South Grand is added to Native Gardens of Excellence Program!

South Grand has been added to the Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program, which features native landscaping styles in the lower Midwest.

It was added along with Main Street Garden in St. Charles, and three other new sites in Kansas and Arkansas, These join the 15 sites in Missouri and Illinois that were inducted into the program when it launched in 2021.

South Grand Business District native gardens includes plantings along 6.5 city blocks between Arsenal and Utah Street. Located in a busy and dense metropolitan area, the site demonstrates how native plants can be utilized effectively in an urban environment, helping to filter pollutants and capture stormwater while also providing habitat for wildlife.

“The Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program features plantings of native plants in designed, well-maintained gardens and in other native landscape plantings in the lower Midwest,” said Carol Davit, executive director of the Missouri Prairie Foundation and its Grow Native! program. “We are pleased to showcase these outstanding native gardens to inspire greater use of native plants, which provide many benefits to wildlife and people.”

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