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Minnesota native shares how to convert lawns to prairie scapes
Poetry professor turned prairie advocate and author Benjamin Vogt pinpoints a moment in his Minnesota childhood that influenced his current passions. As a boy, exploring a wood near his home in the yet-to-be-developed western suburbs, he was reveling in the quiet when a flock of geese flew overhead. “The sound of the wingbeats, the calls, woke something primal in me,” he said. Vogt gained a reputation — and following — for his philosophy on ethical gardening and innovative ways to approach home landscaping. Now he’s getting ready to release a book, “Prairie Up! An Introduction to Natural Garden Design,” on Jan. 24, outlining practical steps and detailed plans for creating…
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Wild Ones offers free native garden design plans | News, Sports, Jobs
ESCANABA — As the days get longer and warmer temps turn our thoughts to planting, Wild Ones announces the release of nine professionally designed native garden plans free for the public to use. The designs are specific to different ecoregions of the country, including Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, Chattanooga, Boston, St. Louis, Denver and Tallahassee. The designs can be downloaded from the Wild Ones’ newly launched nativegardendesigns.wildones.org website. Why, you might ask, are native plants and gardens important? That’s a great question. According to Doug Tallamy, author of “Nature’s Best Hope” and an Honorary Director for Wild Ones, one of the biggest mistakes in our approach to conservation…
