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Rain gardens manage stormwater. Credit: Vireo

Natives bring butterflies. Credit: MDC

Use natives for your farm. Credit: Frank Oberle

Use natives in formal landscaping. Credit: Scott Woodbury

Natives filter runoff and protect streams. Credit: Ted Spaid, SWT Design

Beautify parks and reduce mowing costs with natives. Credit: St. Louis County Parks Department

Look for Grow Native! plants when you shop. Credit: Jennifer Schamber

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Welcome to Grow Native!

The Grow Native! program provides resources to help gardeners, farm owners, land care professionals, and planners use native plants in the built environment and altered landscapes in the lower Midwest for multiple benefits. Grow Native! also administers the Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force (MoIP), a multi-organizational and multi-agency group with the goal of bringing greater statewide attention on early detection and control of invasive plants.

The Grow Native! program is operated by the Missouri Prairie Foundation, a nonprofit conservation organization. Become a member of the Missouri Prairie Foundation, make a donation to our prairie conservation efforts, and/or donate to the Grow Native! program.

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Start Here

What makes a plant "native," and why use native plants?

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Dig In

Use our Native Plant Database to compare plants and plan your landscape

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Help Pollinators

How you can help butterflies, bees and more with native plants

Support Our Grow Native! Program Sponsors

Make a donation to support the Grow Native! Program

News

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2018 Native Plant Sales

2018 Native Plant Sales Plants native to Missouri provide beauty for landscaping projects, as well as food sources for pollinators and birds. “Choosing native plants for your landscaping needs is one of the most ecologically friendly things you can do,” said Carol Davit, executive director of the Missouri Prairie Foundation. “Native plants support monarchs and […]

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Events

- Aug 1
- Wednesday, Aug. 1st, 2018: Eat, Drink, and Grow Native!: Soil Health at Eckert’s Country Store
  
  Eat, Drink, and Grow Native!: Soil Health at Eckert’s Country Store August 1, 2018 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Eckert’s Country Store 951 S Green Mount Rd Belleville, IL 62220 $20.00 Register here. Eckert’s Country Store is known throughout the region for its outstanding peaches and other fruit. To sustain their operations, Eckert’s relies on […]
- Aug 4
- Saturday, August 4, 2018: MPF Annual Dinner
  
  Details coming soon!
- Aug 18
- Saturday, August 18, 2018: Continuous Blooms With Missouri Native Plants
  
  Sponsored by Grow Native! Professional Member Sugar Creek Gardens 1011 N. Woodlawn St. Louis, MO 63122-2803 A gardener of Missouri wildflowers can have a flourishing flower vase for months on end! At this session you’ll learn the secrets of a breathtaking, ever-blooming native garden. You’ll see the showiest native perennials along with the longest blooming, […]
- Sep 15
- Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018: MPF Kansas City Native Plant Sale
  
  MPF will hold a native plant sale on Saturday, May 19 at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, 4750 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64110 from 9:30 a.m. till 2:30 p.m. or sell out. Vendors donate a generous portion of proceeds to help MPF conserve vital pollinator habitat on its native prairies. A variety […]
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Love native plants? Help conserve them in original prairie habitats by becoming a member of or making a donation to Grow Native's parent organization, the Missouri Prairie Foundation.

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