09/04/2024
The Prairie this year has been 💥✨🤩💫!!
Sadly, less than 0.01% of original prairie remains in Illinois. The rich soil has been favored for farm fields for more than a century. That along with land development has drastically reduced the native and natural space there once was.
After my return home from college, I fell in love with the prairie and am lucky to live in area that is interested in protecting a lot of it. The flora and landscape is really very unique to the Midwest and I took an oath with myself to do what I can to preserve and protect it.
We have had people in the past reach out about native prairie seedlings. The thing about starting these plants from seed is that it takes time, because many seeds need a stratification period, or exposure to cold, before they can germinate. Some need to be stratified for a period of 90 days!
With all this in mind, we are planning on offering a Native seedling CSA where we will grow these plants specifically for you! We will open up the CSA in the early Fall so we can get seed orders placed. A quick survey on your space will help us figure out what plants will do best depending on your sun, soil, and water saturation.
If you are interested in joining, please send us a message! Once the CSA opens up, we will notify everyone through our email list! Let’s do what we can together to create pockets of natives for pollinators and the future of prairies!
