

This site provides designing strategies for rain gardens in Iowa.

Illinois department of natural resources lists requirements of rain gardens and plants that are suitable for the soils and weather in Illinois.

This manual created by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has detailed information on how to design and install a rain garden.

The search tool provided by the Morton Arboretum allows you to find detailed information (including size, hardiness zone, planting considerations, and seasonal appearance) for over 500 tree and plant species.

This brochure gathers information on designing strategies for rain gardens and native plants in IL.

This site provides different top 10 lists of native plants for Midwest landscapes. Such lists include native plants that attract bees; butterflies; hummingbirds; winter pollinators; frogs; and Midwest wildlife.

This site provides watershed managers with a new set of tools and techniques that can be used to meet regulatory and receiving water protection program goals for urban retrofits, re-development projects, and new development sites.

This site has been developed through an NFWF grant to display a series of rain garden, or bioretention, design templates that can be used by landscape architects, landscape contractors, and garden clubs throughout the Bay. These designs will promote the use of rain gardens and Bayscapes by providing a set of easily accessible high quality sustainable and maintainable designs for the landscape industry and citizens.

FREE app from the University of Connecticut to guide proper installation of rain gardens.

List of native plants that grow in Illinois by John Hilty. Also contains other botanical information on plants.

Native Plants of East Central Illinois and on the UIUC campus and their preferred locations. A sourcebook for landscape architects and contractors.

This site provides different top 10 lists of native plants for Midwest landscapes. Such lists include native plants that attract bees; butterflies; hummingbirds; winter pollinators; frogs; and Midwest wildlife.

A comprehesive online resource for locating a native plants and suppliers. Also contains information on the importance of butterflies to the ecosystem and how to choose the best native plant.

Citizens for Conservation in Barrington, Illinois, has detailed Native Plant Lists along with other pertinent information.

Database managed by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, UT Austin. More than 10,000 records of native plants, and more than 50,000 searchable images. Records include taxonomic information, growing conditions, uses, ecological benefits, seed sources, references, and links to other plant database records. Includes lists of recommended species by state.

Look up, view a photo, and read about the over 6400 plants which are growing or have been grown in the Kemper Center display gardens.

Plant More Plants from the Chesapeake Bay Program is a unique regional partnership that has led and directed the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay since 1983. This excellent resource contains landscape plans and plant lists for rain gardens for the Chesapeake area.

The National Virtual Arboretum and Regional Ornamental Plant Database is a collaborative effort of numerous regional and national horticulture professionals and organizations. Plants on this database have been selected for their excellent performance and years of service. Promoting diversity in the landscape gives gardeners, landscapers and plant propagators / nurserymen the opportunity to expand with a wider variety and selection of outstanding plants and helps to alleviate monotonous monocultures both aesthetically and disease-wise.

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

This database from the "Rain Gardens" website allows you to search a list of trees, shrubs, perennials (flowering plants), and grasses that are well-suited to rain gardens by state and growing conditions.

The Central Ohio Rain Garden Initiative offers a quick quide to some popular plants that grow in Ohio (and other midwest) rain gardens.

IzelPlants.com is a marketplace for plants native to the contiguous US. They are not a nursery.

Lists places to buy native plants in central Illinois and beyond.

Local native plants are our specialty. We grow native plants that thrive in the tristate area around Cincinnati, Ohio. Our plants are from local sources, nursery grown from seeds & cuttings.

Located in Ann Arbor, produce a diverse selection of native perennials and a few species of native trees and shrubs.

Illinois EPA's natural landscaping resource list.

Excellent list of Nurseries found in Illinois.

Native seed producer since 1998 dedicated to selling native seed mixes.

Located in Winona MN. Prairie Moon offers a wide assortment of North American native wildflowers, grasses and trees for restoration and gardening.

A Central Ohio container nursery and specialty plant supplier offering distinctive, high-quality perennials, ferns, grasses and flowering shrubs for residential, commercial and community landscapes.