by Erika Van Vranken | January 6, 2023 | 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 Erika Van Vranken | November 4, 2022 | 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 include locations in St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri, and Bentonville, Arkansas,...
by Erika Van Vranken | October 14, 2022 | Blog
By Carol Davit, Missouri Prairie Foundation Executive Director Photo of leaves in native plant bed: Carol Davit. Through the mastery and mystery of plant chemistry, leaf abscission occurs every fall in woodlands and forests, and petioles detach from deciduous tree and...
by Erika Van Vranken | September 28, 2022 | Blog
By Carol Davit, Missouri Prairie Foundation Executive Director Photo of rigid goldenrod (Solidago rigida) and blue sage (Salvia azurea) at Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Snowball Hill Prairie: Bruce Schuette. On prairies, prairie plantings, native gardens, many...
by Erika Van Vranken | September 12, 2022 | News
The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Annual Dinner, held virtually on August 27, 2022, was a celebration of Missouri’s prairie legacy. During the event, the 56-year-old prairie conservation organization and land trust paid tribute to four awardees. “Missouri’s remaining...
by Erika Van Vranken | July 27, 2022 | Blog
By Erica Ballard Recently, the migratory monarch butterfly was added to the International Union for Conservation’s (IUCN) endangered species red list. As these declining butterflies depend entirely on milkweed as host plants during their caterpillar stage, programs...
by Erika Van Vranken | July 18, 2022 | Blog
By Erica Ballard One of the most rewarding facets of my native garden is using it as a teaching tool for my neighborhood. A colorful Grow Native! garden sign near my mailbox announces the purposeful intent of my native plantings, which help native pollinators...
by Erika Van Vranken | July 8, 2022 | Blog
By Erica Ballard Last summer, I planted nine wild hydrangea shrubs (Hydrangea arborescens) in a new native garden in front of my house. Situated in the back of the planting in a long row, the hydrangeas provide structure and continuity to a garden that is mostly...
