As one of our nation’s premier botanical gardens, Omaha’s Lauritzen Gardens is dedicated to celebrating and conserving beauty and biodiversity through experiences that educate, inspire, and elevate our connection with the natural world.
Now, when you round up your purchase at Mulhall’s Garden + Home – as a donation to Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha – you join in support of critically important research and conservation efforts dedicated to understanding and protecting the extraordinary biological diversity of the Great Plains.
Engaged Partnerships
From universities to state agencies to garden clubs, Lauritzen Gardens partners with a broad spectrum of local, regional, and national conservation leaders to raise awareness and understanding of the Great Plains’ most endangered plant species – and the vulnerable habitats they depend on.
Connecting Urban Life and the Natural Community
Located in a narrow corridor between Omaha’s urban landscape and the nearby Missouri River, Lauritzen Gardens partners with the Nebraska Oak Woodland Alliance to manage and restore important oak woodland habitat along this vitally important migratory flyway. Along with Lauritzen’s own gardens and natural areas, these woodlands attract a variety of wildlife with over 100 documented species of birds.
Great Plains Conservation
Across the Great Plains, Lauritzen Gardens is a leader in preserving the vital biodiversity of the Great Plains through the study and conservation of its rare plants and unique plant communities.
- Sandsage Prairie Clover: Lauritzen Gardens is conducting research to study and conserve sandsage prairie clover, a native wildflower ranked as a top at-risk species in Nebraska.
- Sandsage Prairie Community: Sandsage prairie is an ecologically important plant community facing declines throughout its range in the western Great Plains. Research by Lauritzen Gardens has contributed to better understanding of this community that is so important to the birds, wildlife, and rare plants that call it home.
- Kimball Grasslands: Another focus of study by Lauritzen Gardens, the Kimball Grasslands in Nebraska’s panhandle are home to many species of rare plants native to the rocky bluffs and outcrops in this unique Nebraska landscape.
Be a Part of the Effort
- Conserving endangered plants and their communities at home and across the Great Plains.
- Conducting research to better understand the ecology and conservation needs of vulnerable plants and their habitats.
- Protecting local biodiversity by teaching and practicing ecologically minded horticulture.
- Sharing expertise and fostering connections through tours, programs, and workshops that facilitate and build life-long relationships with our natural world.
- Curating a plant collection that highlights Nebraska’s native plants.
Join us in supporting the cause by rounding up your purchase at Mulhall’s Garden + Home!
To make a donation or get involved, visit lauritzengardens.org/support
For more information, visit Lauritzen Gardens’ conservation page.