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Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) and Blue false indigo (Baptisia australis). Photo: Scott Woodbury
The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Annual Dinner, this year held on August 16, is a celebration of Missouri’s prairie legacy. During the event, the 59-year-old prairie conservation organization and land trust paid tribute to six total awardees. “Missouri’s remaining...
Today’s spotlight is on Grow Native! Certified Pro Gabe Presley, who became certified in 2024. Gabe works with Grow Native! professional member DTLS Landscape Architecture, a St. Louis-based landscape architecture and urban design firm. With a deep admiration for the...
Today's spotlight is on Grow Native! Certified Pro Cassi Holcomb, who became certified in 2023. Cassi owns Grow Native! professional member Juneberry in Jackson, Missouri. Cassi was introduced to native plants as a child by her family and their desire to explore. Her...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Grow Native! professional member St. Louis Community College at Meramec, Horticulture Program is hosting a native plant sale on September 21! Saturday September 21, 9 – noon It will be a multi-vendor sale including herbaceous and woody native plants. Please note, some...
Three additional sites have been inducted into the Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program, which showcases native landscaping styles in the lower Midwest. The three new sites are in Missouri and include locations in Columbia, Sedalia, and Springfield. These...
The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Grow Native! program, in partnership with the Specialty Crops Program at Lincoln University Cooperative Extension, is seeking input on the availability of ferns that are native to the lower Midwest, as well as consumer preferences....
**Please note the new date and time for this hearing.** The Missouri House Conservation and Natural Resources Committee will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in House Hearing Room 3 in the basement of the Missouri Capitol. (There will be...
Grow Native! professional member Monarch Watch is providing three ways to obtain milkweed plants with its milkweed program. Just choose the milkweed program that fits your situation. Free milkweeds for habitat restoration projects- Monarch Watch will once again be...