Nikki Schaper, Beanstalk Garden Assistant, contributed to this article. Even though the Beanstalk Garden is referred to as a “children’s” garden, anybody can come take a tour. This week, we had some special guests from The Groves retirement community take a tour of the garden. We also had a group of kindergartners scheduled to take […]
Girl Scouts Use Cookie Sale Proceeds To Buy Gifts For KCCG
KCCG had the pleasure of hosing Brownie Girl Scout Troop #1565 for a tour at the Beanstalk Children’s Garden and the troop toured all 6 of our gardens. They got to taste things like blueberries, provider beans, stevia, Malabar spinach, and pineapple while touring the garden. When they contacted us about booking a tour, they […]
Barstow Schoolyard Garden Creates Pop Up Farmers’ Market and Donates the Proceeds to KCCG
The Barstow School has worked with Kansas City Community Gardens for over 8 years. They started with a bang by building 24 raised beds right off the bat! Mrs. Sarah Holmes’s science students have helped plant and maintain the vegetable garden over the years. Earlier this year, I sat down with Mrs. Holmes and Barstow’s […]
Summer School Students are Working Hard to Maintain their Schoolyard Gardens During These Hot Months
Summer school programs throughout Kansas City began last week, and many of these students have been tasked with maintaining their vegetable gardens during these hot months. Many of the 200 plus schoolyard gardens that we work with planted vegetables like peppers, tomatoes and sweet potatoes in May, which are perfect for schools that aren’t in […]
KCCG Selected As Beneficiary For KC Restaurant Week 2018
We have some very exciting news at Kansas City Community Gardens! It is with immense appreciation and excitement that we announce our selection as the KC Restaurant Week 2018 benefiting charity! Over the past several years, KCCG has seen an exponential increase in demand for our services to the community. Since 2009, our memberships increased […]
Students Revive the Schoolyard Garden at Dobbs Elementary
The raised bed vegetable garden at Dobbs Elementary in the Hickman Mills school district was one of the first schoolyard gardens put in by Kansas City Community Gardens 8 years ago. For the past few years, no teacher was willing to take on the garden, so it was left un-planted for several seasons. But this […]
Spring Harvest at Parker Elementary in Kansas City, Kansas
With schoolyard gardens in full swing, many spring vegetables have grown and are ready to harvest. Parker Elementary students, along with the school’s Nurse Anderson, harvested a spring salad mix. They overwintered spinach using a row cover frame, and were able to harvest spinach throughout the winter and spring that they planted last fall! The […]
Grandview High School Students Visit KCCG To Help With Harvest
This week, KCCG welcomed Cassie Dolinar and her high school health classes from Grandview High School to help harvest veggies out of the Beanstalk Children’s Garden! The kids range in age from 9th-12th grade, and a lot of them are interested in or wanting to pursue a career in health. Over the two day harvest, 130 students […]
Planting Summer Crops in Your Schoolyard Garden
Summer is the lushest time of the year for the garden, but it also happens to be when most schools are on break. Even if your school is not in session during the summer months, that doesn’t mean your students have to miss out on garden favorites like tomatoes and peppers! Sweet potatoes are low-maintenance […]
Growing the Garden Space at Holliday Montessori
The students at Holliday Montessori have been gardening for many years in four raised beds in their playground. Over the years, student and teacher interest grew, but there were not enough raised beds for every class to use. After a long period of planning, the teachers and students decided to expand their vegetable garden to […]