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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As settlers moved west in the United States they came across a wide span of land that had no trees or mountains to stop the strong winds. The vegetation was mainly grasses with flowering perennials ...

Centuries ago, before Iowa's rich, black soil was converted into some of the world's most productive farmland, the state was mostly covered in tallgrass prairie and flowering plants known as forbs.

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 ...

Tyler Kruse pulls weeds away from various prairie plants while tending to his pocket prairie on his property in Oxford, Iowa on Monday, July 28, 2025. Kruse said he consulted with a professional ...