A windswept sculpture at the University of Minnesota Arboretum west of Minneapolis. The Minnesota Arboretum is a much different facility than ours here in Madison. There’s less emphasis on native plant communities and natural settings and more on a variety of plants and manicured gardens.
Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos 
Madison is the birthplace of tallgrass prairie restoration. Comparing properly done restorations with “plant collections” is akin to comparing the Maasai Mara with a zoo, the latter never changes – and the former never stays the same..
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