Learn from four regional experts on landscaping and designing with native plants in this panel webinar, free to all registrants, hosted by the Grow Native! Southwest Illinois event committee and the Grow Native! program.
Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) and Blue false indigo (Baptisia australis). Photo: Scott Woodbury
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Webinars and Master Classes for the New Year
Missouri Prairie Foundation & Grow Native! Webinars and Master Classes for the New Year Enjoy weekly online programming January through March 2021 December 15, 2020, Columbia, MO—The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) and its 20-year-old Grow Native! program have...
2020 Grow Native! Ambassador Award Presented at Virtual Professional Member Conference
The 20-year-old Grow Native! program honored 2020 Ambassador Award winner Mary Voges for her contributions to the advancement and promotion of native plants and native plant landscaping.
Leave the Leaves this Fall to Benefit Wildlife and Build Healthy Soil
Autumn is officially here! Cooler weather is moving in and leaves are turning and falling to the ground. As you plan fall cleanup, consider the songbirds, butterflies, and other wildlife your yard can support and what they need to survive the cooler months. Leaving...
Earthworms Podcast Interview: Grow Native! Celebrates 20 Biodiversifying Years
Carol Davit, Executive Director of the Missouri Prairie Foundation, joins Jean Ponzi on the latest Earthworms podcast to talk about the 20th anniversary of MPF's Grow Native! program. "A 1999 vision seeded by two Missouri women sprouted, the next year, as a...
MPF and Grow Native! Webinars and Master Classes
Get excited for our new MPF and Grow Native! webinars! Thanks to your post-webinar survey feedback we learned that you want more, so we are bringing back our free webinars as well as new master class webinars! These master classes will give a more in-depth look at...
Missouri Prairie Foundation Bestows 2020 Awards
The 54-year-old prairie conservation organization and land trust honored champions of prairie conservation on August 28 during its virtual Annual Dinner. The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Annual Dinner, held virtually on August 28, 2020, is a celebration of Missouri’s...
Get Your Monarch Garden in a Box Kit at STL Great MonArch Migration Event Sept 26
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. 26, in celebration of National Public Lands Day. The Gateway...
Grow Native! professional member Deep Roots KC holds virtual conference in September
Grow Native! professional member Deep Roots KC is holding a virtual conference September 16-18, 2020. Please see the press release for more details. https://planitnative.org/press-release-2020/
Forrest Keeling Brings Focus to Pollinator Week
Forrest Keeling Nursery announced their participation in Pollinator Week 2020, June 22-26. Pollinator Partnership (https://www.pollinator.org/) hosts the annual event. The event helps spotlight the importance of supporting pollinators. “Everyone loves butterflies and...
Grow Native! Program Recognizes 20th Anniversary of Promoting Native Plants
The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s native plant marketing and education program promotes natives for beautifying landscapes and supporting nature’s web of life. Read about the first 20 years of the program, and visit grownative.org and Grow Native! on Facebook,...