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MPF will hold a native plant sale on Thursday, September 26, at Roeslein & Associates, Inc., 9200 Watson Road, St. Louis, MO, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Native plants beautify landscapes and help support songbirds and other cherished wildlife. Buy native wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, trees, vines, and sedges from Grow Native! professional members: Gaylena’s […]
September is prime monarch butterfly migration in Missouri. Join MPF for a monarch tagging event at the Snowball Hill Prairie on Saturday, September 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There is no charge to participants, and no experience is necessary. MPF Board Member Tracy Lewandowski will lead the tagging activity, which entails affixing a […]
You are invited to spend the day visiting Snowball Hill Prairie with your camera, brushes, and canvas. Pack up your favorite art medium supplies and camera, along with a non-disposable container of water and snack, and come to enjoy learning about and painting on this incredible, 20-acre original native prairie and the adjoining 50-acre planted […]
The Missouri Prairie Foundation and host, Missouri Western State University, will hold a native plant sale on Sunday, September 29 at 4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph, MO, 64507 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The event will be held outdoors just east of Fulkerson Center, at Parking Lot F. Native plants beautify landscapes and help […]
Celebrate the dedication of MPF's Morton Family Prairie near Cole Camp in Benton County, featuring guided tours, prairie tent camping, complimentary beverages, and an optional ticketed barbecue dinner. Dinner is free for lifetime members. Donations to support our prairie conservation work are always very welcome and very much appreciated! Portable restrooms will be available through […]
Get more familiar about growing ferns in Missouri with Dr. Nadia Navarrete-Tindall! Fern species and life cycles will be discussed, followed by an introduction to a unique education and outreach project by the Specialty Crops & Native Plants Program at Lincoln University and Grow Native!. This collaboration project aims to promote the growth and adoption […]
Join James Faupel, Director of Horticulture at Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum (BCA), for a walking tour exploring the vast tree collection of the arboretum and observing the tree foliage shifting from various shades of green to a spectacular display of fall foliage. BCA is Missouri’s first ArbNet Level III Accredited Arboretum, with a living collection […]
MPF volunteers can help steward the open woodlands at Cuivre River State Park near Troy, MO on Sunday, October 20 from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. Volunteers will be able to collect native grassland seeds, and support brush clearing and/or fireline prep work. All equipment will be provided by the park, but volunteers should bring and […]
More often than not, mosses go unnoticed as they cling onto a tree, sit atop the bare ground, or sway with the current in a stream. Indeed, many mosses are small, inconspicuous, shriveled up masses of brown and black plant material when dry, tricking the unaware passerby into thinking they are nothing more than dead […]
Join this MoIP online training session on "Common General Use Herbicides & How They Relate to Aquatic Use Sites" to deepen your understanding of the safe and effective application of herbicides in and near aquatic environments. Learn about the latest best practices, regulations, and environmental impacts to ensure your herbicide use supports both land and […]
How do native plants unlock the greatest potential of functional green infrastructure? Join MDC's Community Conservation Planner, Ronda Burnett, for this Grow Native! Master Class focused on native plant solutions for stormwater management. This master class will zero-in on the role of native plants in managed stormwater systems and will match plant species with management […]
Award-winning naturalist Mark H.X. Glenshaw will discuss the owl species that can be found in Missouri's prairies. He will also highlight the Great Horned Owls he has been studying in Forest Park, a large urban park in St. Louis, Missouri for eighteen years, and how intact and restored habitat is key to owls wherever they […]
