Missouri Prairie Foundation Fall Plant Sale
September 13, 9 am-1 pm
Join Missouri Prairie Foundation, The Nature Institute, River City Natives, Green Thumb Nursery, and Sam’s Native Nursery for a fall plant sale. River City Natives, Sam’s Native Nursery, and The Nature Institute will be offering plants on a pre-sale. Find the links to the stores and learn more here.
The Nature Institute will have plants available for pre-sale. Pre-sale will stay open until September 12 at 12 pm (Noon). All plants will be available for pick-up during the plant sale on September 13, between 9 am and 1 pm. If you are unable to pick up during the sale, call us at 618-466-9930 to make arrangements prior to the sale. Any plants left without pick up arrangements will be returned to the inventory and payment will be considered a donation.
Native Plant Growers in the Riverbend Area
Planting Guides
Following information was borrowed from Grow Native! Grow Native! is the native plant marketing and education program of the Missouri Prairie Foundation.
Here are a few design ideas for smaller scale plantings using native plants. If your growing conditions differ from those described here, please talk with a Grow Native! Nursery, garden center, or landscape designer about alternative native plants that will work for you.
Native landscaping isn’t just for the back yard! If you want to establish a formal native shade garden for your front yard or other area, this plan can help you. This Front Yard Formal article by Scott Woodbury from the spring 2019 issue of the Missouri Prairie Journal is a companion to this plan, and contains photos of many of the featured plants. Learn more about plants featured in this plan from this audio file from Scott, and learn more about the plants’ growth habits from this audio file from Scott. The following practices apply to plantings where some degree of control is desired. That is, these design elements will help produce a garden that looks as though it was thoughtfully designed and planned as opposed to a naturalistic meadow or recreated prairie where plants grow more randomly.