This document discusses several precedents for urban prairie and meadow landscapes across the southeastern United States and beyond. It lists various university and botanical garden sites that incorporate prairie burns and meadow habitats, including the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, North Carolina Botanical Garden, and Mason Farm Biological Reserve. Additionally, it provides examples of prairie preserves in Texas and Mississippi, as well as urban meadow design precedents in Louisiana, including sites in Baton Rouge, Ville Platte, and Pearl River County. The document also mentions 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