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.

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

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.

I'm glad we got this far because we were the underdogs the whole way. We had to work for everything we got. I'm happy for Roosevelt.

If an employee told you he had the flu, you'd send him home. If an employee told you he was feeling anxious, you'd probably tell him to get back to work. But the emotion is just as contagious as a flu virus.