The Dorothy Pecaut Center and the Loess Hills Wild Ones have also partnered on a new seed library, where anyone can come into the nature center and take home seed packets of native plants.

A native plant sale also will be held at Rose's home. Plants available include pasque flower, prairie smoke, wild senna, prairie milkweed, pale purple coneflower and prairie blazing star.

The Loess Hills chapter of Wild Ones is a non-profit organization that promotes planting native landscapes, both small and large, in Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska.

Loess HIlls Wild Ones treasurer Marcie Ponder shows some of the native seeds available through the seed share library. The library is free and open to the public. It is located at the bottom of ...

Seen from a distance, Iowa's Loess Hills may appear little different from other rolling countryside in the state. But spend an hour, a day, or a week exploring them, and the region's unique ...

On May 31, the Rotary club of Lake in the Hills planted their fifth pollinator garden at the Algonquin Area Library east branch. The club removed an invasive ground cover from a large garden. In ...

Loess Hills Wild Ones will share details about native plants at Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, at 4500 Sioux River Dr. Start planning your garden and learn about future grants that will be coming soon.

“We want this to go to the moon,” said rapper Random Tanner, a member of country band Loess Hills.

Explore the hilly terrain and expansive views along the Loess Hills National Scenic Byway.

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