We have updated the "Garden" section of our site and written a bit about prairie gardening, how to get a native garden started and the background and history why we decided in 2002 to use mainly native prairie plants for our family garden.
If you would prefer to read this post in context, come visit the Prowicz Family garden on our web site.
prowicz family garden
The Prowicz Family garden is made up of mostly perennials and almost 100% native plants, using seed cultured from our local area in Northern Illinois.
How we purchase and start our prairie plants
Some of the vendors we like, for prairie plants (both bare-root and potted) and seeds are listed below.
- Prairie Nursery
- Kane County Wild Ones
- Prairie Moon Nursery
- Citizens for Conservation
- Wasco Nursery in St. Charles (they sell native plants from Natural Garden Natives in St. Charles)
This is our first year gardening our current property (for various and sundry reasons); the garden in our previous home in Des Plaines was extensive.
