2024 Native Plant Sale
May 18, 2024 from 9am-12pm
The Nature Institute’s Native Plant Sale will take place in person on May 18, 9am-12pm. Various native plant species will be available for purchase for between $3-$7.
The Nature Institute will accept cash and card payments for plants.
The plant sale this year will take place near TNI’s Greenhouse along Levis Lane in Godfrey, IL. Do not turn towards the lodge, just continue on Levis Lane until you go past the 1st driveway on the left. Parking will be available in a mowed field near the greenhouse.
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.