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PRAIRIE
DEMONSTRATION GARDENS
- In May of 2001, the Center planted a prairie
demonstration garden in a boulevard near the front door of
its office building. Photos
show how the garden has progressed.
- The garden contains over 25
native prairie species and serves as a teaching tool and an
example of the minimal maintenance, beauty, and diversity of life
and form that even a small urban prairie can provide.
PRAIRIE PIONEER CEMETERIES
- Pioneer cemeteries are some of the best places to look for prairie
remnants, prairies that have never been plowed. A pioneer cemetery
is a cemetery that has had fewer than 6 burials in the last 50
years.
- Center staff, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, students with the Grinnell
College Environmental Action Group, members of the Poweshiek County
Pioneer Cemetery Commission, and Township trustees are all working
together to restore prairie to theOld
Victor Pioneer Cemetery in Poweshiek County.
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