2024 Educational Opportunities

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Helping You Learn to Grow…

April 16, 2024

Introduction to Vegetable Gardening

Growing vegetables can be fun and rewarding. It might even save you some money! Getting the most from our crops is determined by our climate, location, and using space efficiently. And we all know, everything tastes better when it’s homegrown! An Extension Master Gardener from Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City Speaker’s Bureau will discuss cool and warm season vegetables. Gardeners will learn when and where to plant, and other information you need to have a successful gardening season.

April 16, 2 pm- 3pm
KC Public Library – Sugar Creek Branch
102 South Sterling Ave, Sugar Creek. MO 64054

April 20, 2024

Earth Day Celebration

Lakeside Nature Center will celebrate Earth Day with information about the wildlife of Swope Park, learning about preservation while exploring the forest, pond, and marsh around the property, and making wildflower or milkweed seed balls. Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City Children’s Program will be presenting “What’s in a Seed.” Children will learn about the anatomy of a seed by dissection and observation. They will also discover the ways that seeds are dispersed, and why seeds are an important food source.

This event is free to the public, all ages welcome

For more information visit https://lakesidenaturecenter.org/event/earth-day-activities/

April 20, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Lakeside Nature Center
4701 East Gregory Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64132

May 4, 2024

Blue Springs Historical Museum Garden 2024 calendar of events: