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WANT TO BECOME A MASTER
GARDENER?
Join the Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City!
Master Gardeners
of Greater Kansas City educate the public on gardening topics, answer gardening
questions, and are proud contributors in their community. Some of the programs
Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City are involved in are Hotline, Speakers
Bureau, Garden Tour, Demonstration garden plots, Special Events, and Community
Projects, which include: Ronald McDonald House, Watkins Woolen Mill historic
heirloom garden, Martha LaFitte Thompson Nature Sanctuary, Harvesters, and much,
much more. Application for the next class is due on June 9.
Additional Information.
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Through September
Creative
Stitchery
Nimble Thimbles Annual Quilt Show
The Bingham Waggoner Estate
[Web Site]
313 West Pacific, Independence, MO 64050 816-461-3491
6 September, Saturday, 10 a.m.
Mt. Memorial Cemetery
Tour meets at the Miller Street entrance to the William Jewell College
campus. Led by Juarenne Hester, President of the Clay County Historical
Society. This tour is part of explore Liberty's Heritage walking
tour program. All guided tours are free and open to the public. Be sure
to wear comfortable shoes. For more information call 816-439-4537.
11 September, Thursday, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Going Green: Evergreens and Conifers
Gardeners Gatherings Program will go GREEN as Mr. Zink, a
horticulturalist and MU graduate, shares what evergreens/confers to
buy and not to buy. In addition, he will share tips on landscaping, and
how to maintain healthy evergreens/confers in our own gardens.
Refreshments will be provided and door prizes will be given away.
Location: Discovery Center, 4750
Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO. Speaker:
Doug Zick, Zick's Great Outdoors Nursery and Landscaping Company, St.
Louis.
University of Missouri Extension - Master
Gardener Program [Web
Site]
1501 N.W. Jefferson St., Blue
Springs, MO 64015 (816) 252-5051 20 September,
Saturday, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
27th
Annual Pig Pickin’ Chicken Lickin’ Feast
Silent Auction. House Tours included with Annual Quilt Show. Advance
Ticket Sale.
The Bingham Waggoner Estate
[Web Site]
313 West Pacific, Independence, MO 64050 816-461-3491
20 September, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Battle over the Dead
The Holmes Brigade and Friends of the Anderson House will co-sponsor a
reenactment of the battle in the local cemetery which proceeded the Battle
of Lexington, 1861. Reservations are required and there is a charge.
Battle of Lexington State Historic Site [Web
Site]
1101 Delaware Street, Lexington, MO 64067 660-259-4654 |
