𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰: 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 - 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝, 𝐌𝐎 MPF & Grow Native! will hold a native plant sale at Mother’s Brewing Company, 215 S. Grant Ave., Springfield, MO from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Come out and enjoy drinks while you shop! Vendors include Gaylena's Garden and Ozark Soul Native Plants 🌱

📣𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 📸 Participate in MPF's first juried photo contest... with cash prizes for youth and adults! Participants must review the full Rules & Guidelines before participating. Get started here: https://ow.ly/YfH450YZ3Ck 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑀𝑃𝐹 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐎𝐚𝐤 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 Join Chris Evans, Extension Forestry and Research Specialist with the University of IL, for an “all things oaks” presentation. Wednesday, June 3 at 4:00 p.m. 1 GNPCP CEU. https://ow.ly/IzlX50Z2LkU 𝑂𝑎𝑘 (𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠) 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑠

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭. 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 Join Chani Sorkin of Seed St. Louis as they discuss edible Missouri native plants. Wednesday, May 20 at 4:00 p.m. 1 GNPCP CEU. https://ow.ly/pwJe50YVNVr 𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 (𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑎) 𝑏𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛

🌻𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒-𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠! 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟑 - 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝, 𝐌𝐎 MPF & Grow Native! will hold a native plant sale at Mother’s Brewing Company, 215 S. Grant Ave., Springfield, MO from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Vendors: Gaylena's Garden and Ozark Soul Native Plants. https://ow.ly/qUUS50Z1I7b

Rain or shine, tomorrow's shopping time! ☔🌈 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟔: 𝐊𝐂 & 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 🌱Anita B. Gorman Center, 4750 Troost Ave., Kansas City, MO from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. https://ow.ly/CWIF50YXSBI 🌱The Nature Institute, 2213 S. Levis Ln., Godfrey, IL from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. https://ow.ly/gbwZ50YXSBK

Check out this juried native photography opportunity though The Missouri Prairie Foundation! 👀𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲? 📸 Take your shot, and participate in MPF's first juried photo contest! Get started here: https://ow.ly/pQi750YZ3Cl 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑀𝑃𝐹 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟔: 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐌𝐎 & 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲, 𝐈𝐋 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 🌱Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, 4750 Troost Ave., Kansas City, MO from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. https://ow.ly/CWIF50YXSBI 🌱The Nature Institute, 2213 S. Levis Ln., Godfrey, IL from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. https://ow.ly/gbwZ50YXSBK

𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 🌱Jefferson City (05/22) https://ow.ly/zTxc50YXLss 🌱Springfield (05/27) https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/hp-nT9Hdfum1kGxYuGQ_og?t=1778519877

𝐒𝐓𝐋 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 - 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟏 We've noticed a few extra seats -- register now for this day-long stormwater management workshop held Wednesday May 13 for interested project planners and landscape professionals. https://ow.ly/uAoU50YWJIS

Happening TOMORROW! 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟗: 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 & 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 🌱Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center®, 3101 Bass Pro Dr., Columbia, Missouri from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 🌱Remington Nature Center, 1502 MacArthur Dr., St. Joseph, Missouri from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐓𝐋 𝐃𝐚𝐲 So far, 23 donors have helped reach 62% of our goal! 🌎https://ow.ly/WG7b50YWk2k Thank you for your support! 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑎 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑀𝑃𝐹 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡. 𝐿𝑜𝑢𝑖𝑠 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐷𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑘, 2026

The MPF team invites you to make a donation of $10 or more to MPF via Give St. Louis Day happening right now on May 7! Thank you for supporting MPF's award-winning prairie conservation work. 🌎https://ow.ly/UOEU50YW5sK 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 (𝐸𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎) 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑀𝑃𝐹 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝐺𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑠𝑜𝑛

