Photo Contest Winner Announced!

Congratulations to Crystal Merkel of Rochester, MN on her spectacular photo of Pasque Flower (Anemone patens wolfgangiana)!  We sent Crystal a $100 Prairie Moon gift certificate.  She was thrilled and said she plans to use it to replace some shrubs in her yard with tall flowers and grasses.  Crystal has no lawn grass; her entire yard is [...]

Poppy Surprise

Among the more enjoyable aspects of working with plants are the frequent pleasant surprises. Customers regularly regale us with tales of unexpected bloom patterns or color variations or species that suddenly appear years after hope was abandoned. This tendency to defy expectations, to resist rigid categories seems to be a delightful rogue component of the [...]

Book Review – Second Nature by Michael Pollan

During my summer vacation I finally made time to read a book lent by my co-worker Ann. It was Michael Pollan’s Second Nature, an eloquent exploration of gardening and the way that we humans think about nature and our role in it. Pollan’s ruminations are provocative, dead-on and sure to stimulate anyone involved in ecological [...]

Book Review – Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy

When explaining Prairie Moon Nursery and how we exclusively sell only native plants I often get the question of "Why only native plants?" and "Is there a differnce with those plants compared to other plants?".  While I have many answers I always struggle with finding the best answer. Now besides giving them an answer I [...]

Outdoor Operations: What’s New?

After the driest start to September, three weeks with no rain, we finally started to get rain on the first day of autumn. Yipee. Unfortunately the drought may have lasted too long. It appears like some seeds may not be good this year. I have seen many plants that bloomed and dried out with out producing [...]

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