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Pollinators recognize a good thing when they see it — and so do gardeners in search of organic pest control. As one put it, “My prairie is my pesticide.” By Margaret Roach The first time I met Neil ...

If glimpses of strikingly beautiful butterflies are scarcer than a rare bird alert in your yard, maybe it’s time to go native. Native plants are key to aiding and attracting native insects and ...

Greg Herrmann is starting a native plant nursery one seed at a time. The 23-year-old entrepreneur has 39 different native plants growing at Pleasant Prairie Nursery, which is situated on his parent's ...

The project started modestly, as many do — “with a few prairie plants along the driveway,” Guy Denny recalled. But with the vigor and beauty of the plants as inspiration, the project in Knox County ...

“It all starts with the soil,” Neil Diboll tells me. I met Diboll in 1990 at a prairie restorationists’ conference in Iowa. A year or two later, I visited Prairie Nursery, a nursery he opened in ...

It’s been a “mad dash” bringing Prairie Hills Nursery back to life in time for the spring season, said new owner Travis Mullen. But the Mullen family is mostly ready now after buying the property at ...

When Jean and Tom Weedman look out onto their land, they see prairie plants that look like a sea of color blowing in the wind. There is butterfly weed with its brilliant orange flowers that attract ...

Establishing prairies may be a popular conservation practice, but there is some prep work that needs to be done before you welcome those pollinators. “It’s really a 12-month process. You can’t just do ...