Buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides)Learn about grasses native to the United States and how to use them in home landscapes.

Read about and view photographs of plants from my gardens and others seen during my travels.

Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)Enjoy some of my selected poetry and commentary.

 

 

Stevie Daniels is the author of The Wild Lawn Handbook: Alternatives to the Traditional Front Lawn (Macmillan, 1995). She is the editor of Easy Lawns: Low Maintenance Native Grasses for Gardeners Everywhere (Brooklyn Botanic Garden 21st-Century Gardening Series, 1999). She holds a B.S. in horticulture from University of Georgia and a B.A. in English from St. Andrews University. At Lafayette, she previously served as associate director of college communications and editor of Lafayette Magazine. A horticulturist and experienced gardener, she is a member of American Horticultural Society and American Public Gardens Association.
Photo in banner: New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) with butterflies taken at naturalized basin, Mill Race Park, Palmer Township, Pa.

All text and photographs copyright 2018 by Stevie O’Neal Daniels.