We interrupt the regularly programmed schoolyard garden updates to highlight Kansas City Community Garden’s Beanstalk Children’s Garden! Does your school already have a garden? Are you thinking about a garden? Do your students just like being outside or experiencing new things? If you answered yes to any of these questions then keep reading! The Beanstalk […]
Each summer churches, community centers and schools throughout the metro host Upper Room summer programs. The Upper Room envisions healthy and vibrant urban core neighborhoods. Their mission is to “Transform and revitalize urban core neighborhoods by offering and supporting quality programs, including education, comprehensive health care, jobs, and community and economic development.” The Upper Room […]
It’s that time of the year—time for lemonade and pool days and tomato plants and summer reading, but before school gets out for the summer, some schools are waiting until the last minute to get a big spring harvest! We love working all around the Kansas City metro area with our 220+ daycare, elementary, middle […]
Early this spring Kansas City International Academy (KCIA) middle school students, led by teacher Talia Halfon, began a conversation on community and creating community space. At the same time KCIA social worker, LaTeasha Randle, was interested in creating an opportunity for KCIA families to get fresh and healthy foods into their homes. These two ideas […]
The end of the school year is approaching and summer is sneaking into Kansas City with temperatures hitting 90 degrees yesterday! Out at our Schoolyard Gardens it is time to harvest spring greens and make room for summer plants. Schools can expect to harvest their lettuces, spinach, arugula, green onions, radishes, mustard greens and cilantro […]
Last week Luff Elementary Garden Club students got to show off their gardening experience to some very special visitors! Players from the Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end team visited the students and helped them with a few gardening tasks. This is the 5th year that the Chiefs have reached out to Kansas City Community Gardens […]
How to tell that it is springtime in Kansas City… Have you had rain, snow, ice, and 80 degree temperatures all in the same week? If the answer is yes, then you know it’s spring in KC! This past week has been incredibly busy as schools worked to keep gardens covered with row cover and […]
Spring is finally making its way to Kansas City! We can tell it is springtime because the rain is falling, the grass is greening, and the birds are chirping. Over at KCCG we celebrate spring by getting our Schoolyard Gardens planted. We love going all over the city, waking up schoolyard gardens from the winter, […]
It is finally spring planting time in Kansas City! We are so excited to get outside and begin digging in the soil, and planting seeds and transplants with students all over the city. Sometimes schoolyard gardeners have a lot of questions about best gardening practices. At first, all of your questions could make gardening a […]
As spring quickly moves closer to Kansas City, it’s time to start thinking about what will be planted in Schoolyard Gardens! Involving students in choosing what to plant not only gives them ownership of their Schoolyard Garden, but it also provides an opportunity for students to research and share about vegetables they want to grow. […]
