• Boy Carver Statue by Robert Amendola

    George Washington Carver

    National Monument Missouri

Nature & Science

A park ranger gives instruction on the science of pollination.

A park ranger conducts a mini-lesson on pollination for visitors on the Carver Nature Trail.

George believed all of life's problems could be solved through nature. His scientific exploration began when he was a child living on the Moses Carver Farm.

Today, the park service carries on his legacy by offering hands-on science lessons with students of all ages.

National Park Service and Science

National Park Service-Heartland Inventory & Monitoring Network

Monitoring Reports:

Plant Community Monitoring Baseline Report

Bird Monitoring

Aquatic Invertebrate Monitoring

Invasive Exotic Planting Monitoring

Prairie Management

Fire Ecology Lesson

Did You Know?

Photo of Moses Carver

Moses Carver, a farmer in southwest Missouri, purchased a 13-year old enslaved girl named Mary in 1855.  Mary worked mostly around the cabins with Moses's wife, Susan. While enslaved on the farm Mary gave birth to two sons: James and George.