by Erika Van Vranken | December 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Centro Latino de Salud, Columbia, MO, was awarded a Missouri Prairie Foundation Garden Grant in February 2024. These photos of the garden were taken in October 2024. Photos courtesy of Ronda Burnett.
by Erika Van Vranken | July 19, 2024 | Blog
By Carol Davit, MPF Executive Director All prairies are grasslands, but not all grasslands are prairies. In Missouri, grasslands include unplowed, old-growth prairie; glades; savannas; pastures and hay fields of tall fescue (Arundinaria festuca) or other non-native...
by Erika Van Vranken | January 25, 2024 | News
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...
by Erika Van Vranken | August 24, 2023 | News
The Missouri Prairie Foundation / Grow Native! is now an approved provider for the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LACES)! LACES establishes, maintains, and enforces standards for evaluating professional development and continuing education...
by Erika Van Vranken | June 5, 2023 | Giving, News
MPF carries out a robust outreach and education program—offering hikes, frequent online programming, workshops, in-person presentations, a presence at festivals and tradeshows, and other outreach activities—to help introduce more people to the importance of prairie...