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭. 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 Join Chani Sorkin of Seed St. Louis as they discuss edible Missouri native plants that are easy and accessible to grow. Held 05/20 at 4:00 p.m. 1 GNPCP CEU. https://ow.ly/G8Jj50YVNVo 𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟗: 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 & 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 MPF will hold sales on Saturday, May 9, 2026 in two locations. 🌱Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center®, Columbia, Missouri from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 🌱Remington Nature Center, St. Joseph, Missouri from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. https://ow.ly/ensG50YUBG6

https://ow.ly/KS8550YTgNF Support MPF and our Grow Native! program through our Give St. Louis Day fundraiser through May 7, 2026. Thank you for your support! 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑘𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑑 (𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑎) 𝑏𝑦 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟔: 𝐌𝐏𝐅 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 Join artist and professor Erin Anfinson as she discusses how tallgrass prairie ecosystems have informed her creative practice, teaching, and studio work. Wednesday, May 6 at 4:00 p.m. https://ow.ly/1ixG50YSveP

Grow Native! Professional Member Green Thumb Nursery will be making native plant sales at the Edwardsville Goshen Market again this year. Find more information here: https://www.goshenmarket.org/

https://ow.ly/KS8550YTgNF Support MPF and our Grow Native! program through our Give St. Louis Day fundraiser through May 7, 2026. Thank you for your support! 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝐹𝑖𝑡𝑧𝑗𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑠𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒, 𝐼𝐿

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟔: 𝐌𝐏𝐅 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 Join artist and professor Erin Anfinson as she discusses how tallgrass prairie ecosystems have informed her creative practice, teaching, and studio work. Wednesday, May 6 at 4:00 p.m. https://ow.ly/1ixG50YSveP

𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑦! 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 MPF, Grow Native!, and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council are accepting nominations for our annual awards, and we want to hear from all of you! Learn more and submit nominations here: https://moprairie.org/2026/01/26/call-for-2026-award-nominations/

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 We're excited to welcome the Native Habitat Garden (St. Peters, Missouri) to our Gardens of Excellence program! Learn more about the program and this wonderful new addition here: https://ow.ly/qK5r50YQMg8 𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑦 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑠

𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒-𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠! 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐 - 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝, 𝐌𝐎 MPF & Grow Native! will hold a native plant sale on at the Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center® fom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors include Gaylena's Garden and Ozark Soul Native Plants. https://ow.ly/2JBw50YO9XM

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! The Grow Native! Guide for Beginning Native Plant Gardeners was developed mainly through the lived native gardening experiences of MPF's Director of Operations, Emily Gustafson. https://grownative.org/beginner-guide/ 𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝐺𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑐𝐹𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑

𝐌𝐏𝐅 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐬 Free guided walks and hikes! Capacity and deadlines for registration for each excursion varies, so please visit our events page for more details and to register: https://moprairie.org/events/ 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑡 (𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑎) 𝑏𝑦 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑛

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐 - 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝, 𝐌𝐎 MPF & Grow Native! will hold a native plant sale on at the Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center® fom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors include Gaylena's Garden and Ozark Soul Native Plants. https://ow.ly/2JBw50YO9XM

𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟐: 𝐌𝐏𝐅 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐱: 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐 We hope you can join us for the final leg of the soil deep-dive live on Wednesday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. Worth 1 GNPCP CEU. Register here: https://ow.ly/KnQ750YGvst

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰! MPF will hold a native plant sale tomorrow, Saturday April 18, 2026 at the World Bird Sanctuary, 125 Bald Eagle Ridge Rd., Valley Park, MO 63088 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors include Gaylena's Garden, Gnomes for Natives, Ozark Soul, Papillon Perennials, and River City Natives.

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 MPF, Grow Native!, and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) are accepting nominations for our annual awards, and we want to hear from all of you! Learn more and submit nominations here: https://moprairie.org/2026/01/26/call-for-2026-award-nominations/

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 - 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐌𝐎 Head out to enjoy the MPF native plant sale held in partnership with the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center: 4750 Troost Ave., Kansas City, MO, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The weather looks like it'll be a perfect sunny spring day!

𝐌𝐏𝐅 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐬 Free guided walks and hikes! Capacity and deadlines for registration for each excursion varies, so please visit our events page for more details and to register: https://moprairie.org/events/ 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑡 (𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑎) 𝑏𝑦 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑛

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐬 More than 50 applications were submitted, and eight were selected as awardees. Learn more about our grant program, and prepare for the 2027 grant cycle: https://moprairie.org/mission/grants/ 2025 𝑃𝐺𝐺 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝐶𝑙𝑢𝑏 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑠

𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟓 & 𝟐𝟔 Visit the MPF & Grow Native booths! –4/25: Earth Day Music Fest in Springfield, MO https://ow.ly/Pmg550YIY8c –4/25 & 26: Earth Day 365 Festival in St. Louis, MO https://ow.ly/bl3k50YIY8e –4/26: Earth Day Festival in Columbia, MO https://ow.ly/8XJX50YIY89

Grow Native! sponsor Green Thumb Gardens in Kansas City, MO would like to help folks curate effective native plantings. check out the following flyer for details on their new Native Plant Boxes!

