Native Landscaping at the Whitmire Wildflower Garden

The Whitmire Wildflower Garden is a native landscaping demonstration for homeowners, large landowners and professionals who use native plants in landscaping. The home gardening area displays the showiest and most reliable Missouri native plants for small-scale gardening. Part of the home gardening area includes a low-maintenance groundcover display. Other areas of the Whitmire garden include prairie, glade, woodland, and wetland demonstrations.

Read an article about the history and mission of the Whitmire garden


Low Maintenance Native Groundcovers

(.doc) These Native groundcover plants are very useful in reducing landscape maintenance

Native Plant School
A year-round series of learning sessions covering various aspects of landscaping with native plants.

Homeowner series -SNR

Professional series -Alberici

Greener Stormwater Solutions

New MSD stormwater best management practices guide.

Native Landscaping Manual

Educational guide to native landscaping.

LILY

The Missouri Native Landscaping Database

Top Performing Native Plants for Home Gardening

These tried-and-true plant selections are based on 4-season showiness, longevity, compact habit, disease resistance and availability at nurseries

Monthly Highlight

Monthly listing of Whitmire Wildflower Garden area highlights.

Wildflower Highlight

Monthly listing of native plant highlights for landscaping.

Grow Native!

Learn about Missouri's rich array of landscape worthy native plants and how to use them to create beautiful landscapes on your property.

Landscape Design with Missouri in Mind

Four workshops

Jan. 29th and 30th

Feb. 26th and 27th

Wild Ones
The St Louis Chapter of Wild Ones offers many native landscaping events around the St. Louis area.

Building a Rain Garden

YouTube video of Wild Ones volunteers building a small residential rain garden.