Wild Ones Prairie Edge Native Plant Tours
Throughout the growing season, we sponsor native plant landscape tours to inspire and educate our members. Unless otherwise indicated, they are free and open to the public. We are looking for gardens or demonstration sites that are 60% or more natives. If you are willing to have your yard on tour or know of someone that would be willing to share their project, please contact: [email protected]
2026 Garden Tours
Tour of Natasha's Garden
Plymouth
August 4th at 6:30 pm
2745 Fountain Ln N. Plymouth, MN 55447
It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that Natasha’s life changed in 2018 when she read A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future by Benjamin Vogt. Natasha has always been a gardener of vegetables and annual flowers. Still, with inspiration from this book and a continued journey through similar literature, she launched into a passion for native plants and gardening for wildlife. In 2021, she left her desk job to work in the greenhouse for native plant purveyor and ecological restoration company Natural Shore Technologies. In January of 2026, Natasha became a Minnesota Master Naturalist.
Natasha’s personal gardens continue to grow and change. A third-of-an-acre lot in a 1970s neighborhood in Plymouth is not a popular location for a native planting. Yet, Natasha has worked to add nature in a method that is also palatable to the human neighbors. She has multiple garden beds with native plants ranging in age from 6 months to 6 years. Inherited gardens are enhanced by adding natives, while newer gardens are predominantly native.
The challenges are also worth discussing. Natasha continues to work on honeysuckle, buckthorn, and other aggressive introduced species. Removal and conversion of ornamentals and turf grass continue to be a project. At the same time, Natasha is excited about a slow but steady transition of turf to woodland strawberries and violets.
Overall, the result has been an oasis for Natasha and her spouse, enjoying not just the beautiful flowers and shapes of the plants, but also the other creatures that come to enjoy it.
Natasha’s personal gardens continue to grow and change. A third-of-an-acre lot in a 1970s neighborhood in Plymouth is not a popular location for a native planting. Yet, Natasha has worked to add nature in a method that is also palatable to the human neighbors. She has multiple garden beds with native plants ranging in age from 6 months to 6 years. Inherited gardens are enhanced by adding natives, while newer gardens are predominantly native.
The challenges are also worth discussing. Natasha continues to work on honeysuckle, buckthorn, and other aggressive introduced species. Removal and conversion of ornamentals and turf grass continue to be a project. At the same time, Natasha is excited about a slow but steady transition of turf to woodland strawberries and violets.
Overall, the result has been an oasis for Natasha and her spouse, enjoying not just the beautiful flowers and shapes of the plants, but also the other creatures that come to enjoy it.
Fazendin Park
17030 24th Ave N, Plymouth, MN 55447
bonus Plymouth Tour site
available for touring anytime
Fazendin Park, features a native pollinator garden installed by the city in 2022. (Folks could park here, the garden itself is here). This extensive native planting is maintained by Natasha and other volunteers. The garden is down the path on the same side of the street as house number 17030.
