Lawn-free prairie garden of Native Son’s Danny Bravens
At his home garden, Danny Bravens of Native Son Gardens replaced thirsty turf with low-water, densely planted, native prairie plants.… Read More
Michael’s Plano Prairie Garden in spring
I finally got to visit Michael McDowell’s Plano prairie garden in springtime. Purple coneflowers were stealing the show.… Read More
“It’s what was here”: A prairie garden grows near downtown Austin
You wouldn’t expect to find a huge prairie garden so close to downtown Austin that blue-glass skyscrapers peek over the treetops.… Read More
Backyard prairie garden in East Austin
Chris Vincent and Nicolas Webster planted a bursting-with-wildflowers backyard prairie garden, accented with two small crevice gardens.… Read More
Into the sunflowers in Longwood’s meadow
I set off on Longwood Garden’s meadow trail in late afternoon, as the light slanted low through golden petals and tawny grasses.… Read More
Come hear a talk about making a pocket prairie
Garden Spark’s first speaker of Season 7 is John Hart Asher, a prairie-garden evangelist who’ll tell us why and how to make a pocket prairie.… Read More
Meadow in bloom for the birds and bees
The meadow glowed with tall golden sunflowers, swaths of fiery blanketflower, and shaggy lavender American basketflower.… Read More
Meadow garden in gravel at Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Olbrich Botanical Gardens’ meadowy gravel garden was lovely even out of peak bloom, when the predominant color was green.… Read More
Native prairie garden replaces half the lawn in the Grosz Garden
A shoulder-high, prairie-style garden makes a graceful swoosh through the sunny backyard of Linda and Phil Grosz in Middleton, Wisconsin. … Read More
Piet Oudolf meadow in fall bloom at Delaware Botanic Gardens
Pink- and white-flowering muhly grasses were as frothy and gossamer in the morning light as freshly spun cotton candy in the Oudolf Meadow at Delaware Botanic Gardens.… Read More