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A prairie no-lawn garden grows in Plano, TX, north of Dallas. Click through to see Michael's pics and observations after his garden appeared on the city's 1st water-wise landscape tour. Plano Prairie Garden: Water-Wise Tour Retrospect Texas Native Plants Landscaping, Texas Native Landscaping, Plants Grown In Water, Native Plant Landscape, Texas Landscaping, Xeriscape Landscaping, Water Wise Landscaping, Texas Native Plants, Prairie Planting

Plano's first and my garden's first landscape tour was last Saturday. I am not sure anyone knew what to expect. Based on the turn out and response received to my garden, I think the tour went well. At least 243 people passed through my garden during the six hours the tour was open and more continued to stop or drive by for the next couple of hours. Somewhere around 3:20, the doorbell rang and a woman that said she had a late start wanted to ask questions and look around. I was exhausted…

How to Grow Your Own Pocket Prairie in 9 Steps Nature, Prairie Planting, Prairie Flower, Asclepias Tuberosa, Prairie Garden, Soil Health, Invasive Species, Soil Improvement, Growing Seeds

Do you have a sunny plot of land you’d like to convert into a native prairie habitat? A pocket prairie is a mini prairie habitat that can support native plants and plenty of pollinators. It’s easy to create a beautiful pocket prairie as part of your home landscape. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen introduces nine tips for starting your own pocket prairie.

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If you are here for the first time because of the story about my prairie in the Dallas Morning News, thanks for the visit. Feel free to look through my posts and photos from the last year and a half. Check back again in the future. I usually have one or two new posts a month. If you are a return visitor to the Plano Prairie Garden, check out the story with the link above. Backyard 08-10-10 I started this blog in January of 2009 as a journal of my prairie garden. I never intended for it to be…

Keystone Flora Native Plants: Pocket Prairie Garden Prairie Plants, Prairie Planting, Natural Landscaping, Prairie Garden, Pocket Park, Community Garden, Pollinator Garden, Front Lawn, Wildlife Habitat

This pocket prairie is my front yard in Cincinnati,Ohio. I started this small prairie community 4yrs. ago, using plugs of several species of native plants. The first year, there was not an abundance of bloom, the prairie plants were putting down there roots! As with any garden just started,I had to weed and water. But once the natives got established and started reproducing, they fill in nicely...weeds no more! Now I can sit back and watch the flora and fauna! Some species here are: Purple…

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