Author: danholtmeyer
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Fall 2025 newsletter
Happy fall, y’all. Daytime temps are still pretty warm, but there’s that unmistakable chill in the mornings: Autumn is here. And as I’ve mentioned before, fall is a great time to plant, with milder conditions that make it easy for perennials to prepare for next spring. With that in mind, mark your calendars for several…
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Behind the logo: Meet the post oak
You’ve seen this tree a million times, even if you don’t know its name. The post oak is one of several essential trees that really define the Ozarks’ forests, and once you know what it looks like, you’ll see it everywhere: farms and fields along the highway, in parks like the one above in Lowell…
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End-of-summer newsletter
It’s been a hot, dry marathon of a summer, but school’s back in session, fall is on the horizon, and I’ve got several updates to share with you all. First, some dates. My summer hiatus is over, and I’ll be returning to the Bentonville Farmers Market on Saturday mornings from Aug. 23 to Oct. 25, 7:30 a.m. to…
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April showers…
… have brought the May flowers, y’all. It’s a good time to have a garden full of native plants. And this is just the first wave of the growing season.
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OzarkRoots.net 2.0
Welcome to the upgraded OzarkRoots.net! My name’s Dan Holtmeyer, and I’m a Rogers resident who founded this little native plant nursery in 2023. Here you’ll find information about all of the operation’s essentials, including its mission, upcoming sales and plant species in stock. For those who are new to this endeavor, an introduction: I started…