HS357 Fall 2009 Wiley Elementary Piedmont Savannah Raingardens, Raleigh, NC was done in collaboration with Sarah Palmer, Academically/Intellectually Gifted Resource Teacher, Wake County, and NC DNER, the raingarden and landscape improvements were designed to promote elementary student engagement with nature as a learning modality. Not only did this project provide a curriculum-based outdoor resource for learning, but it also solved a long-standing erosion issue.