Native plants beautify landscapes and help support songbirds and other cherished wildlife. A wide variety of native wildflowers, grasses, sedges, vines, shrubs, and trees supplied by four vendors will be available for purchase at a Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) native plant sale organized in partnership with The Nature Institute, 2213 S. Levis Ln., Godfrey, IL 62035 on Saturday, May 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Grow Native! Professional vendors will participate in this plant sale. The Nature Institute will also participate as a vendor. Some vendors accept cash, check, or credit cards; some only cash or checks. Shoppers may begin browsing product selections, making purchases, and picking up pre-orders from each vendor at the advertised start time. “Early birds” will be asked to wait until the advertised start time to begin shopping. Volunteers will be available to assist customers.
A portion of sale proceeds will be donated to benefit the conservation work of the Missouri Prairie Foundation and The Nature Institute. The Missouri Prairie Foundation is a 59-year-old prairie conservation organization and land trust. In addition to its prairie conservation work, the Missouri Prairie Foundation also runs Grow Native!, a 25-year-old native plant marketing and education program, and administers the Missouri Invasive Plant Council. The Nature Institute is a 45-year-old land conservation and environmental education organization based in Godfrey, IL.
