Our Story

Siouxland Prairie Farms is a side business we started out of our love for native plants and habitats. After a few years of growing plants as a hobby, Siouxland Prairie Farms officially became a LLC in early 2021. We are a husband wife team who have seen the brokenness of the ecosystems in the midwest and felt called to help steward the ecosystem because of its uniqueness, beauty, rarity and because of our family ties to the area. This ecosystem is beautiful, despite the damage that's been done to it, and we felt that if we could help preserve, manage and restore smaller pieces here and there, eventually there could be a worthwhile, significant impact.

There are many articles out there that discuss the importance of native plants, especially when it comes to the HUGE role they play in the life cycle of native insects and pollinators. These native plants have all but disappeared from most of their historic range, surviving on postage stamp remnant prairies around the area, and in a few publicly owned and managed prairies that escaped the plow. While large scale prairie restoration is hugely beneficial when done properly, we saw a huge opportunity to integrate native plants into the urban environment. Many native pollinators have very specific relationships with certain native flower species. Unfortunately, the introduced species and even the native cultivars that are frequently used in the landscaping industry offer a reduced benefit (if any) to native pollinators. Because of this, one of the primary goals of our business is the harvest and cultivation of true remnant prairie species local to this area.

We harvest seed in the spring, summer and fall, and grow the plants in plugs and pots starting in late February so that they're ready for sale in the late spring/ early summer. By growing plants native to our area, we are hoping to promote conservation on every scale- in our neighborhoods, cities, counties and states. We want to help individuals, businesses and other organizations know the benefits of reintegrating natives species into the landscape, and help them be better stewards of their land.