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 ...

Creating a wildflower meadow garden is a delightful way to bring the beauty and diversity of prairie ecosystems to your own ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW BLOOMFIELD, Missouri -- Miles of winding paths -- both paved and unpaved -- invite visitors to explore a living mosaic of Missouri's natural beauty. Prairies sway in the breeze under the cool ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horticulturist Kelly Norris has a favorite task in his Des Moines front yard: puttering. By that he means meandering, leaning into ...