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

Prairies once dominated the Midwest landscape from Canada to Texas and from the Rocky Mountains to Indiana. A prairie is comprised of mainly grasses with some flowering plants (forbs) and a few small ...

Phyllis Schwitzer gardens like many of us, growing beans, cabbage, hostas and daylilies. But her repertoire extends to a glassed-in greenhouse chock with ferns, begonias, a camellia and orange and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Would you like to have an easy-to-maintain garden in your landscape, one that is inviting to native birds, butterflies, and insects? One possibility is establishing a prairie garden. There are many ...

Horticulturist Kelly Norris has a favorite task in his Des Moines front yard: puttering. By that he means meandering, leaning into a plant for a closer look, wondering which birdsong he's hearing, and ...

When gardeners aren’t busy gardening, we’re usually plotting and planning our next moves. We mark up our new seed catalogs, circling the must-haves, and soak up knowledge and inspiration from books, ...

ST. PAUL Ore. (KPTV) - Family-owned French Prairie Gardens welcomes the community to make the most of spring with their now-open farm. The farm is now open for the spring season with events for the ...

I’m happier than a gardener wallowing in well-aged compost. The 2024 edition of “The Prairie Garden” is hot off the press, and I just received my copy. What a great Christmas gift for gardeners! Books ...