🌾 Silverleaf Community

Rooted in the
Prairie Ethos

A design vision shaped by the native landscape of the Kansas prairie — indigenous plants, honest materials, and a deep commitment to ecological stewardship in every yard.

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"The design embodies the spirit and character of the native prairie — landform, geology, and vegetation — in a contemporary, sustainable, and sophisticated motif." — PLAID collaborative, on Prairie Star Parkway
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Indigenous Plant Materials

Native grasses and wildflowers in flowing masses — evolved for Kansas soils, climate, and wildlife.

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Honest Materials

Kansas limestone as the primary hardscape language — recalling the iconic limestone fencepost of the prairie.

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Ecological Function

Every planting choice supports pollinators, birds, and the broader watershed. Beauty with purpose.

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Low Input, Long View

Drought-tolerant, low-maintenance plantings that get better over time — not worse.

Our Civic Inspiration

Prairie Star
Parkway

Designed by PLAID collaborative — the Kansas City landscape architecture firm also responsible for the Lenexa Civic Center and the Nelson-Atkins Sculpture Park — Prairie Star Parkway is the 2.5-mile corridor that defines the visual character of our neighborhood's front door. It's not a coincidence that it looks like Silverleaf's ethos made civic.


Flowing masses of native grasses. Wildflowers in seasonal succession. Kansas limestone pillars marking gateways. The same palette and principles that make the parkway stunning are what we're asking residents to bring into their own yards.

PLAID collaborative

Kansas City's leading landscape architecture practice. Masters of the prairie deconstructed aesthetic — translating native ecology into sophisticated, timeless design.

2.5
Mile corridor
100%
Native palette
ASLA
Award winning
Big bluestem switchgrass meadow at sunrise
Plant Materials

Flowing Native Grasses

Little bluestem, switchgrass, and prairie dropseed planted in sweeping masses — movement, texture, and four seasons of interest.

Mixed prairie wildflowers — milkweed, coneflower, coreopsis
Seasonal Color

Native Wildflower Drifts

Coneflower, black-eyed Susan, and prairie blazing star layered for bloom succession from April through October.

Kansas limestone fenceposts — the Prairie Star material language
Hardscape

Kansas Limestone

The iconic Kansas limestone fencepost inspires gateway pillars, borders, and steps — honest, local, and timeless.

Konza Prairie — coneflowers and native grasses, Kansas
Kansas prairie at golden hour
Big bluestem at golden hour, Kansas tallgrass prairie
Little bluestem in autumn
Little bluestem autumn color
Native wildflower drift
Coyote in little bluestem, Red Hills Kansas
Limestone pathway detail
Trail through tallgrass prairie, Kansas
Coneflower pollinator garden
Recommended Palette

The Silverleaf
Plant Language

These are the plants that define our neighborhood's character — natives and regionally-appropriate species that support pollinators, survive Kansas summers, and look beautiful doing it. All are available through Deep Roots KC and most local nurseries.

Little Bluestem
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Native Drought Tolerant
Purple Coneflower
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Drought Tolerant Evergreen
Black-Eyed Susan
Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo
Native Pollinator
Switchgrass
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Native Drought Tolerant
Butterfly Milkweed
Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Native Keystone Pollinator
American Beautyberry
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Native Pollinator
Prairie Blazing Star
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Native Keystone
Bur Oak
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Native Keystone

Ready to make a change to your landscape?

The Design Review Committee is here to help, not hinder. Submit a DRC request through your Home Base portal and we'll review it with this vision in mind — looking for ways to say yes while keeping the neighborhood beautiful.

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