Teaching students about host plants. Photo: Carol Davit
Education
These institutions, gardens, and nature reserves provide opportunities to visit native gardens, natural areas, native plantings and interpretive centers. They connect with plant professionals and educator, acquire and/or create educational materials.
Arkansas Native Plant Society, Ozark Chapter
Garfield, AR
Phone: (501) 231-7455
Primary Business: Institutional Supporter; Education
Audubon Center at Riverlands
West Alton, MO
Phone: (636) 899-0090
Email: kbuchholz@audubon.org
Primary Business: Education
Hawthorn Chapter of the Missouri Native Plant Society
Phone: (573) 657-2314
Email: beckyerick711@centurylink.net
Products: Plugs, Nursery Inventory Plants, Potted Woody Plants
Provider:
Land Care and Landscape Services: Native Plant Installation, Native Seed Installation, Native Landscape Care, Shrub and Tree Pruning
Education: Seminars/Workshops/Presentations, Demonstration Gardens/Restoration Sites, Publications
Landscape and Nursery Association of Greater St. Louis (LNAGSL)
St. Louis, MO
Primary Business: Institutional Supporter; Education
Missouri Native Plant Society
St. Louis, MO
Primary Business: Education
Native Lands, LLC
Lawrence, KS
Primary Business: Education; Wild Habitat & Ecological Services
Native Plants and More
Columbia, MO
Phone: (573) 289-2018
Email: NativePlantsandMore@gmail.com
Provider:
Land Care and Landscape Services: Native Plant Installation
Landscape Designer: Design/Build
Wildlife Habitat and Ecological Services: Landscape/Habitat Planning, Plant Identification and Inventory
Education: Seminars/Workshops/Presentations, Demonstration Gardens/Restoration Sites, Publications
Retail Products: Nursery Inventory Plants, Potted Woody Plants
Primary Purpose: Education, training, public speaking and consultation to promote the adoption of native plants for wildlife and people.
New Directions in the American Landscape
Glenside, PA
Phone: (510) 518-0430
Email: info@ndal.org
Provider:
Education: Design workshops
Education: Annual Landscape Symposium
Retail Products:
Primary Purpose: Certified nonprofit organization dedicated to educational programming in ecological landscape design
Northwest Missouri Master Gardeners
St. Joseph, MO
Phone: (913) 424-2467
Email: barbarabramblett@gmail.com
Provider:
Education: Seminars/Workshops/Presentations
Institutional Supporter: Educational Institution
Related Products and Services: We have an annual plant sale that includes native plants.
Primary Purpose: Northwest Missouri Master Gardeners have completed a program of study provided by MU Extension. We are required to meet annual continuing education and volunteer hours requirements.
Seedbox
St. Louis, MO
Email: seedbox@sustainablebackyard.org
Primary Purpose:
Education
Institutional Supporter
Shaw Nature Reserve
Gray Summit, MO
Phone: (314) 577-9530
Email: scott.woodbury@mobot.org
Provider:
Education: Seminars/Workshops/Presentations, Native Demonstration Gardens/Ecological Restoration Sites, Publications
Institutional Supporter: Botanical Institution, Non-profit Organization, Educational Institution
Related Products and Services: Native plant sales spring and fall
Primary Purpose: Botanical institution that displays, maintains, and identifies living plant specimens.
Sustainable Backyard Network
St. Louis, MO
Email: terry@sustainablebackyard.org
Provider:
Education
Institutional Supporter
Primary Purpose: Education
St. Louis Community College – Meramec – Horticulture Program
Kirkwood, MO
Phone: (314) 984-7293
Email: jpence@stlcc.edu
Provider:
Education: Seminars/Workshops/Presentations, Demonstration Gardens/Restoration Sites
Institutional Supporter: Botanical Institution, Educational Institution
Primary Purpose: Educational institution that provides horticulture courses including landscape design, plant identification, soil, grounds management, and plant propagation
Stream Teams United
Shelbina, MO
Phone: (573) 586-0747
Email: mary@streamteamsunited.org
Provider:
Education
Institutional Supporter
University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry
Columbia, MO
Phone: (573) 882-9866
Email: OrmsbyG@missouri.edu
Provider:
Education: Seminars/Workshops/Presentations, Demonstration Gardens/Restoration Sites, Publications
Institutional Supporter: Educational Institution
Primary Purpose: The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry (UMCA), is one of the world’s leading centers contributing to the science underlying integrated practices of agroforestry. These practices enhance habitats and improve biodiversity while sustaining land resources for generations to come. Our major goal is to support the future of family farms and forests by achieving economic, environmental, and social sustainability.
Watershed Committee of the Ozarks Inc.
Springfield, MO
Phone: (417) 866-1127
Email: mike@watershedcommittee.org
Primary Purpose:
Institutional Supporter: Non-profit Organization
Education
Mission Hills, KS
Phone: (913) 485-7348
Email: ellenbolen@gmail.com
Provider:
Education: Publications
Institutional Supporter: Non-profit Organization, Community
Primary Purpose: We are providing leadership in Kansas City to bring our community together to make the use of native plants in our area pervasive. Member of the Garden Club of America.
Wild Bird Rehabilitation
Overland, MO
Phone: (314) 426-6400
Email: wildbirdrehab@gmail.org
Provider:
Institutional Supporter: Non-profit Organization
Primary Purpose: Wild Bird Rehabilitation’s mission is to ensure the survival of wild native songbirds through professional medical care and education regarding their value and needs.
Wild Bird Rehabilitation is a nonprofit hospital for native songbirds. We are federally licensed and hold permits through the Missouri Conservation Department for the care and treatment of migratory and native songbirds. We promote native plants through our educational program.
Wild Ones, Northwest Arkansas Ozark Chapter
Garfield, AR
Phone: (501)231-7455
Email: wildonesozarkchapter@gmail.com
Primary Purpose: Education; Institutional Supporter: Non-profit Organization
St. Louis, MO
Phone: (314) 303-8309
Email: gramg63@gmail.com
Primary Purpose:
Institutional Supporter: Non-profit Organization
The Missouri Prairie Foundation and the Grow Native! program provide this list of suppliers of native plant products and services as a convenience to gardeners, landowners, and landscape enthusiasts. It is the responsibility of the consumer to check the references of, negotiate fees with, and make all arrangements with those listed in this Resource Guide. The Missouri Prairie Foundation and the Grow Native! program accept no responsibility for products and services rendered.