Plaster Creek Stewards, an initiative of Calvin University, is a community-based watershed group working to return health and beauty to the Plaster Creek Watershed. In this talk we will describe how we grow native plants to support green infrastructure initiatives, including urban curb-cut rain gardens and large floodplain restoration projects. Over the 14 years of our efforts, we have also learned the importance of engaging our local community in this restorative work, bringing watershed residents together from different cultural, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds. When people work together and get to know each other, care for the land and for each other grows. This talk will highlight some of the more successful examples of enhancing environmental and human well being focused on restoring a highly degraded urban stream.