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      • Herb Plants
      • Warm Season Plants
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      • Cool Season Seeds
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      • Unique & Fun Seeds
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    • Sweet Potatoes
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    • Find A Garden Near You
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June 29, 2017  |  By Rob Shoffner  |  In What's Growing At KCCG

Seniors Visit the Beanstalk Garden

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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 […]

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June 26, 2017  |  By Rob Shoffner  |  In What's Growing At KCCG

Girl Scouts Use Cookie Sale Proceeds To Buy Gifts For KCCG

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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 […]

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May 23, 2017  |  By Rob Shoffner  |  In What's Growing At KCCG

KCCG Selected As Beneficiary For KC Restaurant Week 2018

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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 […]

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May 12, 2017  |  By Rob Shoffner  |  In What's Growing At KCCG

Grandview High School Students Visit KCCG To Help With Harvest

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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 […]

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April 7, 2017  |  By Rob Shoffner  |  In What's Growing At KCCG

What happens when KCCG is awarded an expensive, vintage bottle of whiskey

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As the Development Director of Kansas City Community Gardens, I have seen some interesting and generous donations. One of my favorite gifts we have received was a bottle of rare-released whiskey by the Old Fashion Copper (O.F.C.) Distillery, a National Historic Landmark known today as Buffalo Trace Distillery. Buffalo Trace resurrected the O.F.C. line of […]

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April 4, 2017  |  By Rob Shoffner  |  In What's Growing At KCCG

Gardening With Kids – How To Make Your Garden Magical

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This article was written by KCCG’s Program Director, Andrea Mathew and was featured in the 2017 April edition of KC Gardener. If you talked to my dad for any length of time about vegetable gardening, he would probably delight you with the story of how I, at the age of three, ate a whole row […]

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Recent KCCG Blogs

  • Cool Season Plant Sale 2023 – Everything You Need To Know! Tuesday, 21, Mar
  • Farewell Crystal, but not Goodbye! Tuesday, 24, Jan
  • Community Spotlight: Cultivate KC’s Annual Farmers and Friends Meeting Tuesday, 17, Jan
  • Year in Review – KCCG’s 2022 Community Impact Friday, 30, Dec
  • Indoor Winter Garden Activities Monday, 19, Dec
  • Center High School’s Winter Beanstalk Tour Wednesday, 7, Dec
  • Taste Test Contest Winners – Fall 2022 Tuesday, 29, Nov
  • Cooking For The Holidays Monday, 21, Nov
  • How to Plant Garlic Monday, 14, Nov
  • KCCG Honors 2022 Volunteers Thursday, 10, Nov

Kansas City Community Gardens

6917 Kensington | Kansas City, MO 64132
Phone: 816.931.3877
Email: contact{at}kccg.org
Plant Sale Hours
Thursday-Friday : 9am-4pm
Regular Hours
Mon-Fri : 9am-5pm
Open Tuesdays until 6:30pm (March 28th-May23rd)
Open Saturdays 9am-12pm (March 25th-May6th)
Beanstalk Children's Garden - Open on Saturdays 9am-12pm except Labor Day Weekend (Sept 3rd)

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