Loved for its relaxed, informal and romantic style, prairie planting seeks to replicate the American prairies of the Midwest.

You don’t need to live on the prairie to have a prairie garden. Natural landscapes featuring mainly native plants are being sown in yards across North America as environmentally friendly alternatives ...

Poetry professor turned prairie advocate and author Benjamin Vogt pinpoints a moment in his Minnesota childhood that influenced his current passions. As a boy, exploring a wood near his home in the ...

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 ...

There are a couple of ways to get these seeds up and growing. One uniting factor is that many native prairie wildflower seeds require cold, moist stratification. In horticulture, stratification is the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Low-maintenance gardens that can be healthy and pretty, minus the chemicals and heavy watering, are becoming increasingly popular among homeowners. They make a lot of sense for ...

Aimee Kornelsen has a plan. She is converting a lawn in her backyard to a prairie garden this spring with more than 400 plant groupings in sweeping masses that will provide year-round sustainable ...

BISMARCK, N.D. – On May 27, the International Peace Garden Conservatory Expansion in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was honored with an Award of Merit by Canada’s prestigious Prairie Design Award. Every two ...

A new natural prairie garden has been proposed for a spot along the Naperville Riverwalk, near Centennial Beach and the sand volleyball courts. Since the 1970s, the two-acre, saucer-shaped site has ...

WIND POINT — In March, representatives from Bookworm Gardens in Sheboygan visited The Prairie School, 4050 Lighthouse Drive, to inform the school’s first-graders that their garden design had been ...