Prairie Wildflowers Greeting Card | Ayers Sand Prairie, Illinois

Share the color and quiet beauty of an Illinois sand prairie with this fine art photo greeting card from Ayers Sand Prairie Nature Preserve. Blank inside for your own words, it’s a thoughtful choice for a birthday, a thank-you, or a note to someone who loves native wildflowers.

Card details

• Size: Portrait folding card, 5” wide × 7” high
• Print: Archival pigment inks on archival glossy cardstock, colorfast and fade-resistant for years to come
• Interior: Blank with matte finish for your own message
• Envelope: Archival white envelope included
• Frame it: The fine art photo fits a standard 5”×7” frame, so the recipient can enjoy it long after the occasion

The story behind the photograph

Vivid magenta clustered poppy mallow (Callirhoe triangulata) blooms dot the foreground while white flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata) catches warm evening light across the mid-frame at Ayers Sand Prairie Nature Preserve in Savanna, Illinois. Lush green prairie grasses sweep back to a soft pastel sky with high clouds. One of the finest remnant sand prairies along the Upper Mississippi River, photographed in the long light of a late-season evening when the rarest native flowers are still in bloom.

A meaningful gift for a sand prairie enthusiast, native wildflower lover, Illinois nature admirer, or anyone who appreciates the rare and beautiful plant communities that persist in the sandy soils along the Upper Mississippi.

Back of card: Blank, with the Midwest Wilderness Connections logo and the following description along the bottom edge: “Clustered poppy mallow (Callirhoe triangulata) and flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata). Ayers Sand Prairie Nature Preserve, Savanna, Illinois. — Midwest Wilderness Connections www.MidwestWildernessConnections.com”

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