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
October 2025
MPF Friends of Cuivre River State Park Grasslands Work Day
Grow Native! Webinar: Rainwater Plants and Practices in Grow Native! Gardens of Excellence
November 2025
Grow Native! Webinar: Overwintering Habits of Moths, Butterflies & Bees
January 2026
MPF Webinar: Wiski/Oski (River Cane): A Keystone Species in the Floodplain and in Chickasaw Culture
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
MPF Friends of Cuivre River State Park Grasslands Work Day
Grow Native! Webinar: Rainwater Plants and Practices in Grow Native! Gardens of Excellence
Grow Native! Webinar: Overwintering Habits of Moths, Butterflies & Bees
MPF Webinar: Wiski/Oski (River Cane): A Keystone Species in the Floodplain and in Chickasaw Culture
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Prairies Present & Future – Missouri Prairie Foundation 60th Anniversary Campaign
1966-2026 MPF’s conservation success has been driven by you—our generous supporters. Your financial contributions have helped protect some of the most beautiful and biologically significant prairies remaining in North America. We invite you to be a part of our 60th...
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...
