Hal Gardner has created an 11-acre Illinois prairie which is coming along nicely, helped
by a controlled burn this spring. We can expect to see blooming species such as hairy wild rye, Canada
wild rye, wild bergamot, hairy mountain mint, giant hyssop, Virginia wild rye, western ironweed, nodding wild onion, big bluestem, swamp milkweed, Canadian milk vetch, Illinois bundleflower, evening
primrose, royal catchfly, rosinweed (Elymus villosus, Elymus canadensis, Monarda fistulosa, ycnanthemum
pilosum, Agastache scrophulariaefolia, Elymus virginicus, Vernonia fasciculata, Allium cernuum,
Andropogon gerardii, Asclepias incarnata, Astragalus canadensis, Desmanthus illinoensis, Oenothera biennis, Silene regia, Silphium integrifolium). Many other species will either be blooming later or finished at that time.

Meet at Hal’s at 7 a.m. to beat the heat. Those who wish to carpool from the State College area contact Debra Grim; others contact Hal Gardner for directions.
Depending on the response, we will determine whether to spend the night beforehand or drive down
early that morning.