The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture in Poteau, Oklahoma established a low-maintenance native plant landscape to attract pollinators. They surveyed existing native plants on their property, researched additional species well-suited to the local environment, and experimented with growing plants from seed and transplanting purchases. The landscape was designed to serve as an outdoor classroom, with plants labeled and educational materials created, to teach visitors about native plants and pollinators.

1. Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Poteau, OK

2. Kerr Center office landscape

3.  Establish a low-maintenance, drought tolerant, attractive
landscape using native plants that will attract native pollinators
 Survey native plants on the Kerr Ranch
 Research native plants and pollinators and plants
 Experiment with gathering and starting plants from seed
 Experiment with transplants
 Design landscape elements
 Plant landscape

4.  Use landscape as an outdoor classroom to educate visitors
about native plants and pollinators
 Plants labeled
 Field days
 Photo-document landscape and post info and photos
online
 Create fact sheets, reports and other educational resources
for use by farmers, ranchers, ag educators and landowners

5.  Native Plant Selection
 A few questions to ask:
 What grows well in my area?
 Which plants will attract the pollinators I want?
 Can I create a landscape that will attract pollinators
throughout the growing season?
 Which plants look attractive in a landscape planting?

6. Kerr Center’s
office landscape
2011-15
David Redhage
planned the native
landscape

8. Some success with seeds

9.  David Redhage
 with Giant Coneflower

10. Transplants
purchased
from Bustami
Plant Farm,
Stillwater, OK

11.  Golden indigo
 Barbara’s button
 Giant coneflower

12. Illinois Bundleflower Frog Fruit

14. 2013-14

15.  2013

22. 2013 2014

25. Slender Mountain Mint

29. Illinois Bundlef lower 2013

34. Maximilian’s
Sunflower
June 2013

36. Maximilian’s
Sunflower
October 2013

40.  Fall 2013

42.  2013

58. Contact David Redhage
Project Manager dredhage@kerrcenter.com

59. This material is based upon work supported by the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under number 69-
7335-1-21
Any opinions, f indings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publ ication are those of the
author(s) and do not necessari ly ref lect the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture