Gravel gardens are the perfect way to save water and time, while still enjoying a beautiful landscape. It's just a matter of ...

Rolling hills of grass and wildflowers once blanketed swaths of the state’s western edge.  Periodic fires set by Native ...

They’re among the region’s most despised species, but some tribes, researchers and landowners are racing to save them ...

"Sustainable and effective." Farmers' discovery has major implications for all of America's cornfields: 'It's wonderful to ...

Teacher Mark Dorhout created an outdoor education program at the middle school in Panora to “connect (students) to the ...

Research led by Kansas State University showed reintroducing bison improves plant diversity in a tallgrass prairie ... areas ...

Now, Ahrendsen said, tall grass prairie makes up less than 1 ... a lot of these perennial, native prairie plants are stimulated by periodic fire.“ She said that a prairie management plan ...

These versatile plants thrive in full sun to partial ... Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) is a native prairie grass that adds texture and movement to your wildflower meadow garden.

On Dec. 2, at the National Wildlife Refuge in Cameron Parish, 4-H’ers from the Central region came together to repopulate native plants that have mostly disappeared from the area. The plants were once ...

Bags of prairie seed fill up a meeting room at the DNR ... but Johnson said they work with over 100 native grasses and flowers. “Early on in my career, a diverse reconstruction was five ...

A science class for middle school students at Panorama Middle School commonly involves a trek out to the prairie behind the school, a sketch of native seeds ... of the prairie grasses he learned ...