Joe Lamp’l, creator and host of PBS’s Growing a Greener World, tops a list of experts at a two-day Gardeners Connect Symposium this weekend in Kansas City.
Lamp’l will speak on Greening Your Garden While Protecting the Planet at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, February 10 a Rockhurst University, Arrupe Hall, 54th and Troost Ave., Kansas City, MO. He is also the founder and “Joe” behind joegardener.com, a new gardening-intensive website of how-to videos, podcasts and blog posts launched in 2017. Lamp’l has written numerous books and has a nationally syndicated newspaper column on gardening.
The symposium begins on Friday, February 9 with a workshop on How to Use Herbs for a Healthy Lifestyle with Tammi Hartung at 10 a.m. at Loose Park Garden Center, 5200 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO.
Additional presentations from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday include:
- Kelly Norris: Planting for the Future
- Tammi Hartung: Wildlife Friendly Gardening
- Carol Davit: Prairies, Pollinators and the World You Keep
- Kelly Norris: Plants with Style
The Kansas City Garden Symposium is a fundraiser for Gardeners Connect, a non-profit organization that educates the community on gardening. For more information and symposium registration, go to Gardeners Connect Symposium.