1. Engineering Office Hours December 24 - 26, 2025

    Our office is closed Wednesday and Thursday in observance of Christmas Eve and Day. 

    On Friday, Dec. 26th, staff works remotely and the office is closed to the public. Please call our general line for assistance: (608) 266-4751. 

1,000 Rain Garden Goal

The Engineering Division invites all residents to take part in reaching its renewed 1,000 rain garden goal. A rain garden is a garden of native shrubs, perennials, and flowers planted in a shallow depression, which, sometimes, is built on a natural slope. Rain gardens are often designed to capture and infiltrate water into the ground. A rain garden is a great option for stormwater management as it temporarily holds and soaks in rainwater runoff that flows from roofs, driveways, patios or lawns.

If you have a rain garden, and want it included on a future interactive map the City is working on, email the photo to The City of Madison Engineering Division, engineering@cityofmadison.com, with the location. A point representing each rain garden will be added to the map, but addresses and information will remain private.

Latest rain garden count: 773 (Updated 2/21/2024). Updated map will be posted soon.

Rain Garden Map April 21, 2020


City of Madison Rain Garden larger map

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