Prairie garden

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Garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith raised his own prairie garden from seed and was delighted to find it requires a fraction of the maintenance of a conventional border

You can sit back and enjoy your garden.

These beautiful ornamental grasses are versatile plants that can provide four seasons of interest in any landscape.

This perennial border is brimming with a colorful, naturalistic planting. It is the perfect tranquil setting in which to relax and enjoy a summer day with friends and family. Easy to grow and fairly low care, most plants are attractive to butterflies or hummingbirds!

Do you have a sunny plot of land you’d like to convert into a native prairie habitat? A pocket prairie is a mini prairie habitat that can support native plants and plenty of pollinators. It’s easy to create a beautiful pocket prairie as part of your home landscape. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen introduces nine tips for starting your own pocket prairie.

Explore Dawn Young's lush prairie gardens filled with beautiful perennials, trees, and a gorgeous glass greenhouse in Wisconsin.

I have been thinking about the future of my prairie garden for a while and now on April 1, I have finally made the difficult decision that it is time to abandon this foolishness and declare my four year prairie garden experiment a mistake and a waste of time. I know this will come as a shock to many, but I have thought long and hard about this and the truth of the matter is that I miss my lawn and I want it back. I wish I could have known how much I would miss my lawn before I went through…

"Create a stunning native wildflower garden that celebrates local flora and supports wildlife! 🌸🌼 From vibrant poppies to delicate lupines, discover how to choose and plant wildflowers that thrive in your region. Not only will you enjoy a colorful and low-maintenance garden, but you'll also attract beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies. 🌿🦋 #WildflowerGarden #NativePlants #EcoFriendlyGardening #PollinatorFriendly"

Want to create a beautiful mini-wildlife sanctuary that is beautiful year-round? Maybe provide some valuable food for pollinators and save the bees? How about making…

🌿 Embrace 2025's garden vibes! Think naturalistic 'Modern Meadow' designs with native perennials, bold colors, and water-wise plantings. Living fences add charm and eco-benefits. How will you refresh your garden? 🌸 #GardenTrends2025 #ModernMeadow #EcoFriendly

Every year is challenging to someone. Looking back on 2017 as Thanksgiving and the holiday season careen toward us, gardeners may be tempted to lament the

These plants are essential for recreating the look of a prairie-style border.

One of the best things about planting native plants is that they are extraordinarily hardy and easy to grow. This prairie-inspired garden is a catalog of plants that Midwestern settlers would have found when they arrived. #gardenplans #freegardenplans #bhggardenplans #gardening #bhg

We love having our hand in projects that fulfill all our values at once and this planned-prairie hits a home-run; stewardship, simplicity, habitat and community. Embracing their natural landscape, a client from a few years back requested a poolside garden for their home in the hills of western Nebra

With snow surrounding us in Iowa (and lots of other places), I’m dreaming of summer landscapes. To me, the most quintessential summertime style is a the prairie-inspired landscape. This style takes its cues from the vast grasslands that used to cover most of Iowa, blending grasses and flowering perennials into a graceful, ever-changing scene. A […]