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Turning a Springfield garden back to the 19th century

Illinois in the 1800s looked far different from today. Most of our state was covered with grasses, trees, and flowers perfectly adapted to the local climate and soil conditions. Those same plants from an early and pre-settled Illinois are now at the heart of a new project designed to restore a piece of that heritage.

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