Prairie Garden Trust

Stroll through woods and prairie, along ponds and streams to see the ever-changing plants and the birds, butterflies, mammals and more that live here. We call it a nature garden because it has the beauty of native plants without the messiness of nature untended. The "displays" vary by season: flowering dogwood, redbud, Virginia bluebells and phlox... in the early spring, then purple coneflowers and butterfly weed as the prairie blooms in June with blazing star and lotus in July. Although the PGT has been more than 30 years in the making, since 2012 we ramped up efforts with a great deal of "tidying up" of the landscape and creating more graceful edges between fields and woods. We also created enhanced walking trails and overlooks. Once you step into the Prairie Garden Trust, you can leave the urban world behind and stimulate your senses with the calls of a wood thrush, the scent of plum in bloom, and stunning views from moss and lichen-covered limestone bluffs. History of the PGTRead More