Farmhouse prairie path

Little bluestem · prairie dropseed · mown path

Size

2,200 sq ft

Weeks

3 wks

Year

2025

Budget

$25–40k

The job

A farmhouse lawn ran all the way to a stand of pines, and mowing it took the owners most of a Sunday.

We turned two thirds of it into deep beds of prairie grasses and kept one mown path through the middle, wide enough for a mower and two people. It needs one cut in spring, and it moves in every wind.

Plant list

Little bluestem · prairie dropseed · switchgrass · rattlesnake master · purple coneflower

More work

Burns Park

Front lawn to native garden

Lawn removal · native beds · limestone path

Water Hill

Terraced slope

Three dry-laid terraces · steps · sedge plantings

A plowed street at blue dusk after snow, neat banks along the edges and a warm window in the house on the right

Booking spring installs now

Book your site walk.

Spring install dates fill by March. Walk the yard with us now and be first on the list.

Book a site walk (734) 555-0162