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)
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 Cityinvite 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
November 2, 2024
Celebrate Fall in the Garden
Come celebrate all the beauty of fall with Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City and a Naturalist from George Owens. Join us for a seed saving clinic at 10:30 am, then stay to watch demonstrations, learn about the importance of soil testing and find out what to do with all those fallen leaves.
For more information or questions please contact mggkc.market.pub@gmail.com
Family-friendly, with activities for all ages. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
November 2, 10 am – 1 pm
George Owens Nature Park
1601 Speck Road
Independence, MO 64057
November 16, 2024
Earth Keepers
Join Lakeside Nature Center for a wildlife event to learn how to be an earth keeper and support wildlife and habitats. Participate in a scheduled guided hike, come indoors to learn about initiatives to support wildlife, and meet a broad-wing hawk. The Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City Children’s Programs will be presenting “Composting Basics.” Children will learn the different phases of composting, and how non-living and living organisms work together to make it happen.
For more information visit https://lakesidenaturecenter.org/event/fox-hollow-fest-2/
November 16, 10 am – 2 pm
Lakeside Nature Center
4701 East Gregory Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64132
