This document discusses several precedents for biodiverse prairie and meadow landscapes in major prairie systems of the southeast U.S. It lists various university and botanical garden sites that maintain prairie habitats, including the University of Wisconsin Arboretum that burns 120 acres annually in Madison. It also provides examples of preservation sites for Cajun prairie habitat in Louisiana and Texas, as well as arboretum sites in Mississippi that experiment with prairie seed mixtures. The document concludes by noting an upcoming Urban Meadows class at LSU School of Landscape Architecture beginning in spring 2014.

3. major prairies systems, southeast U.S.

4. • resource services
•
why a meadow?
resource conservation saves eco-types from
extinction
• recharges aquifers/drinking water
• captures / sequesters carbon
• provides habitat for specific pollinators
• provides essential host plants

5. prairie: the upside-down rain forest
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7. historical precedents for the biodiverse prairie-meadow

8. university of wisconsin, madison,
arboretum

9. Aldo Leopold, John Curtis

10. 120 acres burned annually in the
heart of the city

11. north carolina botanical garden
chapel, hill, nc
chapel, hill, nc

15. mason farm biological reserve

17. eunice restoration site: corner MLK @
Magnolia St

18. cajun prairie habitat preservation
society

20. nash prairie, southeast of houston, texas

22. crosby arboretum, picayune mississippi

26. urban meadow design precedents

27. precedents, locally
St Landry Welcome Center

29. st landry visitors center, ville platte

33. repentence park, old state capitol,
baton rouge
baton rouge

40. Dr. Vidrine’s Cajun Prairie Gardens

57. meadowmakers seed farm, pearl river co., ms
12 acres, 50+ experiments with seed, est.1997
12 acres, 50+ experiments with seed, est.1997

65. le jardin plume, auzouville sur ry,
france

67. marcpastorek.wordpress
• Urban Meadows class, LSU School of
Landscape Architecture, beginning spring
2014