by Erika Van Vranken | August 24, 2023 | Blog, News
The Missouri Prairie Foundation / Grow Native! is now an approved provider for the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LACES)! LACES establishes, maintains, and enforces standards for evaluating professional development and continuing education...
by Erika Van Vranken | August 9, 2023 | Blog, News
Five additional sites have been inducted into the Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program, which showcases native landscaping styles in the lower Midwest. The five new sites are in Missouri and include locations in Marthasville, Jackson, and St. Joseph, as...
by Hayley Howard | March 31, 2023 | News
Members of the Missouri Land Trust Coalition, of which MPF serves on the Steering Committee, as well as the Marlborough Community Land Trust, will present on how communities can use land trusts for community planning. If you would like to attend, here is the link,...
by Hayley Howard | March 17, 2023 | News
This article was first published in January on the www.nationalacademies.org website and is being reposted here, with permission, in its entirety. News Release | January 26, 2023 WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...
by Hayley Howard | March 6, 2023 | News
The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF), its Grow Native! program, and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP), which MPF administers, is now accepting nominations for its Missouri Prairie Foundation awards (prairie pioneer, prairie professional, prairie...
by Hayley Howard | February 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Tickets are now available at www.tggc.org for Hannibal’s The Great Gardens Conference: Natives, Meadows & Prairies June 2-4, 2023, in Hannibal, MO, organized by Grow Native! professional member 3G Farm. This three-day conference consists of a Friday evening...
by Erika Van Vranken | January 6, 2023 | Blog, News
On December 9, MPF’s Grow Native! program offered the first test of the newly launched Grow Native! Professional Certification program (GNPCP). This inaugural testing session was open only to Grow Native! professional members. The four objectives of the GNPCP...
by MoPrairieOps | November 28, 2022 | News
The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Grow Native! program is proud to once again participate in the annual CoMoGives online fundraiser, beginning on Giving Tuesday, November 29, 2022 and continuing through the end of year. CoMoGives is a project of the Central...
by Erika Van Vranken | November 22, 2022 | News
Position Title Prairie Stewardship Assistant. 24 to 40 hours weekly. This is a field position that does not report to an office. Position located in Springfield or Joplin areas, or in any of the following counties: Lawrence, Dade, Benton, St. Clair, Barton, Vernon,...
by MoPrairieOps | November 21, 2022 | News
During its Grow Native! Professional Member Conference on November 9 in Columbia, Missouri, the Grow Native! program awarded the 2022 Grow Native! Ambassador Award to Mike Hoyle, manager of Missouri Wildflowers Nursery in Brazito, Missouri. “The Grow Native! program...
