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Web Page Title or Product/Service Name: Prairie Habitats Inc. Company: Prairie Habitats Inc. ; 043 - 82nd Road North ; Ph: (204) 467-9371 Prairie Habitats Inc. supplies efficient, low impact harvesters for native grass & wildflower seed. Interested in harvesting local native seed from remnants, ecological reserves & seed nurseries? We produce rugged, portable & economical machines for local native seed collection. Our main goal is to encourage the use of locally-collected native seed in reclamation, landscaping, restoration and wildlife habitat enhancement.We also sell several species of grass seed native to the northern Tall Grass Prairie. Prairie Habitats Inc. native seed harvesting equipment, manufactured right here in Manitoba, Canada, is in use worldwide in 18 countries (see world map to left). 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, interpretation, environmental impact assessment, native plant & wildlife monitoring, research & inventory. Our staff and associates specialize in Manitoba's native prairies, their restoration & management. Pick a topic from the menu on the left to see more of what we offer. Wildflower Gardening & Native Landscaping Workshops Details for 2009 workshops will be posted soon! 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 |
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