Wednesdays, September 11, 18, 25 and October 2
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Today approximately 2,000 acres of prairie remain in Illinois. Native prairies are exceedingly rare in the Prairie State; in fact, we rank 49th in the U.S. in uncultivated land. It is time for more prairie!

In these four meetings, we will discuss many aspects of Illinois prairies:

• Prairie history and ecology
• Typical plant types and their propagation
• Creating prairie plantings, small to large 
• Prairie gardens: hummingbird, butterfly, rain, etc.
• Maintaining a prairie and seed collecting
• Prairie sites near DeKalb, with a possible field trip

Convener: Michael Haines is retired as director of The National Social Norms Resource Center and a former administrator at the Health Service at NIU. He has created and maintained a 45-acre prairie in northern DeKalb County for over 24 years.