Find out more
There is a wealth of information available to help guide you as you learn about native plants and their uses. Here are a few of our favorites. Check back periodically as we update this area with additional sources of information and great places to visit.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Chances are, if you have a question about Grow Native! or native plants, someone else has asked the same question. Check here to see if we might have the answer.
- Places to See Natives
- Looking for a great public garden that uses native plants, an inspirational walk in a woodland filled with spring blooming wildflowers or a vista of an untouched prairie? Use this area of our site as your roadmap!
- Associations & Organizations
- Here's where you'll find native plant societies and associations as well as organizations involved in preserving natural native landscapes.
- Books, Magazines & Publications
- Books, magazines and other printed publications such as newsletters and booklets on plants, landscaping, and environmental issues.
- Government Agencies, Programs & Services
- This is the spot to find information about municipal, county, state and federal native plant initiatives and resources.
- Miscellaneous
- This is a roundup of all the great but not easily categorized native resources we've come across over the years. Don't pass it up!
- On-line Plant Identification
- Do you have a burning desire to know and name plants? This area of our website will put you in touch with on-line sources for plant identification.
- Glossary of Terms
- This handy glossary will help you translate some of the botanical and environmental terms used on this site.
- Articles from Conservationist Magazine & Other Sources
- Missouri Conservationist Magazine articles by GN! staff and other writers as well as news and reprints from other top-notch sources.
- Grow Native! Articles
- Click here for a complete list of our articles about native plants and landscaping. Please credit "Grow Native!" and the author as your source unless otherwise indicated. If you need a photographic image to support your story, please contact Barbara.Fairchild@mdc.mo.gov.
Publications Available from Grow Native!
Please contact us for a copy of the following publication.
Native Plants for Your Landscape
Whether you have a balcony garden, a small urban lot, a four-acre parcel or a sprawling ranch, you can include native plants in your landscape.
This twelve page guide is filled with ideas for using natives around your
home and includes how-to information and easy-to-follow plans.
Download the booklet (PDF, 3 Mb)
Native
Plant Rain Gardens
A Grow Native! guide for homeowners, teachers and landscape designers
This four page guide is filled with ideas for creating rain gardens and
includes how-to information and easy-to-follow plans.
Download the booklet (PDF, 422 Kb)
Native
Plants for Your Farm
Grow Native! makes it easy
This eight page guide shows you how to use Missouri’s native grasses,
sedges, forbs, shrubs, vines and trees to improve conservation on your
farm, year after year.
Download the booklet (PDF, 508 Kb)
