Article posted: 12/3/2012 6:00 AM

Prairie garden a soothing place for psychiatrist, autistic son

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Dr. Elizabeth Reeve and her son Luke enjoy relaxing in their prairie garden.

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Dr. Elizabeth Reeve's prairie garden is home to all kinds of native plants.

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When psychiatrist Elizabeth Reeve needs to unwind and recharge her mental batteries, she heads to the prairie. Not the wild prairie, but the one she and her husband have painstakingly restored at their weekend home in southeastern Minnesota. "It's therapeutic — an opportunity to get outside and think in a different way," she said.