Supply Chain
Nurseries, seed producers, and native plant suppliers serving the Temperate Prairies region, along with restoration contractors and multi-state habitat partnerships providing prescribed burning, seeding, and invasive species control.
Native Plant Sourcing & Restoration Services
Directories
Grow Native! (MO) - Missouri Prairie Foundation's professional program connecting landscape architects and buyers with regional native plant and seed sources.
Tallgrass Prairie Center – Seed and Service Providers (IA) - Tallgrass Prairie Center's directory of native seed vendors and restoration contractors operating across Iowa.
Nurseries
Taylor Creek (KS) - Regional wholesaler of native seed, plugs, and plants, and provider of prairie restoration design and installation services.
Forrest Keeling Nursery (MO) - Missouri nursery known for native tree, shrub, and prairie plant production using its proprietary root-growing method.
Missouri Wildflowers Nursery (MO) - Missouri-based grower specializing in regionally sourced native prairie plants and seed.
Possibility Place Nursery (IL) - Illinois nursery growing native trees, shrubs, and prairie plants from regionally collected seed.
Seed Producers
Contact your state Natural Heritage Program or the Tallgrass Prairie Center for local-ecotype seed sourcing.
Applewood Seed (Midwest/Great Plains) - Wholesale native grass and wildflower seed supplier offering region-specific mixes formulated for the Midwest and Great Plains, including Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa.
Johnston Seed Company (OK) - Oklahoma seed producer offering region-specific native wildflower and grass mixes for both eastern and western parts of the state.
Hamilton Native Outpost (MO) - Family-run native seed and plant company specializing in tallgrass prairie species for conservation grazing and restoration.
Stock Seed Farms (NE) - Family-owned Nebraska native grass and wildflower seed producer serving prairie restoration projects.
Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) - Mail-order native seed and plant nursery offering 700+ non-cultivar species with genetic-provenance tracking for prairie, wetland, and woodland restoration.
Prairie Originals (CAD) - Manitoba-based native prairie nursery and seed producer shipping to both Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Soil Amendments & Restoration Products
MycoBloom (KS) - Native mycorrhizal fungi inoculants cultivated from U.S. grassland and forest strains, used to restore soil biology in restoration and native plant production sites.
Restoration & Installation Services
Pheasants Forever / Quail Forever (MO, IA) - Multi-state partnership (with MDC, Iowa DNR, TNC, and Missouri Prairie Foundation) providing prescribed burning, invasive species control, and native seeding services across MO/IA grasslands.
Prairie Restorations, Inc. (MN) - Full-service ecological restoration contractor offering site prep, seeding, planting, prescribed burns, and invasive species removal, along with wholesale seed and plant supply for contractors and government agencies.
