Gardening with Native Plants in the Upper Midwest: Bringing the Tallgrass Prairie Home

Gardening with Native Plants in the Upper Midwest: Bringing the Tallgrass Prairie Home

by Judy Nauseef
Gardening with Native Plants in the Upper Midwest: Bringing the Tallgrass Prairie Home

Gardening with Native Plants in the Upper Midwest: Bringing the Tallgrass Prairie Home

by Judy Nauseef

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Overview

Want to have a garden that is both beautiful and biodiverse, satisfying and sustainable? In this book, long-time landscape designer Judy Nauseef shows gardeners in the upper Midwest how to restore habitat and diversity to their piece of the planet by making native plants part of well-designed, thoughtfully planned gardens. In contrast to most books about gardening with native plants, Nauseef provides specific regional information. Working against the backdrop of habitat and species losses in the tallgrass prairie states, she brings years of experience to creating landscapes that recall the now-vanished grasslands of the Midwest.

Nauseef emphasizes the need for careful planning and design to create comfortable, low-maintenance spaces that bring homeowners outside. Her designs solve problems such as a lack of privacy, shade, or sun; plan for water use; replace troublesome nonnative plants with native plants that attract pollinators; and enable homeowners to enjoy living sustainably on their land. Colorful photographs of projects around the Midwest show the wide range of possibilities, from newly created gardens using only native plants to traditional gardens that mix nonnative with native species. Whether you have a city yard, a suburban lot, or a rural acreage, there are ideas here for you, along with examples of well-designed landscapes in which native plants enhance paths, patios, pergolas, and steps.

Providing information on planting and maintaining native plants and prairies as well as seed and plant sources, organizations, and public arboretum and prairie sites, this book enables every gardener to master a new palette of plants and landforms. However small our personal landscapes, together they can slow the loss of many species of plants and wildlife and bring native flowers and grasses back where they belong. Ecologists, landscape architects and designers, master gardeners, landscape contractors, teachers, and home gardeners—everyone dedicated to conserving and improving our environment—will benefit from Nauseef’s approach. 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781609384074
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Publication date: 04/15/2016
Series: Bur Oak Guide
Edition description: 1
Pages: 132
Sales rank: 451,681
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Preface xi

1 Native Plants and the Landscape 1

2 Some History of the Midwestern Landscape 9

3 Why Bring Native Plants into Our Gardens? 17

4 Planning the Garden 29

5 Combining Plants 63

6 Residential Prairies and Woodlands 83

7 Planting and Maintenance 109

Resources 119

Index 123

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