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Native Plants in Urban Places, Capen Park, Columbia, Missouri

Capen Park Native Plant and Rain Garden, maintained by Missouri Master Naturalist Program

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Yellow and orange blooms

gray headed coneflower group

gray headed coneflower group

squash volunteer

squash volunteer

yellow_orange-1

copper iris

copper iris

coreopsis

coreopsis

golden asters

golden asters

hollyhock

hollyhock

yellow_orange-6

gray headed coneflower

gray headed coneflower

gray headed coneflower group

gray headed coneflower group

squash volunteer

squash volunteer

copper iris

copper iris

coreopsis

coreopsis

golden asters

golden asters

hollyhock

hollyhock

gray headed coneflower

gray headed coneflower

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In the heart of Columbia, Capen Park provides the community an example of unspoiled regional ecology, recreational trails and paths, and a study garden of Missouri native plants and wildflowers.

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google map to Capen

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Plant inventory
- Quick inventory – summer plant list 2013

Resources: Places to buy native plants and wildflowers

Bradford Research Farm (Columbia), seasonal sales

Critical Site Products (Belton)

Easy Wildflowers Native Plant Nursery (Willow Springs)

GrowNative!, buyers-guide/retailers/statewide resources

Missouri Wildflower Nursery (Jeff City) and online catalogue

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Bees Benefits Butterflies Capen plant IDs changing seasons insects invasives journal Learning photos wildflowers

wasp and bee share the pollen

wasp and bee share the pollen

Journal posts

Journal posts

Seasons Journal

Ice celebration ends 2013
life cycle of rose mallow
Capen Native Plants – a timeline
Inviting invasives
Winter blooms – beauty and bounty
Sharing our city mulch site
Blooming in August
close up
Still blooming and busy with butterflies – October
Draught doesn’t get it all.
What’s in bloom
The season opens – reclaiming the garden after winter.
spring clean up
Spring begins in 2012
What’s in bloom – March
End of Season 2011
What’s in bloom – Oct. 23 2011
Autumn begins
Still Blooming in September
What’s in bloom August 30
What’s in Bloom Aug. 20
Workday with MU students – We push to the borders!
What’s blooming July 9th
MU Scholars Academy Volunteers at Capen
July 2, 2011
Visitors on June 24
What was blooming June 17
What was growing April 28
our project begins

More rain garden info

Missouri River Communities Network - about rain gardens

Rain Garden network

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