Prairie/Savannah Garden

Unusual, colorful birds, butterflies, and insects of all kinds are drawn to the abundance of food sources and shelter derived from the flora of the prairie. More than 100 pounds of a Chicagoland genome seed mix was sown in the spring of 2007 over this two-plus acre tract. The seed mix contains many varieties of native grasses and forbs, like the Asters, Echinace, and Rudbeckia that blanketed this area hundreds of years ago.