Area Events
Throughout the year, we will post events of interest to gardeners that are presented by other organizations in the metropolitan area.
If you are looking for events presented by the Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City (MGGKC), just click on EMG Events.
*If you would like to get your organization’s gardening related event listed please email submissions to: mggkc.webmaster@gmail.com (Please keep submissions to 130 words or less)
September 21, 2024
Prepping Native Beds for Fall
Native flower beds need our help to prepare them for the colder weather ahead. Join Burr Oak
Woods staff along with MU Extension Master Gardeners to learn what to expect when
overwintering your native plants through a formal presentation followed by hands-on work in
the gardens on site. All tools will be provided.
Clinic- seed saving for food
September 21, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Free to the public, adults 16 years and older
Please register at https://mdc.mo.gov/events?combine_event=&name=burr+oak+woods&county=All&region=
Burr Oak Woods Nature Center
1401 Northwest Park Road
Blue Springs, MO 64015
Fall Family Festival at Beanstalk-Kansas City Community Garden
The Beanstalk Children’s Garden is a unique learning environment where children are invited to
see, smell, touch and taste growing plants. There are seven gardens to explore including a
water garden and insect garden. Join Beanstalk Children’s Garden, KCCG, and Master Gardeners
of Greater Kansas City for a day of free family fun. There will be fruit and vegetable tasting,
garden crafts, bug exhibits, hand painting, yard games, scavenger hunt, and free basil plants.
September 21, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm
Free to the public, children welcome when accompanied by an adult
Kansas City Community Gardens
6917 Kensington Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64132
September 27, 28 & 29, 2024
YOU MUST REGISTER by August 30, 2024 – go to momga.org
October 19, 2024
Indian Mound Neighborhood Association Pumpkin Patch
Join us for a day of outdoor fall fun and pumpkins galore. The Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City Children’s Program will be presenting “Pollinators: Not Just Bees and Butterflies.” Children can learn about living and nonliving ways plants are pollinated and learn that pollinators work both day and night. There will be an experiment using an insect to pollinate paper flowers and learn ways to help pollinators in their own home and community.
October 19, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Indian Mound Neighborhood Association
501 North Belmont Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64123
October 26, 2024
Natures Oddballs
Burr Oak Woods Nature Center and The Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City invite you to enrich your life through nature immersion, which can reduce stress, improve sleep and many more possible health benefits! Join Burr Oak Woods Naturalist, Lisa Richter, to discover just how “odd” nature can be with a slide show and trivia game before we go out to the forest to practice hands-on basics of how to remove invasives like bush honeysuckle and privet from the landscape.
Free to the public, adults 18 and over are welcome.
October 26, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Burr Oak Woods Nature Center
1401 Northwest Park Road
Blue Springs, MO 64015
