by Outreach | May 14, 2025 | Blog
For a quarter century, the Grow Native! native plant education and marketing program has aided the growth of the native landscaping movement in the lower Midwest in many ways, including the on-going development of curated one-pagers, lists, and databases to meet...
by Erika Van Vranken | May 7, 2025 | Blog
Today we are spotlighting Grow Native! Certified Pro Allegra Pierce, who became certified in 2024. Allegra is the Landscape Designer for Pretty City Gardens and Landscapes, LLC, a Grow Native! professional member in St. Louis, Missouri. Allegra explains that, “Today,...
by Erika Van Vranken | April 7, 2025 | Blog
Today’s spotlight is on Grow Native! Certified Pro Sue Bartelette, who became certified in 2023. Sue owns Grow Native! professional member Flower and Garden Design in Jamestown, Missouri, and also works with Grow Native! professional member Lincoln University...
by Outreach | March 31, 2025 | News
A new web resource is now available to help contextualize native plants in a garden setting! The Labeled Native Plant Gardens page takes website visitors on a journey through formal and informal native plantings. Each photo illustrates a moment in time at a given...
by Erika Van Vranken | March 21, 2025 | News
Three additional sites have been inducted into the Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program, which showcases well-maintained native gardens and plantings in the lower Midwest. The newly inducted gardens are: Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum Monarch Garden...
by Erika Van Vranken | March 6, 2025 | Blog
Today we are spotlighting Grow Native! Certified Pro Cody Hayo, who became certified in 2022. Cody is the owner of Pretty City Gardens and Landscapes, LLC, a Grow Native! professional member in St. Louis, Missouri. The team at Pretty City serves a fairly tight area in...
by Outreach | February 18, 2025 | News
The Grow Native! program announces a brand new digital resource, free to all. Native Plants for Stormwater Management Projects: Species Selection for the Lower Midwest, by Daniel Shaw and Rusty Schmidt, provides descriptions and photos of 160 native plants and 14...
by Erika Van Vranken | February 11, 2025 | News
In 2022, Grow Native! began an initiative to reexamine the common names it uses to identify different native plant species. This effort originated owing to a presentation that Scott Woodbury of Grow Native! professional member Cacalia Design and Wilding gave at the...
by Outreach | February 6, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Outreach | February 6, 2025 | News
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...
