Even in its parched state, the Prairie Garden at the National Arboretum is a celebration of the collective and individual beauty of the wildflower. Amid scorched leaves and dried-out flower buds, the ...

You don't need to live on the prairie to have a prairie garden. Natural landscapes featuring mainly native plants are being sown in yards across North America as environmentally friendly alternatives ...

YARD AND GARDEN: Gardening in the time of a pandemic While there are many noteworthy prairie plants, some favorites include prairie dropseed, little bluestem and purple prairie clover. Prairie ...

Bison could be the key to saving America’s lost prairie. The prairie landscape has come to symbolize the American heartland. But an ecosystem that once covered a vast swath of the continent has all ...

The nasty drought of 2021 wasn’t the region’s first and it likely won’t be the last. Is nature calling us back to a simpler prairie landscape that suited the Upper Midwest well for millennia, ...

Quick Take Preventing total extinction necessitated a successful recovery from a remnant population of only 1,000 bison. The Homestead Act of 1862 turned 160-acre parcels into logistical obstacles for ...

The Sherman Natural Prairie and Community Garden will be presenting at the Nov. 5 meeting of the Elgin chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America. It will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Located on the ...

Prairie dropseed is a very good native grass for the landscape as it will tolerate a wide range of soils, including clay. Full height of the plant in flower is 2 to 3 feet and spread is 2 to 3 feet ...