Native Plants Work
Grow Native! is the native plant marketing and education program of the Missouri Prairie Foundation.
American Hazelnut by Alan Branhagen, aster and carpenter bee by Ed Spevak, compass plant by Erica Ballard, grasses and goldenrod by Frank Oberle, vernal witch hazel by MDC, Polyphemus by Linda Williams.
What is the Lower Midwest?
Grow Native! Events
Save the Date: Native by Design: Successful Gardens for Pollinators and People
Save the Date: Native by Design: Successful Gardens for Pollinators and People
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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Grow Native! Ambassador Award for 2021 Bestowed to Bill Straatmann
During its virtual Grow Native! Professional Member Conference on November 3, the Grow Native! program awarded the 2021 Grow Native! Ambassador Award to Bill Straatmann, owner of Straatmann Toyota in Washington, Missouri. Native plants play an important role in...
Virtual 2021 Grow Native! Conference on November 3, 2021
Author Dr. Doug Tallamy will give the keynote address at the virtual 2021 Grow Native! Professional Member Conference, open to all.
Get Your Monarch Garden in a Box Kit at STL Great MonArch Migration Event Sept 25
The National Park Service and the City of St. Louis have invited our Grow Native! professional members to sell pre-ordered native plants and deliver them to the Gateway Arch National Park on Saturday, Sept. 25, in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Gateway Arch...
Grow Native! Webinars and Master Classes
The Missouri Prairie Foundation and its Grow Native! program are hosting biweekly virtual webinars and master classes to learn more about native plants, natural communities, and more.
