Convincing Midwest farmers to plant tall-grass prairie where they could grow more cash crops has been, well, a hard row to ...

For years I have wondered why Europeans find American prairie planting so aspirational, while Americans will go to great lengths to create a semblance of Northern European gardening (often referred to ...

There are plants called Rattlesnake, Red October, and Meadow Rue. And there’s Prairie Smoke, whose feathery seed heads appear like wisps of silver-pink smoke. Purple Prairie Clover, whose spiky ...

According to the Wisconsin DNR, pollinators like bees and butterflies face the threat of losing their native habitats.

You might associate bees with lush summer gardens and meadows. But this fall, one northern Illinois prairie is abuzz with the ...