Tag Archives: prairie planting

Overseeding and Disturbance in a Tallgrass Prairie

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Mike Saxton

By: Bill Kleiman – Director Nachusa Grasslands, Elizabeth Bach – Research Scientist Nachusa Grasslands, Elizabeth Becker – Doctoral Student SDSU / UC Davis Joint Doctoral Program in Ecology Restoring any ecosystem is extremely difficult and getting it right on the … Continue reading →

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Sowing Seed – Lessons Learned

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Mike Saxton

Mike Saxton – Shaw Nature Reserve – Gray Summit, MO Last week we sowed around 1,200 pounds of seed from 302 species over 46 acres of ground at Shaw Nature Reserve. Most of that seed went into a 42 acre … Continue reading →

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of a First Year Prairie

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By: Mike Saxton – Manager of Ecological Restoration and Land Stewardship at Shaw Nature Reserve – a division of the Missouri Botanical Garden – Gray Summit, MO There are few acts more hopeful than planting prairie. We put so much … Continue reading →

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Crafting Wetlands—2023 Crew Planting

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

Written by Jacob Churulo, Nachusa Grasslands Resident Fellow Every year, Nachusa’s crew plantings embody our long-standing commitment to restoring high quality prairie habitat. In 2023, the combined seed picking efforts of the summer and fall restoration crews culminated into this … Continue reading →

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More lessons learned planting prairie

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman SHRUBS: We want some of our prairies free of shrubs for various birds and other wildlife that want prairie without shrubs everywhere.  We will end up with lots of shrublands in the future as there is a … Continue reading →

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33 years of community led grasslands restoration in NW Cook County, IL

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By the Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards This is the fourth of four introductions to our upcoming field trips for our GRN workshop August 16 and 17. Registration for this year’s GRN closes on 7/31, make sure to get your spot … Continue reading →

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Prairie planting #135 Grist Mill unit

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman The Nachusa Grasslands seasonal crew were led by Anna Scheidel and Matt Nugent. The Nachusa crew harvested, processed and planted enough seed to plant two units, including this 25 acres at Franklin Creek Natural Area, FCNA, which … Continue reading →

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Beware what seed you buy

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

by Bill Kleiman You likely don’t know invasive Lespedeza daurica. I will tell you why in a bit. But it is similar to the invasive Lespedeza cuneata, but more likely found prostrate like the specimen I put in the pot … Continue reading →

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Planting #117 a success

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman This 2015 planting at the Senger tract is awesome. 35 acres planted with 1,400 pounds of un-cleaned seed from 117 species. Below are some photos looking down. Above is purple milkwort (pink), western sunflower, wide leaved pussytoes, … Continue reading →

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Nachusa prairie planting #133

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

This Fall we began the process to turn a retired agricultural field into a mosaic of wetlands, wet prairie, mesic and dry prairie. Below are the photos and maps of this work. At the end is a link to the … Continue reading →

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