Prairie Garden was commissioned by a family moving from Alberta to Australia - a souvenir of sorts. The tapestry is basically the proportions of a doorway - which is both a point of entry and of exit. A diamond checker-board forms the underlying structure of the design; its pattern repeats in the top and side borders, plays across the main landscape as farmers fields, and defines the vast shaded sky. The lower border is designed with a garland of prairie wildflowers. This type of floriated border is common in historical tapestries.