Prairie Moon Nursery?

Come work with us! We're seeking a full-time, skilled Native Seed and Plant Procurement Specialist to source, negotiate, and manage inventory for our Nursery. This position will collaborate with suppliers and employees to ensure quality, stock levels, and prices are at an ideal level. As a small business, we appreciate the diverse talents of our team. Based on your unique skills and background, you may be assigned additional responsibilities to support the seamless functioning of Prairie Moon. For more information about Prairie Moon and to view the full job description, find us here: www.prairiemoon.com/jobs

Leave the Leaves and Save the Stems! Let's work together to re-define what a beautiful landscape is. In our eyes, the most beautiful landscapes are the ones that support the most wildlife. One of the most valuable (and easiest) things you can do to support pollinators, invertebrates, and other wildlife is to provide them with the winter cover they need - fallen leaves and standing dead plant material. Many butterflies and moths utilize leaf litter as their overwintering habitat. A great example of this is the Wooly Bear Caterpillar; it spends the winter months burrowed beneath fallen leaves for protection. The seed heads on native plants provide crucial food throughout the winter for birds and other critters like toads and turtles. In early spring, seed heads can be pruned in order to create nesting sites for Carpenter Bees, Leafcutter Bees, and Mason Bees. In addition to all the great benefits for wildlife, leaf litter also serves as free mulch that suppresses weeds and fertilizes the soil as it decomposes. That’s why this year - and every year - we encourage everyone to #LeaveTheLeaves and #SaveTheStems

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Do you live in the city? Do you own property with a hell strip next to roadways? Urban environments like these often possess harsh, quick-draining, nutrient-deficient soil that can be difficult to plant in, but there is a large variety of NATIVE plants that thrive in these spaces! Create a mini ecosystem! Search "boulevard", "salt tolerant", or "dry/sandy" on our website to help you search for plants that tolerate such harsh conditions. www.prairiemoon.com “If half of American lawns were replaced with native plants, we would create the equivalent of a 20-million-acre national park, nine times bigger than Yellowstone, or 100 times bigger than Shenandoah National Park.” – Doug Tallamy, Entomologist