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Prairie Habitats Inc. encourages the conservation of endangered native plants by supplying seed and harvesters for locally-collected native seed. Harvesting native grass & wildflower seed? We produce high efficiency, low impact machines for native seed collection. We also sell over 100 species of wildflower and grass seed, all native to Manitoba. Prairie Habitats Inc. native seed harvesting equipment, manufactured right here in Manitoba, Canada, now is in use worldwide in over 18 countries. We also supply high quality restoration and reclamation equipment from Truax Company Inc., Seedburo Equipment Company and Smucker Manufacturing Inc. Prairie Habitats Inc. services include residential and commercial native landscape planning & design, schoolyard naturalization, native plant & wildlife inventories & assessment. Our staff and associates specialize in native prairies. Pick a topic from the menu on the left to see more of what we offer. 2008 Wildflower Gardening & Native Landscaping Workshops (Completed for 2008. See you next spring!) Learn how to garden & landscape with native Manitoba wildflowers & grasses. Topics covered include an introduction to using native plants in the home, cottage & acreage landscapes, their propagation, native landscape design, planting, maintenance & identification. Part of the 3 hour workshop will be an actual hands-on planting lab, so you will have a whole tray of seedlings to take home. No previous gardening or native plant experience is necessary. Workshops are taught by Prairie Habitats Inc. staff & held at Winnipeg's beautiful Living Prairie Museum, 2795 Ness Avenue. For more information or to register, please call the Museum at 204-832-0167 or visit: Living Prairie Museum News. New for 2008 Two new informative workshops from Prairie Habitats Inc. & Living Prairie Museum: Prairie Pyro (Completed for 2008) Learn all about the role of fire in the prairie ecosystem, its effects on the plants, wildlife, soil & insects. Fire was an essential part of the prairie landscape before settlement and has numerous benefits. Discover the fascinating world of fire ecology, & learn about the techniques & equipment used today in modern controlled burns for native prairie management. Discover how to safely do your own managed burns to improve the health and diversity of a native prairie planting. We may even top the course off with an optional controlled burn on a real native prairie! Lecture portion completed for this spring, but we're in the midst of conducting actual burns on native & restored prairies in southern Manitoba when the weather permits. If interested in participating, call Prairie Habitats Inc. for more info & to register at 204-467-9371. Collecting the Seed Tuesday, September 9, 7:00 - 9:00 PM This new workshop will go into detail on how to collect your own wildflower and native grass seed. The equipment and knowledge you will need, how to locate seed sources, identify seedheads of native wildflowers & grasses & the importance of this activity for the future of many native species will be covered. Fun & educational, it's something the whole family will enjoy. We will top the course off with an optional field trip to apply what you have learned so you can bring back some free native seeds for your own property. Please call Living Prairie Museum at 204-832-0167 to register. 2008 Native Plant Sale Update Thanks so much to all our wonderful customers!! We have enjoyed the last 20 years immensely, and now are moving on to a bit of a different focus. Keep watching here for updates coming soon which will include guided, interpretive tours to some of our favourite native prairies in southern Manitoba, more seminars & wildflower/butterfly photography field & lab workshops. Prairie Habitats Inc. no longer will be offering live plants for sale. You'll still be able to order many of our popular native seeds, though, here in our on-line catalogue. Our greenhouse has been sold & the new owners Aimee & Wes of Prairieflora are in the process of getting ready for the gardening season at their new location. We are very encouraged by their keeness, enthusiasm & ability. We hope our native plant customers will enjoy working with them as much as we have. Here is their first message to Prairie Habitats Inc.'s customers: Introducing Prairieflora! Aimee Waruk & Wes McDonald of Prairieflora Greetings to all! As the new proud owners of the Prairie Habitats greenhouse we are very excited about the upcoming gardening season. We have much to learn, but are already benefiting greatly from the experience and expertise provided by Prairie Habitats. We are planning to continue with the plant sale at Living Prairie Museum, 2795 Ness Avenue in Winnipeg, this spring. Since this is our first season, we're working hard to get the greenhouse up & running, so we will not be able to take pre-orders. Please refer to the Plant Catalogue on this website for plant details, as we will be selling many of the same native prairie species. Keep watching here for updates as well. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at: Prairieflora: (204) 797-7523 --- Email: prairieflora@mts.net Prairieflora 2008 Plant Sale Dates Living Prairie Museum, 2795 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg, MB. Friday, May 16 - 3:00 - 6:00 PM Saturday, May 17 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sunday, May 18 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Come early for best selection!! Download: Prairieflora's 2008 Catalogue (PDF, 724 Kb)