🦋𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓! 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟏 - 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐌𝐎 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 MPF and the Grow Native! program will hold a native plant sale tomorrow at the MU Bradford Research Center, 4968 S. Rangeline Rd., Columbia, MO 65201 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟐: 𝐌𝐏𝐅 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐱: 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐 We hope you can join us for the final leg of the soil deep-dive live on Wednesday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. Worth 1 GNPCP CEU. Register here: https://ow.ly/KnQ750YGvst

Interesting article on reclaiming native landscapes from invasive species in the spirit of "this, not that" here: https://ow.ly/XnYO50YFHIr

MPF & Grow Native! will be tabling information at the April 11 Healthy Yards Expo, a free annual event in Shawnee Kansas. Find details in the flyer below, and at this link: https://ow.ly/N1NW50YFhEN

𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟖: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐎𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 Join Jen Sieradzki, Native Plant Horticulture Manager with Shaw Nature Reserve (SNR), as she provides an overview of the newly opened Ozark Ethnobotany Garden. April 8 at 4:00 p.m. Register here: https://ow.ly/NefW50YypEy

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟖 - 𝐒𝐭. 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐌𝐎 Join MPF at the World Bird Sanctuary for a native plant sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 18. Vendors: Gaylena's Garden, Gnomes for Natives, Ozark Soul, Papillon Perennials, and River City Natives. https://ow.ly/Wut850YCAY1

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟖 - 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐌𝐎 Join the Missouri Prairie Foundation from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 4750 Troost Ave. Vendors: City Roots Nursery, Gaylena's Garden, Leaf&Sky, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, Ozark Soul Native Plants, and Sow Wild Natives. https://ow.ly/nEMy50YBQv7

Grow Native! member The Root Design Company, a Kansas City–based ecological landscaping and design firm, is hiring a Landscape Specialist! Learn more about us at www.therootdesigncompany.com

🦋𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓! 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟖 - 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐌𝐎 Grow Native! will hold a native plant sale this Saturday at the Runge Conservation Nature Center, 330 Commerce Dr., Jefferson City, MO 65109 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Today at 4pm we begin Part 1 of Sam Lord's webinar series on Soil Microbial Complexity! Register now: Part 1 (Today!): https://ow.ly/rlqo50YyHwt Part 2 on April 22: https://ow.ly/EfbV50YyHws 𝑆𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝐺𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠

𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟖: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐎𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 Join Jen Sieradzki, Native Plant Horticulture Manager with Shaw Nature Reserve (SNR), as she provides an overview of the newly opened Ozark Ethnobotany Garden. April 8 at 4:00 p.m. Register here: https://ow.ly/NefW50YypEy

Grow Native! member Tom Shirrell of Green Thumb Nursery will be selling native plants to help make your landscaping dreams come true at this Alton, IL Earth Day event on April 11.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟓: 𝐌𝐏𝐅 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐱: 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏 – 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 4:00 p.m. 1 GNPCP CEU. Register for part 1 here: https://ow.ly/7vbS50YsARL Part 2 on April 22, 2026. 𝑆𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝐺𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟏 - 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐌𝐎 We will hold a native plant sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vendors include Gaylena's Garden, Grindstone Wildflowers, Hawthorn Chapter of MONPS, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, Ozark Soul Native Plants, and Prairie Hill Farm. Pre-order: https://ow.ly/Z3MZ50YwUWE

𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟒: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 & 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐥 When: Saturday, April 4, 2026, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Maximum 20 participants. Free with registration. 2 GNPCP CEUs. Register here: https://ow.ly/GFiy50YuQVw

Grow Native! member Forest Park Forever is accepting applications for a Conservation Arborist and an Arbor Crew Supervisor. Find details here: https://ow.ly/lC5050YwRrA