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Maple Plain MN, 55359
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Independence, MN 55359
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December 14, 2022

Discovering Minnesota’s Ecology: Notes From The Field

As the winter snows start to fall, our crews now have a bit of time to reflect on another super busy and productive field season. One of the most rewarding aspects of our job is the opportunity to observe Minnesota’s ecology, the plant and animal interactions, within the natural areas that we manage.  Each year…

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May 10, 2022

Top 10 Native Plants for Traditional Urban and Suburban Landscapes

So why go native? The answer is pretty simple. While ornamental garden plants may look nice, they are really lacking when it comes to ecological benefits. Minnesota native plants provide traditional landscapes with high quality habitat for pollinators and other wildlife. On top of this, they also look great and are hardy; requiring no fertilizers…

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April 11, 2022

Transform Your Wetland with Invasive Cattail Removal!

Did you know much of the cattail you see growing around ponds, wetlands, and lakes throughout Minnesota is actually non-native and invasive?  In Minnesota, we have both a native broadleaf cattail (Typha latifolia) and an invasive narrowleaf cattail (Typha angustifolia).  Unfortunately, these tend to readily hybridize with one another, producing an aggressive hybrid (Typha x…

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February 25, 2022

Supporting the Monarch Butterfly: How Native Plants Can Make a Difference

During the summer of 2021, our work crews were commenting on the noticeably low number of Monarchs in both larvae and adult forms. For instance, we usually have hoards of monarchs in our greenhouses, munching on the young and succulent milkweed leaves. But last year, most of the milkweed leaving our greenhouses went out onto…

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November 15, 2021

Site Preparation: Setting Your Restoration Up for Success

Site preparation for prairie and shoreline restoration projects is the most important and sometimes the most challenging component in achieving successful ecological restorations.  Site conditions and restoration goals factor into the preparation methods that we employ. Our overall goals are to substantially reduce weed competition, repair areas impacted by erosion, and stabilize sites during vegetation…

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September 30, 2021

Maintenance Field Notes

As the summer season quickly cascades into fall, our environmental restoration maintenance crews reflect on another season and what made it unique from past seasons. Every year is different and even though these observations are anecdotal, collectively they are interesting and help us understand the systems that we create and manage at Natural Shore. Below…

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Backyard Ecological Restoration

August 12, 2021

Getting Closer to Your Ecological Restoration

Ah, what an interesting summer it has been for ecological restoration. With the pretty much constant heat and humidity, and relentless stream of smoke from our friends in Canada, it’s been a real challenge to leave the cool AC and venture into the outdoors. Well, our staff at Natural Shore have been amazingly dedicated, efficiently…

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June 24, 2021

Dry Weather and Native Plants

This has been a hot, dry, essentially rainless June and much of Minnesota is really feeling the drought conditions. What will July and August bring? What if this drought continues? With the unusually dry June, you might have noticed that our lawns and roadside turf areas quickly dried and turned brown. The short roots of…

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Goldfinch on Purple Coneflower Natural Shore

May 20, 2021

Minnesota Native Plants: Critical Habitat for Songbirds and Insects

 Each spring we look forward to the arrival of migrating songbirds in Minnesota as they return to find nesting sites to raise their young. White-throated sparrows, Eastern bluebirds, and a variety of warblers signal that spring has sprung! Let’s take a bit of a deep dive into how to use native plants for songbird habitat,…

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February 10, 2021

Linnaeus Legacy

As our calendar year turns over into a new beginning, we all ponder the thought of a “New Year’s resolution.” January presents an exciting opportunity to begin fresh, inviting a clear pallet of thoughts as luminous as a fresh Minnesota snowfall. A great resolution usually involves the opportunity to expand our thoughts and learn new…

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January 4, 2021

Native Seeds: Cleaning, Stratification, and Dispersal

 As the snow begins to fall and winter finally sets in, our staff pivots from field work and focuses on indoor activities, such as putting the greenhouse to bed, servicing tools, revamping the trucks and organizing the shop.  However, one of the most important tasks isn’t about vacuuming the dirt from between the truck seats…

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November 13, 2020

Spectacular Soils and Fantastic Fungi

 Well, it was inevitable, but we just received a few inches of that white stuff that is such a part of our hearty Minnesota social fabric. Yes, winter will be soon upon us. In the cities, it was a pretty wet and heavy snow, enough so that our taller prairie plants started to tilt and…

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