LEARN MORE ABOUT NATIVE LANDSCAPES & PLANTS

 

Brightside’s Top Twenty Native Plants

Grow Native, part of Missouri Prairie Foundation

Plant Finder Search, Missouri Botanical Garden

Guide to Native Landscaping in Missouri, Shaw Nature Reserve

Missouri’s Common Plants & Animals, Missouri Department of Conservation

Butterfly on Flower    Bumble Bee    Butterfly

HELPFUL BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

 

Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy, 2007

Missouri Wildflowers: A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Missouri, Edgar Denison, 2008

Tried and True Missouri Native Plants for Your Yard, Missouri Department of Conservation, 2007

Native Landscaping for Wildlife and People, Dave Tylka, 2002

GRANT & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES

 

Neighbors Naturescaping, Brightside St. Louis: Neighborhood groups in St. Louis city may request up to $1,500 in native plant material and hardscaping to enhance public spaces. Opportunity to receive technical assistance from Brightside workshops, the St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium and Pop Up Prairie.

Project Clear, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District: Homeowners and organizations may receive up to $3,000 to create stormwater management systems such as rain gardens, bioretention cells, pervious pavement and green roofs.

Community Conservation Grant, Missouri Department of Conservation: Up to $30,000 is available to nonprofit and government organizations in the St. Louis region for various large-scale restoration projects.

Native Landscaping Grants, St. Louis Wild Ones: modest grants are available to non-profit organizations for landscaping projects incorporating native plants in an educational setting.

Bring Conservation Home: St. Louis Audubon Society provides on-site technical assistance to small, private landowners in the greater St. Louis area for native plant and animal habitat restoration.

Bee in Bellerive Park