Photos: Yellow crownbeard (Verbesina helianthoides) and Carolina larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) on a mima mount at Carver Prairie by Bruce Schuette, butterfly art by Katherine Fratti, Blazing Star at Goodnight-Henry Prairie by Bruce Schuette, 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 58 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
April 2024
2024 Missouri Native Grasslands Summit: April 9, 10, & 11
2024 Missouri Native Grasslands Summit: April 9, 10, & 11
EcoTones Chamber Music Fundraiser
EcoTones Chamber Music Fundraiser
Kansas City Native Plant Sale - Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Kansas City Native Plant Sale - Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
May 2024
EcoTones: The Urban Prairie @ Tower Grove Park's Nee Kee Nee
EcoTones: The Urban Prairie @ Tower Grove Park's Nee Kee Nee
Columbia Native Plant Sale - Bass Pro Shops
Columbia Native Plant Sale - Bass Pro Shops
For 56 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
2024 Missouri Native Grasslands Summit: April 9, 10, & 11
2024 Missouri Native Grasslands Summit: April 9, 10, & 11
EcoTones Chamber Music Fundraiser
EcoTones Chamber Music Fundraiser
Kansas City Native Plant Sale – Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
Kansas City Native Plant Sale - Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
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Now Hiring: Missouri Prairie Foundation Prairie Stewardship Assistant
Position Title Prairie Stewardship Assistant, Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) Full-time (40 hours a week), salaried position. This is a field position that does not report to an office. Position located in southwestern Missouri, including in any of the following...
Missouri Native Grassland Lifetime Achievement Award Nominations Due February 20
The Native Grassland Summit Planning Committee is now accepting nominations for a Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions for the cause of prairies, prairie flora and fauna and/or expanding native grassland plantings...
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...