Loved for its relaxed, informal and romantic style, prairie planting seeks to replicate the American prairies of the Midwest. Using native species and minimal human input, prairie gardens continue to ...

Do you like the idea of rewilding, but without a swathe of overgrown nettles and brambles taking over? Prairie planting may be the way to go. You may not have the vast landscape of the prairies of ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Beebalm or wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa). Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). by Jim Whitfield A patch of beebalm (Monarda fistulosa). Lesley Deem Lesley Deem Beebalm or wild bergamot (Monarda ...

As settlers moved west in the United States they came across a wide span of land that had no trees or mountains to stop the strong winds. The vegetation was mainly grasses with flowering perennials ...

This rosinweed plant is part of a 60-acre prairie restoration at Big Bull Creek Park in Johnson County. It was planted three years ago. In a few years, Kansas Citians will be able to wander 500 acres ...

MOORHEAD — Andrew Brownlow knelt on mowed grass beside a semicircle designed to bring back the prairie to urban areas. Gingerly, he slipped a swamp milkweed plug into a hole and packed the earth ...

In July and August, gardens, wild spaces and prairies have been replete with compass plants. I’ve seen dozens at the corner of Midlothian and Magnolia Road in Mundelein, and hundreds in a prairie at ...

GRINNELL — On Grinnell College’s 120-acre campus is a fledgling prairie planned and planted by students. The 5,200-square-foot triangle on MacEachron, or Mac, Field containing 40 varieties of prairie ...

Healthy prairie community with grey-headed coneflower and bee balm. (Photo by Liz Koziol) The North American prairie once covered 170 million acres, making it the largest ecosystem on the continent, ...

Tyler Kruse pulls weeds away from various prairie plants while tending to his pocket prairie on his property in Oxford, Iowa on Monday, July 28, 2025. Kruse said he consulted with a professional ...