Benjamin Vogt is author of A New Garden Ethics: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future, and the forthcoming Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design. He owns Monarch Gardens, a prairie-inspired design firm based in eastern Nebraska. Benjamin’s work has been featured at Dwell, Fine Gardening, the Guardian, Horticulture, and the Wall Street Journal, as well as several books including American Roots, Tiny Wild, and Lawn Gone.
Articles by Benjamin Vogt
By Benjamin Vogt|2022-10-16T08:47:38-04:00October 16, 2022|
The call to plant milkweed -- while easily sharable and actionable -- is greatly reductionist and oversimplified. Maybe even harmful in some ways. I don't see it as a baby [...]
By Benjamin Vogt|2022-10-16T11:46:51-04:00September 20, 2013|
Nebraska Prairie Guest Rant by Benjamin Vogt It’s late July and I’ve finally seen my first monarch butterfly, but only after the Liatris ligulistylis started blooming. This is [...]
