Our first Grow Native! master class is Landscaping with Goldenrods & Asters on Sept. 30 with one of the Midwest's leading experts on native landscaping—Scott Woodbury, manager of the Whitmire Wildflower Garden at Shaw Nature Reserve. In this class, you will learn about the many species of goldenrods and asters available for landscaping, their growing […]

Pollinators are essential to maintaining the health of our ecosystems and to our food security. In this insect pollinator webinar, Jennifer Hopwood, Senior Pollinator Conservation Specialist at the Xerces Society, will discuss the major pollinator groups that can be found in the Midwest, including bees, moths, butterflies, wasps, and beetles, explain the life cycles of pollinators, […]

Native bee biologist Mike Arduser will share many significant aspects of insect pollination of Missouri’s native plants. Arduser will showcase plants with particular pollination strategies—from spring through summer and into fall—and discuss their roles in supporting pollinators in our natural communities. Some of the plants Arduser will highlight are prairie trout lily, prairie willow, redbud, flowering dogwood, […]

Eric Fuselier will deliver a talk on plants native to the Ozarks that are ideal for residential landscaping and home gardens. Eric will also discuss how you can determine whether a particular species is right for your garden, given the environmental conditions present on your property. Eric Fuselier, PWS is an Environmental Project Manager at […]

Learn from a panel of regional experts who are experienced in installing native gardens in their community. How did they select the site? How did they select plants? How did they make their installs look pretty?  How did they convince skeptical neighbors? Discover the answers to these questions and ask your own during our panel […]

Mycorrhizal fungi play an essential role in structuring plant communities, and this is particularly true for prairies. In this talk, Dr. Tipton will discuss how mycorrhizal fungi and plants interact, their importance in maintaining prairie plant communities, and how mycorrhizal fungal inoculation can act as a tool in prairie reconstruction. Cost: free. The webinar will […]

We are excited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Grow Native! program and host the virtual 2020 Grow Native! Professional Member Conference! We hope you will enjoy the lineup of fantastic speakers and topics this year. Check out the conference page for the itinerary, speaker line up, and registration.

In this master class, you will learn about sedge species native to the lower Midwest that are available from native plant suppliers, their growing conditions, and growth habits. You will also learn about designing with natives and how they perform in the landscape. One CEU for landscape architects will be available. Cost: free to all […]

Join us to learn the basics of winter sparrow identification and ecology. We will touch on some of the more common backyard sparrows, then focus on the species that rely on Missouri’s prairies for wintering habitat. Often we think about prairie as crucial breeding habitat–which it is!–for a suite of species, but this essential ecosystem […]