Lee Tesdell stands in a prairie strip on his farm near Slater, Iowa. He grows alfalfa and Kernza, a perennial grain, raises sheep and cash rents to a neighbor who grows corn and soybeans. Over the ...

Manicured lawns are out; wild, pollinator-friendly meadows are in. Here’s how to turn your Northern Michigan yard into a pocket prairie filled with native plants. This article first appeared in ...

Count on queen of the prairie, also called meadowsweet, to pick up the floral show in your garden when spring-blooming perennials are spent. In midsummer, cloudlike clusters of pink or white blooms ...

If you are looking for a tall flowering plant to frame the back of your flower garden, prairie dock may just be the thing. Prairie dock is a hardy perennial plant native to Michigan and other nearby ...

Collecting purple prairie clover (Dalea purpera) seeds at Branched Oak Lake State Recreation area for use in a Nebraska tallgrass prairie restoration project Credit: Mike Bullerman photo courtesy ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Making use of bland, empty spaces. That’s what an Omaha organization is doing around the metro, with hopes to expand across other parts of the Great Plains. “Pocket Prairies” is ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — A pair of Minneapolis paper makers is showing off a unique way to tend to gardens and, in turn, the earth. Anna Haglin's front yard is filled with Rattlesnake Masters and ...

Switch thirsty favorites with resilient, low-effort beauty ...

GLYNDON, Minn. — A plot of land near the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton middle and high schools will be transformed in the coming years from a field of green grass to a vibrant prairie filled with the pink ...

Gardeners across the country are flocking to climate-resilient native plants as concerns about extreme heat, flooding, and ...