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Prairie Restorations, Inc.

http://www.prairieresto.com/

Our Mission: To produce and provide the most ecologically appropriate seeds, plants, products, and services and to utilize them to restore and manage native plant communities.

Our History:
Prairie Restorations, Inc. was founded in 1977 as one of the first companies in the nation devoted exclusively to designing, restoring, and managing native prairie plant communities. Since then, we’ve grown from three employees in a single location to a full-time staff of over 85 employees in six locations throughout Minnesota.

Physical / Mailing Address:

31646 128th St
Princeton, MN 55371

Contact:

Chris Kohtz
ph: (763) 631-9452

Area of Operation:

United States

Minnesota, Wisconsin

 

Seed Products and Services

Services
  • Collection
  • Increase or Production
  • Processing
  • Storage
  • Testing
Products
  • Seed for forestry
    • Eastern Hardwoods birch, beech, maple, oak, etc.
    • Northeastern Conifers red pine, white/red/black spruce
    • Western Conifers Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, western hemlock, western larch, western redcedar, redwood, etc.
    • Western Hardwoods alder, maple, oak, etc.
  • Seed for restoration
    • Forbs
    • Grasses
    • Shrubs
    • Trees
    • Wetlands species
  • Seed processing equipment
  • Seed storage structures

Nursery Products and Services

Services
  • Contract growing
    • Reforestation
      • Eastern Hardwoods birch, beech, maple, oak, etc.
      • Northeastern Conifers red pine, white/red/black spruce
      • Western Conifers Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, western hemlock, western larch, western redcedar, redwood, etc.
      • Western Hardwoods alder, maple, oak, etc.
    • Restoration / Conservation
      • Forbs
      • Grasses
      • Shrubs
      • Trees
      • Wetlands species
Specifications
Nursery type
  • Private not Government
Business type
  • Contract legal agreement involved, including Custom Growing
  • Internet online ordering
  • Mail receive and ship orders by mail
  • Retail sell to ultimate consumer
  • Wholesale sell to others for resale
Production capacity
  • 100,000 – 1,000,000
Stocktypes produced
  • Bare Root
  • Container

Outplanting Products and Services

Services
  • Site preparation
    • Chemical
      • Ground chemical application
    • Mechanical
  • Planting
    • Auger
    • Hand
    • Machinery e.g., tractor
  • Installation of browse protection
Products
  • Browse protection
  • Planting Equipment
    • Augers
    • Hand planting tools shovels, hoedads, etc
    • Machinery tractors, excavators, etc.
    • Tree planting bags and accessories

Post-Planting Products and Services

Services
  • Browse control
  • Seedling monitoring survival and mortality
  • Vegetation control
    • Chemical weed removal
    • Mechanical weed removal
Products
  • Vegetation control