BluPrairie

04/03/2024

Spring is finally here and our 2024 catalogs are
ready to help you get those native gardens going for all our pollinator friends out there. Our opening date for the 2024
season is May 4. Looking forward to another great season!

04/03/2024

As we head into the 2024 season, I would like to point out a great program hosted by the state of Minnesota named Lawn to Legumes. You will find it at the website, https://bwsr.state.mn.us/l2l. This is a wonderful program to assist
you in getting started. We will provide you with everything you need.

The Lawns to Legumes program offers a combination of workshops, coaching, planting guides and cost-share funding (individual support grants) for installing pollinator-friendly native plantings in residential lawns. The program also includes Pollinatory Pathways grants, which are pollinator programs....

05/07/2022

What a difference a year makes. Despite the cold, slow start our greenhouse is full and open for the season! We're open 8am to 5pm May 7&8. A couple of spring flowers are blooming to celebrate Mother's Day weekend 🌿💐

02/24/2022

Brrr.... it is cold outside but our 2022 catalog is now ready and we look forward to seeing you when we open May 7 for our 2022 season. We will be starting up our greenhouse in the next couple of weeks and with spring just around the corner it won't be long before we can all get a good dose of sunshine and warmth.

05/21/2021

Happy 2021! But our pollinators need more than just one day a year of support. Please consider native plant selections in your gardens and landscaping to help our bees, butterflies, and insects who work hard every day. If you need any help planning, we're here to help!

05/15/2021

We are so excited about our new friends, Peterson Farms Honey, LLC. ! They are 4th generation beekeepers located in Howard Lake, MN. Their bees will be busy in our prairie this summer. We got a little taste of honeycomb today and all I can say is sign me up for 50lbs 😍🍯🐝🌻

https://petersonfarmshoney.com

05/08/2021

The greenhouse is open and bursting full of plants-come on out to find old favorites and new additions. To celebrate mother's everywhere, we're offering one free plant (2.5" or 3.5" pots) of your choosing!

04/12/2021

This Woodland Phlox or Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) decided to delight us with an early show in the greenhouse! Grown from seed collected on our property in West Central Minnesota. Over time, this shade perennial spreads via rhizomes and creates vibrant patches of blue/purple patches in spring.

04/03/2021

Spring has sprung in the greenhouse!

Grand opening weekend this year will be May 7-9, but we're available now via phone or email if you have any questions regarding plant availability or to set up a preorder.

2021 catalogs are ready and can be requested on our website: https://bluprairie.com/contact-us/

See you soon!! 🌼🌱💚

08/18/2020

We're loving all the yellows in the prairie on this bright, sunny day! This busy little bee is certainly enjoying the Grass-Leaved Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia).

As this plant has a strong rhizome root structure, and therefore can be aggressive, we experimented with planting it on the edge of the prairie next to other forbs and grasses with hearty root structures, such as Sawtooth Sunflower (Helianthus grossesrratus). We're happy to say that so far, the neighbors are getting along! Do you have aggressive natives that you've had success with? Let us know!

08/15/2020

Happy birthday, Jill!

Founder and master gardener, Jill Danielson, is celebrating her birthday in her favorite place: outside in the prairie! I (her daughter) am so lucky and proud to call this talented woman my mother and friend.

While the compass plant (Silphium laciniatum) is known to get tall, this particular one is pushing 10 feet 😯😍 It's also loaded with happy busy bees this afternoon. 🐝🌻