Photos: Yellow crownbeard (Verbesina helianthoides) and Carolina larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) on a mima mound at Carver Prairie by Bruce Schuette, butterfly art by Katherine Fratti, Linden’s Prairie walk by Lloyd Grotjan, MPF prairie burn by Jerod Huebner, La Petite Gemme Prairie Bioblitz by Christine Chiu, Dickcissel Nest by Sara Scheill
For 59 years, the Missouri Prairie Foundation has been conserving Missouri’s prairies and other native grasslands—some of the most imperiled habitats on the planet.
We are also home to the Grow Native! plant education and marketing program and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council.
Upcoming Events
October 2025
New Franklin Native Plant Sale – Missouri Chestnut Roast Festival
MPF Friends of Cuivre River State Park Grasslands Work Day
Grow Native! Webinar: Rainwater Plants and Practices in Grow Native! Gardens of Excellence
January 2026
MPF Webinar: Wiski/Oski (River Cane): A Keystone Species in the Floodplain and in Chickasaw Culture
For 59 years, the Missouri Prairie Foundation has been conserving Missouri’s prairies and other native grasslands—some of the most imperiled habitats on the planet.
We are also home to the Grow Native! native plant education and marketing program and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council.
Upcoming Events
New Franklin Native Plant Sale – Missouri Chestnut Roast Festival
MPF Friends of Cuivre River State Park Grasslands Work Day
Grow Native! Webinar: Rainwater Plants and Practices in Grow Native! Gardens of Excellence
MPF Webinar: Wiski/Oski (River Cane): A Keystone Species in the Floodplain and in Chickasaw Culture
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MPF Applies for Land Trust Reaccreditation: Public Input Invited
The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands in perpetuity. The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) became a nationally accredited land...
Missouri Prairie Foundation Bestows 2025 Awards
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...
MPF/Grow Native! Job Announcement: Part-Time Clerical Assistant
The mission of the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) is to protect and restore prairie and other native grassland communities through land acquisition, management, education, and research; to promote the use of native plants through its Grow Native! program; and to...
