September is the Season of Gold. Across Chicagoland, see spectacular scenes of skybound sunflowers and glorious goldenrod.

Many preserves remain gold with sunflowers and goldenrod while others have turned purple with the blooms of rough blazing star. Get out there before the blooming season ends.

This Labor Day weekend is going to be great for wildflowers across the Chicago region. The preserves are turning gold while others have turned purple with the blooms of rough blazing star.

This is another wonderful week for wildflowers! Take a prairie tour Wolf Road Prairie’s Annual Prairie Fest. And visit the prairies around Chicago for rough blazing star, obedient plant, towering prairie dock, the even taller sawtooth sunflower, and much more.

Pale purple coneflowers are gracing our prairies. And learn about the strange and wonderful porcupine grass seed that drills itself into the soil.