Native Plants Work
Grow Native! is the native plant marketing and education program of the Missouri Prairie Foundation.
Indian pink by Reva Dow, southern blue flag iris by Mervin Wallace, native bee on Eastern redbud by Ed Spevak, grasses and goldenrod by Frank Oberle, Polyphemus by Linda Williams.
What is the Lower Midwest?

Grow Native! Events
Southwest Illinois Workshop: Stormwater Challenges & Native Plant Solutions
Southwest Illinois Workshop: Stormwater Challenges & Native Plant Solutions
Short-Eared Owl Hike at Shawnee Trail Conservation Area – REGISTRATION FULL
Short-Eared Owl Hike at Shawnee Trail Conservation Area – REGISTRATION FULL
Jefferson City Native Plant Sale – Binder Park Sports Complex
Jefferson City Native Plant Sale – Binder Park Sports Complex
St. Louis County Native Plant Sale – World Bird Sanctuary
St. Louis County Native Plant Sale – World Bird Sanctuary
Columbia Native Plant Sale – Bradford Research Center
Columbia Native Plant Sale – Bradford Research Center
Kansas City Native Plant Sale – Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Kansas City Native Plant Sale – Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Springfield Native Plant Sale – Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center®
Springfield Native Plant Sale – Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center®
Kansas City Native Plant Sale – Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Kansas City Native Plant Sale – Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
NATIVE PLANTS WORK
Choose native plants and put them to work for you:
- Beautify your surroundings and fill your landscape with life!
- Sustain the hundreds of species of pollinators of the lower Midwest
- Feed monarch butterflies and help ensure that their awe-inspiring migration forever remains a wonder of planet Earth!
- Support native songbirds
- Manage stormwater and protect streams
- Store carbon with deep-rooted natives
- Build healthy soil
- Provide drought-tolerant forage for livestock and use natives in other ways on farms
- Provide native edibles for people–pawpaws, elderberries, persimmons, walnuts and more!
- Create and enhance habitat for wildlife
Find out more on our Learn page.

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Certified Pro Spotlight – Jenny Wilson with Confluence Habitats, St. Louis, MO
Today we are spotlighting Grow Native! Certified Pro Jenny Wilson, who became certified in 2022. Jenny works with Confluence Habitats, a Grow Native! professional member in St. Louis, Missouri. Jenny has worked on a number of native plantings and especially loves...
Registration Open for Virtual Webinar Series with Partners for Native Landscaping
Grow Native! is a proud participant with the Partners for Native Landscaping. The Partners for Native Landscaping join together each year to present a program with the goal of inspiring and helping individuals to create gardens that are not only beautiful but are also...
Grow Native! Celebrates 25th Anniversary
In 2025, the Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Grow Native! program is 25 years old. For a quarter century, this native plant education and marketing program has been a significant catalyst for the growth of the native landscaping movement in the lower Midwest and beyond....