Monarch Gardens LLC

11/24/2024

In case you missed our August post, we're now posting exclusively at MILK the W**D in an effort to consolidate.

Also, the Instagram feed is my personal favorite place: https://www.instagram.com/monarchgardensbenjaminvogt/

The newsletter is the main spot to get monthly updates and news as well, and is more reliable than any social media page (sign up via new website link below)

And remember, the new website is just packed full of helpful / accessible information from how to matrix design to choosing plants based on sociability to where to find native plants to working with w**d control officials and HOAs and tons more to help you at whatever level you're on.

Oh and the online classes -- we now have 20 having added two new ones this summer. We expect to add two more this winter as I work on a new book.

https://prairieup.com

08/16/2024

We're over at MILK the W**D / Prairie Up. Join us?

And don't forget about the new website.

Prairie Up is the hub for sustainable and artful natural garden design, helping gardeners convert lawn to native plant communities. Learn from award-winning author and designer Benjamin Vogt via online classes, workshops, pocket guides, webinars, and books, as we rewild urban areas one front yard at...

07/29/2024

Then it's time for an in-depth webinar on August 1 to help you design a sustainable, artful, climate-resilient landscape.

In this two-parter over one session we'll go far into the w**ds on how to choose plants in a way we don't consider enough for less maintenance, and how to put the plants together using your region -- and nature -- as the source of inspiration.

Q&A, group chat from around the country (and world), lots of hand outs, and a recording made available for one month.

Join us in unlawning America on August 1.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Lmv0hcANQoWtxDFo6_uYow

07/19/2024

Don't miss this deeper diver into natural gardening. We'll cover matrix design and the powerful strategy of using plant sociability to increase success and reduce management stress.

No matter your skill level you will leave empowered to rethink pretty for wildlife and people. Included are several helpful handouts to help you plan your landscape, and the webinar chat will be open to offer advice from around the country.

Join best-selling author and garden designer Benjamin Vogt for a unique look at gardening with nature's rhythms for a more climate resilient landscape that makes a difference.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Lmv0hcANQoWtxDFo6_uYow

07/09/2024

We've got open slots for fall installations if you're looking to unlawn or redo some beds. Even have an opening for a larger garden. And fall is a fantastic time to get really large sites prepped for winter sowing.

Please contact us soon to schedule a consult so we can get the ball rolling for September and October.

https://prairieup.com

07/06/2024

The new website is rocking. Way more info to help you go step by step creating a natural garden -- the empowering A-Z for a variety skill levels and budgets.

And this month only we're offering 40% off all 20 (two new ones added!) online classes as well as the 25 pocket guides and booklets -- just use code UNLAWNAMERICA at checkout.

As a reminder, this page will be migrating over to MILK the W**D as well this summer, so get on over there and like / follow.

https://prairieup.com

06/30/2024

I'm assuming you ALL get the newsletter, so what do you think of the new website? The new name? Don't forget the special 40% off discount in the newsletter on all classes -- including the two news ones -- and pocket guides / booklets (use code UNLAWNAMERICA). Party on.

https://prairieup.com

06/26/2024

Newsletter subscribers get in on our soft launch -- although 9,500 isn't too soft of an audience. Special offers and party favors coming to those folks as we start the transition away from Monarch Gardens to, well, you'll have to wait and see. The website is going to help so many folks to bridge horticulture and the real world via natural garden design. Let's stop horticultural gatekeeping; let's open the floodgates and convert more lawn.

Not a subscriber? You can fix that:
https://www.monarchgard.com/news.html

06/20/2024

If you subscribe to the newsletter you'll be the first to visit our new, much-improved, insanely helpful website -- and see the reveal of our new name. It's all coming on June 29.

In the meantime, enjoy some Callirhoe involucrata.

https://www.monarchgard.com/news.html

06/15/2024

Join us at MILK the W**D as, over the coming weeks and months, this page will slowly wind down as we focus and streamline our bandwidth. MtW will also be undergoing a name change, along with our business name, but it has been and will continue to be the main hub for activism, research, plant pics, and eco news that drives us onward. It's a far more active and interactive place with 40,000 followers.

Below is an image of Baptisia alba and Echinacea pallida because they look cool together.

06/12/2024

In 2-3 weeks the new website will launch -- as will our new name. This account will then also move over to the page Milk the W**d (whose name may or may not change as well).

This is an exciting evolution of not only the brand and mission, but a slightly new focus in where we're headed to reach and empower more people to rethink pretty in their urban and suburban landscapes.

The new website will feature more resources, more actionable content, and more accessible how to than ever before. It's clean, it's slick, and it will hopefully resonate as a hub for action. Teaser images below.

You'll want to make sure you get the newsletter for other upcoming announcements, too. https://www.monarchgard.com/news.html

06/10/2024

I still have plants that need a home ASAP! You can keep them watered and plant after this week's heat. What's left?

Eurybia macrophylla
Heuchera richardsonii
Allium cernuum (lots)
Solidago speciosa
Dalea purpurea (lots)
Coreopsis verticillata
Callirhoe involucrata
Liatris punctata
Baptisia minor
Rudbeckia hirta
Asclepias tuberosa
Conoclinium coelestinum
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'
Anemone virginiana
Carex albicans
Bouteloua cuurtipendula (maybe 15 plugs)
Bouteloua gracilis (maybe 20-25 plugs)

Quantities vary widely, but you can mix and match and I'm open to dealing for mass adoption of these plants. $100 for a tray of 32 or flat of 50. Get several trays / flats and we can talk $.

Pick up on the west side of Lincoln. Message for what you want and when or even better contact via monarchgard.com.