Missouri Prairie Foundation and Grow Native! Operations Assistant Full-time (40 hours a week) or 3/4-time (30 hours a week) position, the duties of which involve supporting the work of the Missouri Prairie Foundation's (MPF’s) Executive Director, Director of Prairie...
Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) and Blue false indigo (Baptisia australis). Photo: Scott Woodbury
June 4, 2022: Rural Land Stewardship Field Day
9 a.m. - noon @ 300 East Fox Hollow Road (4 miles west of Ashland, MO) Presented and hosted by Grow Native! Professional Member Bill Ruppert on behalf of Blue Fox Farm, Fox Hollow Forest, and Three Creeks Farm & Forest. Admission is free but pre-registration by...
Callery Pear Buy-Back Events: April 26, 2022
The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP), in partnership with Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, will host a Callery pear “buy-back” program on April 26 in Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Columbia, Joplin, and Cape Girardeau. Native to China, Callery pear trees (Pyrus...
Grow Native! Ambassador Award for 2021 Bestowed to Bill Straatmann
During its virtual Grow Native! Professional Member Conference on November 3, the Grow Native! program awarded the 2021 Grow Native! Ambassador Award to Bill Straatmann, owner of Straatmann Toyota in Washington, Missouri. Native plants play an important role in...
Virtual 2021 Grow Native! Conference on November 3, 2021
Author Dr. Doug Tallamy will give the keynote address at the virtual 2021 Grow Native! Professional Member Conference, open to all.
Get Your Monarch Garden in a Box Kit at STL Great MonArch Migration Event Sept 25
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. 25, in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Gateway Arch...
Native Gardens of Excellence Showcase Outstanding Native Landscaping
Launched on the Grow Native! website on June 29, the Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program features plantings of native plants in designed, well-maintained gardens and in other native landscape plantings in the lower Midwest. “The gardens and landscape...
Request for Proposals: Native Plantings in St. Louis
The Missouri Prairie Foundation seeks proposals from experienced contractors for several native planting projects in the St. Louis Area. These multi-year projects will be funded by the Missouri Prairie Foundation via grant funding. Please find the two Requests for...
Spring Native Gardening Tips from Grow Native! & Native Plant Sales
As the first official day of spring nears, you may find it hard to resist your garden “spring cleaning” urge. However, removing fallen leaves and dead plant stalks from plant beds too soon may in fact harm many of the native bees, overwintering moth cocoons, and other...
Grow Native! Digging in to Your Garden Part 2 Panel Webinar March 25th, 2021
Learn from four southwestern Illinois 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. Godfrey, IL (March 9,...
2021 Grow Native! Resource Guide Now Available
Find suppliers of native plant products and services in the 2021 Grow Native! Resource Guide. In the online guide, find native plant nurseries, garden centers that sell native plants, seed suppliers, landscape architects and designers, native landscape installers and...
Digging in to 2021 with Your Garden Plan Panel Webinar February 4th, 2021
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.
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...