Lesson Plans in an Iowa Garden | Midwest Living

Lesson Plans in an Iowa Garden

Working through 30 years of summer breaks and then retirement, two Iowa teachers molded an empty backyard into an A+ landscape. Strolling through their gardens offers lessons in creating a great yard with a limited budget and lots of patience.

Minimal maintenance

Native prairie plants, such as Liatris (or gayfeather), and beds of perennials—coneflowers, black-eyed Susans and Asiatic lilies—require minimal maintenance. The easy-to-care-for hardy coneflower (pictured) is Jim’s favorite perennial.

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Featured Gardens, Spring, Spring gardening, May June 2011 Midwest Living, Garden

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