Grow Native News Today

The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s 13th annual Prairie BioBlitz will be held Saturday and Sunday at Shelton L. Cook Memorial Meadow in Barton County.

Debbie Nickell may not be a native of Stanberry, Missouri, but 19 years of volunteer work bringing an iconic city structure back to life with native wildflowers has brought her

Kathy Connolly’s focus is ecological landscape design. With a master’s degree from Conway School of Landscape Design in Northampton, she describes ecological landscaping this way: “We know that the world operates on natural systems or ecology — or all of nature’s interactions. These are often disturbed by our building practices. What I try to do […]

While many people know a fact or two about native plants and the importance of them, few know just how deep the need for them really grows; but the Missouri Prairie Foundation and its Grow Native Program is working to change that.

Native plants help the environment by providing food for pollinators and insects.

Look at a plant's tag at the gardening center to see if the zone where you live has the right range of temperatures.

There's something for everyone this weekend

Local homeowners have taken up the cause of No Mow May, which encourages people to temporarily pause their lawn-mowing in order to support the bees, butterflies and moths vital to pollination. In early spring, weeds are some of their prime food sources.

A group working to preserve prairie and other native grasslands in Missouri was recently honored for its efforts.

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