Growing Where We Are: Native Plantings for Modern Landscapes

Name: Growing Where We Are: Native Plantings for Modern Landscapes
Start: 2025-05-01T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-01T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Phelps County Courthouse

Schedule

Thu May 01 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Phelps County Courthouse | Rolla, MO

Learn about the benefits of using Missouri native plants in our landscapes with Lilly Germeroth. Lilly is a Conservation Program Associate with the Missouri Prairie Foundation and its Grow Native! program; she supports MPF through education and outreach, site stewardship, administration of grant projects and organizing scientific research on MPF's 35 properties comprising over 4,000 acres across the state. **Attendees will receive a packet of plains coreopsis seeds as well.**
Lilly grew up in the woods of the Ozarks, drawn to the endless engagement and constant change of the natural world. She studied at Missouri S&T in Rolla, where she studied the insect communities in the fallen leaves of woodlands, and later was introduced to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem in western Missouri. She learned her passion was for ecology - the study of ecosystems, with their many interacting parts. She pursued further studies in Ecology at Penn State University, where she studied the backyard gardens of native plant enthusiasts, and documented the diverse community of insects they support.
She is honored and excited to speak with those curious about native plants and how they can be involved in much-needed conservation efforts, wherever they are!
This free program is hosted by the Meramec Hills Chapter of the Missouri Master Naturalists, the Paradoxa Chapter of the Missouri Native Plant Society & the Citizen's Climate Lobby - Rolla Chapter.