This is a shot of Trinity’s rain garden, right alongside the McCook building on campus.  The garden was planted at the bottom of a small hill, where water often collects after a shower.  In the garden are mums, shrubs, and other water-loving plants.  Rain gardens are most common in urban areas, or areas that don’t have a lot of natural plant life. A convenient and efficient use of rain water, researchers have found that rain gardens improve water quality, and cut down pollution rates.  (photo by Abbey Schlangen ’16)