07/12/2026
After several years of planning, planting, and caring for it, our prairie is finally thriving! 🌼🌾
We're excited to share that we've added a walking trail and benches so everyone can enjoy this beautiful space. Whether you're looking for a peaceful walk, a place to sit and relax, or a chance to see native plants, birds, butterflies, and other wildlife, we hope you'll take some time to visit.
As you explore, we ask that you help us protect this special habitat:
🌿 Please stay on the designated trail. Walking off the path can damage native plants and disturb the insects and wildlife.
🌸 Please don't pick the flowers. Every bloom plays an important role. Native flowers provide nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, and later produce seeds that feed birds and help the prairie naturally regenerate. Leaving the flowers in place ensures that everyone can enjoy their beauty throughout the season.
You may also notice some brown or dying patches of vegetation throughout the prairie. This is intentional and is part of our ongoing invasive species management efforts. We have been treating invasive plants such as spotted knapweed, bull thistle, butter-and-eggs, reed canary grass, and woody brush. Herbicide treatments are carefully targeted to invasive species and are an important tool in restoring healthy native prairies. While these treatments may temporarily leave some plants looking dead or unhealthy, removing invasive species gives our native prairie plants the space, sunlight, and resources they need to thrive.
Restoring a prairie is a long-term process, and we're excited to finally be at the point where we can share it with our community.
We'd like to especially thank everyone who has helped us along the way! From those involved with planning, planting, and maintenance, as well as all of our supporters, who have cared for it over the years to make this possible. We look forward to watching it continue to grow and be enjoyed by our community and the wildlife that calls it home for many years to come.
