Join BicycleSwap KC for its spring event and find new and used cycling bargains. At the event, you'll find bikes, cycling clothing, bike frames, wheels, tires, vintage bikes, equipment, and more. BicycleSwap KC is an old-fashion in-person swap event where the cycling community, race teams, and sales reps come to buy, sell, and trade. The […]
Join the Burroughs Audubon Society and Backyard Bird Center for a native plant sale. Missouri Wildflowers Nursery will be selling native plants for pre-order and onsite. Saturday, May 4: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Backyard Bird Center 6212 NW Barry Rd., Kansas City, MO For more information, visit backyardbirdcenter.com.
Expect to enjoy learning through fun, hands-on activities, song and demonstrations. You will learn about the value of compost as a soil fertilizer and how to create your own compost and value of keeping food waste out of our landfills. Join Stan Slaughter and Katy White in fun, hands-on activities, songs, and demonstrations. Q&A following […]
Join StoneLion Puppet Theatre and friends in a garden party of performances, arts and crafts and fun. Drum Tribe, puppet shows, puppet making, environmental education activities, and games. Bring a picnic, lawn chairs, or blankets. Make a marionette puppet, see green screen activities, learn about stormwater runoff, watch a puppet show, join in on a […]
Join StoneLion Puppet Theatre and friends in a garden party of performances, arts and crafts and fun. Drum Tribe, puppet shows, puppet making, environmental education activities, and games. Bring a picnic, lawn chairs, or blankets. Make a marionette puppet, see green screen activities, learn about stormwater runoff, watch a puppet show, join in on a […]
Join BikeWalkKC and the Kansas City Public Library for a screening of the documentary The Street Project! This hour-long film discusses the rise in traffic violence that impacts pedestrians and cyclists, as well as offering some solutions. Following the film, BikeWalkKC will present on local issues and advocacy, as well as a panel discussion with other […]
Join KC Farm School and Missouri Organic for a block party event with a summer plant sale and Compost Fest. Plant Sale KC Farm School will be hosting its biggest plant sale of the year featuring summer vegetable plants including 20+ varieties of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, squash, herbs, annual flower, and native plant starts […]
Join the Missouri Prairie Foundation for a native plant sale on Saturday, May 11. Native plant vendors will sell native plants, including: City Roots Nursery, Gaylena’s Gardens, Missouri Wildflowers, Ozark Soul, and Sow Wild Natives. Customers can see plant lists in advance and also pre-order plants for pickup at the sale by contacting the nurseries […]
This Mother’s Day weekend, escape to the country and explore a vineyard, see a pecan farm, meet goats and alpacas, and find homegrown treats at the Miami County Farm Tour. 12 farms and the Wildwood Outdoor Education Center will be open to visitors from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, […]
If there was one taste of summer for Kansas City-area gardeners, it must be that of a tomato. Not a supermarket tomato, but a garden-grown one or one grown by area producers. The May program in Gardeners Connect’s Free Speaker Series celebrates the tomato with a presentation by half of the entrepreneurial couple who produce […]
Join The Resilient Activist and friends for a morning walk along a wooded trail along the Blue River Parkway Trail System. Listen for birds, including late migrants. No birding background is required. We’ll be guided by veteran birder, Don Arney. You may wish to download the Merlin Bird ID app ahead of time. The app can help […]
Do you ever wonder what the tree species are growing on your property? The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is offering a free Tree ID class from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at the Burr Oak Woods Nature Center in Blue Springs. Participants will learn how to identify Missouri trees. Nikki King, […]
