Native Plants
National Organizations Directory
As a service to the public, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collects information on native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations throughout North America. Click here to add your organization to the directory. Affiliates are organizations that partner with the Wildflower Center to encourage the preservation and use of native plants in different regions of the country.
Kauffman Museum
Address: 2801 North Main
Bethel College, 27th and Main
North Newton, KS 67117
Region: Midwest
Phone: (316) 283-1612
Fax: (316) 283-2107
Web: www.bethelks.edu/kauffman
Organization Scope: State/Regional
Organization Type: Natural History Museum
Services this organization provides
- Work on restoration projects
- Natural habitat management
- Wildflower or native habitat display on property
- Conducts research
- Publish research
- Provide educational programming
- Open to the public
- Membership program
- Offer public programs, trips, seminars, etc.
- Propagate native plants
Native Plant Focus: Museum grounds include 1 1/2 acre tallgrass prairie reconstruction begun in 1984: 15 grass species and more than 100 wildflower species. Research on "reverse fertilization." Educational programming emphasizes prairie ecology and conservation.
Publications: Kauffman Museum Newsletter - Quarterly
Description: The museum's permanent exhibit tells the story of the land and people of the central plains--the native prairie, the original people, and the European settlers, especially the Mennonites.
Last Update: 2003-12-15
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