Native Medicinal Plant Garden
A new Native Medicinal Plant Research Program at the University of Kansas will look into the potential of native plants from Kansas and the region as botanical remedies, dietary supplements, cosmetic products and pharmaceutical or veterinary agents. Research plots will be established on high quality agricultural land owned by KU Endowment adjacent to the Prairie Moon Waldorf School in Grant Township.
Barbara Timmermann, University Distinguished Professor and chair of medicinal chemistry, and Kelly Kindscher, senior scientist with the Kansas Biological Survey and grandfather of two Prairie Moon students, have earned funding for the five-year, $5 million project, titled “Innovation Center for Advanced Plant Design: Plants for the Heartland.” Funding from the Kansas Bioscience Authority has created Heartland Plant Innovations Inc. to oversee development and progress of the project.