Grow Native

Rain or shine, tomorrow's shopping time! ☔🌈 We'll see you there~ 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

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬 MPF’s Grow Native! program welcomes seven new Certified Pros into the Grow Native! Professional Certification Program (GNPCP), which provides a consistent credential in the use of native plants for landscaping in developed areas of the lower Midwest. Grow Native! offered a testing opportunities across Missouri in recent weeks in Springfield, Columbia, and Kansas City. Test results confirmed that Sharon Ashworth, K-State Extension – Douglas County, Sa'dia Luallen-Blattert, Pollen to Petal, Paige Stevens, Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture, and Jenna Wilkins, Midwest Native Landscaping, earned certification. Other test-takers who earned certification at the exams are Emily Cochran, Alec Macko, and Jeanie Skibiski. These individuals join the dozens of other Grow Native! Certified Pros who have achieved certification since the program launched in 2022. Grow Native!’s list of Certified Pros makes it easy for consumers to find native plant experts who provide quality native plant services in the lower Midwest. The next test will be offered on October 23, 2026, at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri. Additional testing dates and locations for fall 2026 will be announced this summer. For details about the professional certification program, including registration deadlines, upcoming test specifics, the study guide, and CEU requirements, please visit the GNPCP web page. Please email [email protected] to receive information about how to register for testing opportunities in 2026.

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! MPF’s more than 35 properties are all open and available to the public to explore on foot for this contest, which runs 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. There are two age brackets, each with tiered prize categories: youth up to age 17, and adults age 18 and older. Participants must review the full Photo Contest Rules & Guidelines before participating. Get started through our link in bio! 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑀𝑃𝐹 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡, 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑜𝑝-𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡: 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒, 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒; 𝐿𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑑 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑗𝑎𝑛, 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒; 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒, 𝑁𝑜𝑎ℎ 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛’𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒; 𝐸𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝐿𝑎 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐺𝑒𝑚𝑚𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑂𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑒, 𝑅𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒

📣Don't miss your chance to pre-order! 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟔: 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐌𝐎 & 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲, 𝐈𝐋 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 MPF will hold native plant sales featuring Grow Native! professional member vendors on Saturday, May 16, 2026 in two locations. 🌱Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, 4750 Troost Ave., Kansas City, MO from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 🌱The Nature Institute, 2213 S. Levis Ln., Godfrey, IL from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Find pre-order info for each sale through our native plant sale link in bio!

𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 With the STL workshop full, all project planners and landscape professionals interested in using native plants for stormwater management are invited to register for one of the other two day-long workshops offered in Missouri this May in either Jefferson City or Springfield. Please share these opportunities with your networks interested in this work. 🌱Jefferson City (05/22) 🌱Springfield (05/27)

𝐒𝐓𝐋 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 - 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟏 We've noticed a few extra seats, and so there's still a few days left to register for this day-long stormwater management workshop held Wednesday May 13 for interested project planners and landscape professionals. Please share with your networks interested in this work. Register through our link in bio!

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! 🌎Visit the link in bio to donate now! Thanks to a $6,000 anonymous gift, all Give STL Day donations of $10 or more to MPF will be matched 100% to $6,000. All funds raised via Give STL Day will also be matched 100% by MPF members Eric and Yolo Ferrell through their $25,000 match commitment to support MPF's 60th anniversary fundraising campaign through 2026. �No matter where you live, your gift to MPF via Give St. Louis Day 2026 will support MPF's award-winning prairie conservation work. Thank you for your support! 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑎 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑑 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! Find our donation link in bio ✅ Thanks to a $6,000 anonymous gift, all Give STL Day donations of $10 or more to MPF will be matched 100% to $6,000. All funds raised via Give STL Day will also be matched 100% by MPF members Eric and Yolo Ferrell through their $25,000 match commitment to support MPF's 60th anniversary fundraising campaign through 2026. �No matter where you live, your gift to MPF via Give St. Louis Day 2026 will support MPF's award-winning prairie conservation work. Thank you for your support! 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 (𝐸𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎) 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑀𝑃𝐹 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝐺𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑠𝑜𝑛

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭. 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 Before it was common to have foods imported from across the ocean, Missouri agriculture provided all the food we needed. Fruits, veggies, grains, and even desserts can be grown in our own backyards… but how? Join Chani Sorkin of Seed St. Louis as they discuss the growing needs of edible Missouri native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants that are easy and accessible to St. Louisans, as well as how Seed St. Louis works with native plantings in gardens across the region. This free webinar, to be held via Zoom, will include a presentation and a live question-and-answer session. The webinar will be recorded, and a link to the recording will be sent to all registrants and posted to the MPF YouTube channel. Wednesday, May 20 at 4:00 p.m. 1 GNPCP CEU. Register through our link in bio. 𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 (𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑎) 𝑏𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛

📣Don't miss your chance to pre-order! 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟗: 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 & 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 MPF will hold native plant sales featuring Grow Native! professional member vendors on Saturday, May 9, 2026 in two locations. 🌱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. Find pre-order info for each sale through our native plant sale link in bio!

Support MPF and our Grow Native! program through our Give St. Louis Day fundraiser through May 7, 2026. Visit our bio to access our link, and thank you for your support! 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑘𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑑 (𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑎) 𝑏𝑦 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