PRODUCT INFO
The 2020 edition of The Prairie Garden, featuring the theme “Inspired by Nature,” focuses on how gardeners in our region can take a cue from nature in everything from design to plant choice to ongoing care, so as to create beautiful, resilient gardens that are less work to maintain and friendlier to all living things.
Guest-edited by naturalist and cultural resource specialist Maureen Krauss, it features over 35 articles on the theme. Several articles describe the new planting principles of renowned designers like Piet Oudolf who are strongly inspired by our own prairie landscapes. Other articles explore our connection to the natural history of our prairie region. Still others tell you about hardy native plants that are perfect for gardens, gardening techniques that respond to the new realities of climate change, and stories of people who make gardens that are not just beautiful, but also low-maintenance and pollinator-friendly. Our authors include plantsman and Oudolf collaborator Roy Diblik; well-known garden writers Janet Davis, Sheryl Normandeau, and Tony Spencer; prairie naturalists June Flanagan and John Morgan; scientists, ecologists, and many other plant and gardening experts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THEME: INSPIRED BY NATURE
Topic Author The New Naturalism in the Prairie Garden Maureen Krauss Layers of a Designed Plant Community Inspired by Prairie Janet Davis The New Naturalism: Recommended Resources Linda Dietrick Inspired by the North American Prairies Lianne Pot Supernaturalistic: The New Perennial Pond Garden Tony Spencer Matrix Perennials for the Northern Prairies Linda Dietrick Perennial Structure in Gardens Eileen Rosen Your Garden - Naturally Chris Penner Good Plant, Bad Plant: Native and Non-Native. Is it That Simple? Roy Diblik What Grew Here Before? The Patterns of the Prairies Marika Olynyk The Prairie Landscape in Fiction Linda Dietrick Fifty Years Ago in The Prairie Garden: The Blooming Desert Lawrence A. Stuckey Review of The Sands of the Assiniboine Delta by Sheldon McLeod Linda Dietrick Hardy Cacti for the Northern Prairies Ernie Brown Cupfuls of Sunshine: The Prairie Crocus Jeannette Adams Native Grasses for Prairie Landscapes John P. Morgan My Prairie Patch: Observations from a Native Plant Garden Kelly Leask Grow a Row for Wildlife: Creating Sustainable, Biodiverse Hedges Sheryl Normandeau Two Shovels, a Wheelbarrow, and the Genesis of an Idea Len and Vicki Prairie Pollinator Patch June Flanagan Earth-Friendly Gardening with Native Plants Kelly Leask Gardening with a Difference Karen Loewen Planting for the Climate Vanessa Corkal with Ryan Smith Help a Bee in Need: Create Some Habitat Sarah Semmler Native Plant Diversity in a Rooftop Prairie Garden Dorothy Tuthill Henteleff Park: An Urban Gem Marilyn Latta The Wildflower Project Matt Wildenauer Winnipeg's Niakwa Trail Rain Garden is for the Birds Michele Kading Rooted in Clay Anna Thurmayr and Dietmar Straub Have You Considered a School Garden? Suzanne Simpson A Tale of Two Transplants: Simple Guidelines for Protecting Nature Barret Miller Ladyslipper Orchids (Cypripedium) for Your Garden Sandra Venton Medicines Inspired by Nature: The Doctrine of Signatures Colin Briggs Telling Stories with Bonsai Trees Joe Grande GENERAL
Topic Authors Abbott's Sphinx Moth: The Deceptive Garden Intruder Ian Wise How Plants Use Microbes to Help them Extract Nutrients from Soil James White Gardening for Specialist Bees: Sunflowers Jason Gibbs and Emily Hanuschuk The Magic of Mushrooms: Understanding and Working with Our Fungal Allies Tom Nagy Crisis in the Prairie Urban Forest Rick Durand The Cottony Ash Psyllid Ian Wise The Rocky Mountain Locust: Extinction of a Prairie Colossus Ian Wise What Do Your Plants Want? Tips to Ensure Their Happiness and Yours Susanne Olver and Veronica Larmour Buy Now - Regret Later Rita Campbell Know Thine Enemy (Weeds) Tiffany Grenkow The Secrets to Three Seasons of Easy Greens Tiffany Grenkow Killarney Demonstration Farm Gordon Goldsborough East Meets West: The Story of the China Roses Barbara Shields Bob Bors and Rick Sawatzky Receive the 2019 Stevenson Award Sara Williams In Memory of Ken McDonald (1956-2018) Colleen Zacharias Remembering Dr. Jennifer Shay (1930-2018) Gordon Goldsborough
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