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
Jefferson City Native Plant Sale – Binder Park Sports Complex
Jefferson City Native Plant Sale – Binder Park Sports Complex
April 2025
Columbia Native Plant Sale – Bradford Research Center
Columbia Native Plant Sale – Bradford Research Center
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
Brews and Blooms at Civil Life Brewing Co.
Brews and Blooms at Civil Life Brewing Co.
Springfield Native Plant Sale – Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center®
Springfield Native Plant Sale – Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center®
May 2025
Bird and Wildflower Walk at Snowball Hill Prairie
Bird and Wildflower Walk at Snowball Hill Prairie
Kansas City Native Plant Sale – Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Kansas City Native Plant Sale – Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
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
Jefferson City Native Plant Sale – Binder Park Sports Complex
Jefferson City Native Plant Sale – Binder Park Sports Complex
Columbia Native Plant Sale – Bradford Research Center
Columbia Native Plant Sale – Bradford Research Center
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
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2025 Prairie Garden Grant Awardees
Annually, MPF offers several grants to help fund the establishment or improvement of prairie gardens or plantings using Midwest native plants that are accessible to the public. This year’s five MPF Prairie Garden Grant recipients will use awarded grants to educate,...
Springfield Earth Day Musical Events to Benefit Missouri Prairie Foundation
The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) is honored to have been selected as the beneficiary of proceeds from two related Springfield, Missouri Earth Day events. Festivities kick off on March 30, 2025, with a special Earth Care Concert fundraiser at Brentwood Christian...
Call for 2025 Award Nominations
The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF), its Grow Native! program, and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP), which MPF administers, is now accepting nominations for its Missouri Prairie Foundation awards (prairie pioneer, prairie professional, prairie...
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