Ep. 328 - Behind the Scenes at Prairie Moon Nursery
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we explore how a small native seed company selling native plant seeds out of their living room grew into one of the biggest native plant nurseries in the United States. Joining us is Horticulture Educator Kaitlyn O'Connor to give us a deep dive into how Prairie Moon Nursery is able to provide over 700 species of native plants for use in everything from gardens to large-scale restoration projects. Enter IDOP at checkout over at www.prairiemoon.com to receive 10% off your order and some free Prairie Moon swag (Offer ends September 30th, 2021 and is limited to those living in the continental United States). This episode was produced in part by Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:04.7 | Indefensibleplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How's everyone |
| 0:08.8 | doing this week? Today we're talking about native plants and what it takes to become a native plant |
| 0:13.9 | nursery. Joining us from Prairie Moon Nursery is Horticulture educator Caitlin O'Connor. Throughout this |
| 0:20.3 | episode, we'll talk about the history of Prairie Moon Nursery and howorticulture Educator Caitlin O'Connor. Throughout this episode, we'll talk about the |
| 0:21.3 | history of Prairymoon Nursery and how they go about production and ensuring that you, the customer, |
| 0:26.7 | can get access to wonderful native plants here in North America. This is a really interesting |
| 0:31.4 | behind the scenes look at one of the greatest native plant nurseries here in the United States. |
| 0:36.3 | But this is a message that can go out to anyone, |
| 0:38.3 | no matter where you live, plant native plants, and understand that big things can come from very |
| 0:42.5 | small beginnings. But before we get to that conversation, I have a message from today's sponsor. |
| 0:47.8 | This episode is sponsored by Prairie Moon Nursery, which provides over 700 species of North |
| 0:52.9 | American native plants for gardening and |
| 0:54.8 | restoration. That's more than any other nursery that I know of personally. Now through |
| 0:59.3 | September 30th, you can enter promo code IDOP at checkout to receive 10% off your purchase, and a |
| 1:05.2 | free Prairie Moond Nursery Sticker, a native plant insect interaction guide, and a purple |
| 1:10.3 | prairie clover seed packet. |
| 1:12.1 | Prairie moon.com is an easy-to-use website that can help you find the best seeds and plants |
| 1:16.3 | for your garden or restoration project. But if you need advice, their friendly and knowledgeable |
| 1:20.7 | team are happy to help with any questions you might have. You get to talk to real people |
| 1:24.9 | who love native plants just as much as you do. |
| 1:30.7 | Best of all, seeds and plants ship directly to your door. |
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