青松岭花园苗圃（Pine Ridge Gardens）是美国阿肯色州的一家小型专业苗圃，位于达丹内尔以南约10公里处。苗圃专注于培育本地原生植物，致力于通过环保方法吸引鸟类、蝴蝶和其他授粉昆虫来访庭院，同时培育蝴蝶幼虫食源植物。苗圃不使用危险或系统性农药，以对环境友好的方式开展种植业务，每年参加多场园艺活动。
苗圃概况
苗圃由MaryAnn King创立并经营了32年。2024年3月，MaryAnn将苗圃出售给Brent Baker，新场地将搬迁至Brent位于达丹内尔南部的农场。目前苗圃仍在运营，顾客可通过开放日或预约方式前往选购。
植物种类
苗圃提供丰富的阿肯色州原生植物。草本多年生植物包括蓍草（Yarrow）、藿香（Anise Hyssop）、垂头葱、星形花（Blue Star）、马利筋属（Butterfly Weed）、野生靛蓝（Baptisia）、紫锥花（Echinacea）、向日葵属（Helianthus，株高从60厘米到3.6米不等）、燎星花（Liatris）、半边莲（Cardinal Flower）、香蜂草（Bee Balm）、钓钟柳（Penstemon）和鼠尾草（Salvia）等。另有大须芒草（Big Bluestem）、细叶草（Little Bluestem）等禾草和莎草类。乔木灌木包括枫树、七叶树（蜂鸟蜜源）、美洲枸杞（Serviceberry）、巴婆树（Paw Paw，斑马凤蝶寄主）、山茱萸（Dogwood）、橡树（支持500+蝴蝶蛾类）、荚莲（Arrowwood、Blackhaw）等。藤本包括原生忍冬（Trumpet Honeysuckle）和美洲藤（Wisteria frutescens）。
经营者背景
新经营者Brent Baker是土生土长的达丹内尔人，家族已在阿肯色州传承七代。他自幼热爱植物，大学期间在阿肯色州中央大学选修植物分类学课程并深受启发，在Dr. Don Culwell指导下开展扬县植物区系调查，后扩展为生物学（植物学方向）硕士论文。毕业后，他参与阿肯色州血管植物项目并共同编辑《阿肯色州血管植物地图集》，随后在阿肯色州自然资源委员会担任植物学家和标本馆馆长超过12年。Brent还活跃于阿肯色州原生植物学会，担任多个职务。
经营理念
Brent延续MaryAnn的使命，坚持提供多样化的优质原生植物，服务于家庭花园、企业、学校和政府机构，同时支持原生植物产业和爱好者群体。苗圃以不使用危险或系统性农药为特色，通过环保方式保护生态平衡，致力于为顾客的庭院引入健康的本地植物。
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Pine Ridge Gardens is a small specialty nursery located about 6 miles south of Dardanelle, Arkansas. The nursery specializes in producing quality native plants that attract birds, butterflies, and other pollinators to gardens, as well as larval food plants to support butterfly populations. The nursery employs environmentally friendly methods without using dangerous or systemic pesticides, and attends various gardening events throughout the year bringing plants for on-site sales.
Nursery Overview
Founded by MaryAnn King, Pine Ridge Gardens operated for 32 years before transferring ownership to Brent Baker in March 2024. The nursery will eventually relocate to Brent’s property south of Dardanelle, AR. In the meantime, it continues operating at the former location north of London, AR.
Plant Selection
The nursery offers an extensive catalog of Arkansas-native plants. Herbaceous perennials include Achillea (Yarrow), Agastache (Anise Hyssop), Allium (Nodding Onion), Amsonia (Blue Star), Asclepias (Butterfly Weed), Baptisia (Wild Indigo in white, blue, and yellow), Echinacea (Coneflower), Helianthus (Native Sunflowers from 2 to 12 feet tall), Liatris (Blazing Star), Lobelia (Cardinal Flower), Monarda (Bee Balm), Penstemon (Beardtongue species), and Salvia (Wild Blue Sage, Autumn Sage). Grasses include Andropogon (Big Bluestem, Bushy Bluestem), Schizachyrium (Little Bluestem), Chasmanthium (Inland Sea Oats), Carex species, and Muhlenbergia (Muhly Grass). Woody plants include Acer (Red Maple, Chalk Maple), Aesculus (Buckeye species), Amelanchier (Serviceberry), Asimina (Paw Paw — larval host for Zebra Swallowtail), Cornus (Dogwood species), Magnolia, Quercus (Oak species supporting over 500 butterfly and moth species), Viburnum (Arrowwood, Blackhaw), and woody vines including Lonicera sempervirens (Trumpet Honeysuckle — native, non-invasive) and Wisteria frutescens (American Wisteria).
Owner’s Background
New owner Brent Baker is a seventh-generation native of Dardanelle, Arkansas, with a lifelong passion for plants. During his undergraduate studies in Environmental Science at the University of Central Arkansas, he discovered his calling through Plant Taxonomy courses and subsequently conducted a flora inventory of Yell County under Dr. Don Culwell’s mentorship, later expanding this work into a master’s thesis in Biology with a Botany emphasis. After graduation, he co-edited the Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas and served as a botanist and herbarium collections manager with the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission for over twelve years. Brent has also been an active member and officer of the Arkansas Native Plant Society.
Business Philosophy
Brent continues MaryAnn’s legacy, dedicated to providing a wide variety of quality native plants for home gardens, businesses, schools, and agencies, while supporting the native plant industry and conservation community. The nursery is committed to environmental stewardship and ecological balance, refusing to use dangerous or systemic pesticides in its cultivation practices. For more information visit: http://www.pineridgegardens.com/
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