SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Missouri Prairie Foundation hosted a native plant sale on Saturday at Mother’s Brewing Company. The purpose of the sale was to help protect and restore the state’s prairie and ...

COLUMBIA — The Missouri Prairie Foundation held a native plant sale at the MU Bradford Research Center on Saturday. Vendors sold varieties of native plants such as wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, trees ...

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 ...

Lakeshore State Park, on the shores of Lake Michigan near the Summerfest grounds, was set ablaze Tuesday morning — intentionally. The goal: to introduce fire to the landscape and help native plants ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Each summer, I anticipate leadplant, a 2-foot-tall native shrub, to reveal its interesting purple blooms amid a cascade of up to 50 leaflets that comprise a 10-inch-long stem. It’s usually blooming ...