Early/Mid Summer 2004

Left: Southern sections (blocks); prepared for new prairie installation, Fall 2001. Right: First flowering season for south- western prairie block, established Spring 2003.
Left:  Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), an early successional prairie species. Planted May 2003   Right: Newly planted section, northern block; Planted May 2004
Cooper Farm Prairie Area: Overall planting blocks, labeled by date of planting.