Wild Ones Twin Cities invites you to join us for a tour of Bria and Kendra's Indigo House Prairie gardens in south Minneapolis. These gardens have gone through a tremendous transition over the last four years. Join to hear about the process taken, mistakes made, and discussion on future management decisions.
In May 2021 the backyard was a conventional grass yard, by Summer 2022 it had transformed to a lush non-native garden, and by Summer 2023 was once again in transition to a fully native garden with the addition of a new alley pocket prairie planted with Lawns to Legumes funding.
In Spring and Summer 2024 the rest of the backyard was densely planted with 150+ species of self-winter-sown MN natives and seeded with additional grasses in January 2025. The shady front yard remained all hostas and creeping bellflower until they were removed Fall 2024 in preparation for 2025 planting. Recently Bria finished their design and installation of a native plant boulevard garden as Kendra continues to transition shady areas into a woodland garden.
The back yard is now a well-loved 1-3 year old native prairie. The focus of this prairie has been on creation of habitat diversity, early on satisfying Bria's urge to have as many plant species as possible, and now being reined in with native plant communities in mind. Tour guests will see dead-hedge type pathway edging, creative gutter routing, early establishment phase green mulch and rock paths, and a lot of passion.
Bria and Kendra are looking forward to sharing their whimsical gardens with you all.
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Accessibility: Street parking, moderately narrow paths with some uneven footing, limited seating available. Please let us know if there are accommodations we can make to enable you to attend!
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In the event of an extreme weather event, tour will be rescheduled for Sunday, Aug 10 at 1 pm.
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Photos taken by Julia Vanatta during a visit in 2024.
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