Schoolyard Gardens invites you to our Fall Garden Workshop, Tuesday August 6th from 3-4:30 pm. This workshop is mandatory for first time garden contacts, but we welcome any schoolyard gardener wanting to brush up on our best gardening practices. Schoolyard Gardens Coordinators will assist you with mapping out a fall garden plan and answer any […]
When Schoolyard Gardens first started in 2008, there were 20 schools listed in the program. Today, SYG has grown into a program that now provides low-cost seeds, plants and garden education to 210 schools! With this amazing growth, we are always looking for volunteers to help schools that might need some extra support. We […]
Have you ever walked out to your garden intending to harvest heads of broccoli but instead found bouquets of small yellow flowers where your broccoli was? This overnight change is when plants “go to seed” or what is called “ bolting”. This happens when unfavorable conditions such as warm temperatures, over-fertilizing or under-watering occur […]
Summer planting season is in full swing, so if you haven’t gotten your summer plant and seed orders in yet, now is the time! Once you’ve ordered your plants and seeds, it’s time to harvest your spring vegetables and plant your summer vegetables. If you’re feeling apprehensive about taking the plunge and planting on […]
If you planted lettuce, spinach, radishes, mustard greens or green onions, they should be ready (if not close to being ready) for harvesting! Your slow crops, such as broccoli, collards, cabbage, kale, carrots, sugar snap peas and potatoes have a few more weeks to go. Tips on Harvesting Leafy Greens Lettuce and spinach can […]
Quick, pop quiz! It lightly showered for an hour yesterday, do you need to water your garden today? Is it enough to water each garden bed for 2 minutes, 3 times per week? The answers are YES, you still need to water your garden even if it lightly showered for an hour yesterday, and NO, […]
Hopefully, nobody lost sleep over the threat of frost this weekend! Saturday’s snow was a harmless, wet snow that didn’t accumulate too much. If you haven’t planted your garden, be sure to get planting this week to ensure a harvest or two before school’s out for the summer. Read these tips to help you […]
We’re so excited it’s finally planting season – watch this short video to learn three fast and easy steps to prepare your garden for spring planting! For more garden videos, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKaSb5iCc_UtubC61H_JU_A Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more garden tips and tricks!
Cold Kansas City temperatures have some our school districts scheduling their last day of school well into the first part of June! It feels like forever since we’ve been able to spend time gardening in the warm sun! But here at KCCG, spring is in the air, at least in our greenhouse! Since February, […]
Despite all this crazy weather, we’ve been busy all winter building new gardens at schools across the Kansas City metro! A few weeks ago, we built a garden with the students at Hawthorn Elementary and it was such a blast! We put together this short video so you can experience a garden construction along with […]
