Native Plants Work
Grow Native! is the native plant marketing and education program of the Missouri Prairie Foundation.
Indian pink by Reva Dow, southern blue flag iris by Mervin Wallace, native bee on Eastern redbud by Ed Spevak, grasses and goldenrod by Frank Oberle, Polyphemus by Linda Williams.
What is the Lower Midwest?
Grow Native! Events
Kansas City Native Plant Sale - Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Kansas City Native Plant Sale - Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Springfield Native Plant Sale – Bass Pro Shops
Springfield Native Plant Sale – Bass Pro Shops
St. Louis County Native Plant Sale - World Bird Sanctuary
St. Louis County Native Plant Sale - World Bird Sanctuary
Kansas City Native Plant Sale - Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Kansas City Native Plant Sale - Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Columbia Native Plant Sale - Bass Pro Shops
Columbia Native Plant Sale - Bass Pro Shops
Springfield Native Plant Sale - Mother's Brewing Co.
Springfield Native Plant Sale - Mother's Brewing Co.
NATIVE PLANTS WORK
Choose native plants and put them to work for you:
- Beautify your surroundings and fill your landscape with life!
- Sustain the hundreds of species of pollinators of the lower Midwest
- Feed monarch butterflies and help ensure that their awe-inspiring migration forever remains a wonder of planet Earth!
- Support native songbirds
- Manage stormwater and protect streams
- Store carbon with deep-rooted natives
- Build healthy soil
- Provide drought-tolerant forage for livestock and use natives in other ways on farms
- Provide native edibles for people–pawpaws, elderberries, persimmons, walnuts and more!
- Create and enhance habitat for wildlife
Find out more on our Learn page.
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Native Fern Survey: Please Participate by April 12 — DEADLINE EXTENDED to April 30
The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Grow Native! program, in partnership with the Specialty Crops Program at Lincoln University Cooperative Extension, is seeking input on the availability of ferns that are native to the lower Midwest, as well as consumer preferences....
HB 2412 Invasive Plant Hearing – RESCHEDULED to January 23, 2024
**Please note the new date and time for this hearing.** The Missouri House Conservation and Natural Resources Committee will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in House Hearing Room 3 in the basement of the Missouri Capitol. (There will be...
Grow Native! Professional Member Monarch Watch to Provide Free Milkweed Plants for Qualifying Restoration, School, and Non-profit Projects
Grow Native! professional member Monarch Watch is providing three ways to obtain milkweed plants with its milkweed program. Just choose the milkweed program that fits your situation. Free milkweeds for habitat restoration projects- Monarch Watch will once again be...
