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
Q & A
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