The Nursery:
In The Nursery we grow a large a large variety of native grasses, sedges, and forbs all from seed. We also grow many species of native trees and shrubs both from seed and bare root stock. For seed production we use a variety of methods such as directly sowing seed outdoors and controlled stratification using refrigerators.
Each year we produce enough plants to supply our retail location with plants for the current years fall and the next years spring inventory. We over winter our plants out side and let them break dormancy in the spring when they naturally would. Due to this practice our plants are ready to go in the ground the day you get them from us, they are already hardened off. however due to this practice our inventory is staggered in the spring time with new plants become ready for sale each week as the all start waking up from their winter hiatus
We spend much of the summer and fall months repotting plants and getting them ready for sale or over wintiering.
The retail location is not only a place for people to buy locally grown native plants, but also a space for people to gather, get ideas for their own projects, and a place to sit and enjoy nature. Our gardens are inspired by some of the different eco-systems of Missouri and Kansas. They mimic prairie, savannas, and woodland eco-systems.
Benefits of Native Plantings:
Create ecosystems to support local wildlife such as: Birds, Insects, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals
Can be used for rain water management
Keep our water sheds clean and and reduce effects of agricultural run off
Reduce erosion and stabilize stream banks
Build healthy soil
Help clean the air in urban environments
Require less water then conventional landscapes once established
Require less fossil fuels to maintain then introduced grass lawns
Reconnects us with nature
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