Those acres were planted with 12,460 pounds of native grass and wildflower seed. The program is open to any of Iowa’s 99 counties that have an integrated roadside vegetation management program.

A monarch butterfly forages on an ironweed flower in the native lawn of Karen Rawson in the front yard of her home in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Monday, September 9, 2024.

Increasing Iowa City’s tree canopy and diversity, and adding native plants are targets. Between the 2006 F2 tornado, 2020 derecho and the emerald ash borer, Iowa City lost a portion of its tree ...

Listen back to Charity Nebbe's 2019 interview with Doug Tallamy about how using native plants in your landscape can support a vibrant local ecosystem.

This spring, Cedar Rapids (population: 130,000) will seed 188 acres with native prairie grasses and wildflowers. The city’s plan is to eventually create 1,000 acres of bee paradise by planting ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ Some of Kirk Henderson's best work is stuck in a ditch, on the side of the road.

prairie woods, Franciscan Spiritual center, lost about 1000 trees in the storm. They aren't replanting all of them, but do have plans to replant like many others, planting a few more fruit trees ...

He says we could add more native grasses and wildflowers alongside roadways to make a difference. Sixty-two counties and 25 cities in Iowa do this, according to the Tallgrass Prairie Center (By ...

Between two corn fields in central Iowa, Lee Tesdell walks through a corridor of native prairie grasses and wildflowers. Crickets trill as dickcissels, small brown birds with yellow chests, pop ...

During the late summer months, Iowa’s roadsides and prairies burst forth with fantastic colors. These colors come from the over 500 species of plants that, historically, have made up the ...

“The prescribed fire sets back our invasive cool-season grasses.” In April and May, McClimon says invasive plants are more grown, while grasses native to Iowa are still sprouting.

Most lawns in Iowa require approximately 1 to 1½ inches of water weekly, Steil says. For local and regional guidance, ... Many native plants, grasses and perennials don't need as much TLC.