Neil Diboll and Hilary Cox - Prairie Pioneers

Noel talks to Neil Diboll whose Prairie Nursery has been selling seed and plants for 50 years, and Hilary Cox, his collaborator on a uniquely comprehensive book on prairie-making. A lively discussion with two real pioneers in US native plant growing.
press.uchicago...
JOIN US LIVE! Thursdays at 18.00 London time with log-in: us02web.zoom.u...
DONATE This is a pro bono broadcast for the global garden community - we appreciate donations - please see: www.gardenmasterclass.org/home-page/tgc
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO, and perhaps sign up for our newsletter www.gardenmasterclass.org

[@FLlife]

Excellent - thank you!

[@lydiaart]

Enjoyed. I was looking at a Conde Nast Garden magazine from 1998 and saw a little article on Neil Diboll and googled his name to see what he might be up to these days. So that's how I ended up seeing this video. I started a native yard back in the mid 1980s and first started with the native trees, then the native understory and in later years I've been working with native shrubs, wild flowers and grasses here in Florida. I could relate to the invasive problem as we get Boston ferns which are a real menace and sneak in from the neighbor's property along with Brazilian peppers etc. I keep up some trails for the sake of the resident threatened gopher tortoises and the ferns are a constant battle. And I keep a wildflower and native grass area for the tortoises, too. There's a website on the gopher tortoises that has a list of native plants that they like that I use as a reference. The natives do make a big difference in helping out the wildlife. I'm up to 143 species of birds now I've seen on the property or from the property like flyovers. I had to search out the native nurseries for plants. I'm enjoying see the painted buntings as a few are still here. They are migrating currently north up the coast to breed and will return to my yard the first week in August. They eat the seeds of some of these wildflowers in the yard. Thanks so much for the video.