New restoration tool for southwestern Wisconsin land trust

Mississippi Valley Conservancy raised enough money to purchase a work truck for the restoration and management of natural areas. Prairie Moon Nursery was one of several corporations and individuals who chipped in.

Free Prairie Compost!

Do you have a need for some compost? We have several truckloads of composted native-plant seed cleanings that we have accumulated over the past couple of years and would like to share. The compost is comprised of native plant stems, leaves and flower heads that are left after we remove the seeds. The pile has [...]

Spring Hopes Perennial

Spring’s unfolding has been a stop-and-start affair in our valley this year. A brief early warm-up was followed by a cold, rainy stretch and then three inches of snow, a little sun and then more rain and cold. Plants everywhere continue awakening, though, pushing promisingly above the soil surface, pacing their growth, biding their time [...]

Natives with Wings

Many people who contact us at Prairie Moon are excited by the symbiotic relationships between native plants and hummingbirds, butterflies and other pollinating insects. We also talk often with admirers of the dynamic interactions between the roots of native plants and elements and organisms in soil. I recently received a reminder, though, of the importance [...]

Join us at a Winter Conference!

If, like us, you are passionate about native plants, your interest and desire to learn extend beyond the growing season.  Winter is the time we slow down to network, reflect on the past year, and discuss important issues  in our field.  Consider attending one of these conferences to meet others like yourselves and chat with [...]

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