There's more to it than simply planting grasses and herbaceous perennials. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has ...

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 ...

Planting beneficial plants next to gardens and crop fields large and small has been a standard practice for decades, even centuries. The plants provide what are known as ecosystem services. These ...

The first time I met Neil Diboll, he set his front yard on fire. On purpose. It was part of a lesson that Diboll, a prairie ecologist and nurseryman, was eager to share about native plant communities.

Establishing prairies may be a popular conservation practice, but there is some prep work that needs to be done before you welcome those pollinators. “It’s really a 12-month process. You can’t just do ...

NATIVE SPECIES — One would think that state employee applicators would be educated about native plants before they are turned loose with industrial quantities of herbicide. What’s interesting is that ...

The City of Marion has updated its city code relating to weeds and natural landscaping. Ordinance No. 25-05 amends Chapter 324 of the Marion Code, adding a natural or naturalistic landscape policy and ...

The sun was shining Monday on the five-acre stretch of native prairie behind the Prairie Park Nature Center, but instead of the skyward stretch of spring, many of the plants were doubled over, ...