Grassland Heritage Foundation preserves prairies in eastern Kansas through education, stewardship, and land protection.
Tallgrass Prairie Facts
Prairie arose in the rain shadow of the Rocky Mountains, and once covered 400 million acres over the center of the U.S. from Saskatchewan to Texas. Prairies are diverse communities dominated by grasses and wildflowers.
Tallgrass prairie, with three-fourths of its biomass
underground, created some of the most productive
soils in the world. Prairie thrives amid drought, fire,
and grazing due to root systems up to 15 feet deep.
Only 1% of the native tallgrass prairie remains today due to fire suppression and intensive crop production, making it a globally endangered ecosystem. Remaining prairies now include the Flint Hills of Kansas and Oklahoma and small remnant prairies, such as The Prairie Center in Olathe, Kansas and GHF's Snyder Prairie, Leadplant Prairie, and Roulund-Wagner Prairie.
Only 1% of the native tallgrass prairie remains today. . .
News
The May 16 Native Plant Sale plant list is posted! Let the garden planning begin!
Helen Alexander and Randy Rasa join the GHF board!
2020 Snyder Scholarship applications are being reviewed in March
Visit The Raven Book Store in Lawrence to browse GHF-curated native plant gardening books
Join a community of prairie protectors
You can directly support prairie land management, land protection, and education in northeast Kansas as a GHF member and donor.
GHF provides hands-on prairie restoration opportunities, academic scholarships, and workshops on prairie management, native plant gardening, and prairie ecology.
Members receive the GHF newsletter, discounts on fee workshops, discounts at GHF's annual native plant sale, and workshop & event notifications.
What you can do to protect prairie
Visit and enjoy prairies with friends.
Add native plants to your garden. They are needed by native pollinating insects, they reduce erosion, and they use less water.
Apply for a scholarship to advance our understanding of prairie ecology and restoration.
Encourage your city, county, and state to include prairie remnants and native plants in park and landscaping plans.
Keep exotic invasive plants out of your yard, parks and plant nurseries.
Events
May 16, 2020
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church Lawn, 1011 Vermont, Lawrence
GHF Native Plant Sale
Locally-grown, neonic-free native species! This annual sale provides essential support for GHF's prairie education programs. GHF members may pre-order with a discount and pick up the day of the sale, so you ensure that you get the plants you want. The plant list is available now, and pre-orders are accepted early April.
Contact Grassland Heritage Foundation
PO Box 394
Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66201
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