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  • Store
    • Plants
      • Cool Season Plants
      • Herb Plants
      • Warm Season Plants
      • Cannas & Pollinators
    • Seeds
      • Cool Season Seeds
      • Warm Season Seeds
      • Flower Seeds
      • Herb Seeds
      • Unique & Fun Seeds
    • Asparagus, Leeks, Onions, Potatoes, & Shallots
    • Sweet Potatoes
    • Fruit Trees & Berry Plants
    • Garlic
    • Merchandise
    • Supplies
    • Tiller Rental
  • Resources
    • 2023 Seeder’s Digest
    • Find A Garden Near You
    • How To Videos
      • Planting and Maintenance
      • Harvesting
      • Fruit Maintenance
      • Cooking
      • Virtual Workshops
    • PDF Guide Sheets
      • Gardening Guidesheets
      • Fruit & Veggie Info Sheets
    • Planting Plan Tool
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      • Schoolyard Gardens Blog
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August 14, 2023  |  By Mackenzie Haas  |  In Schoolyard Gardens

How to Clean Out a Weedy Garden Bed

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Coming back to a weedy garden can seem like a daunting task, especially in the frenzy that is the back to school season. But alas, back to school also means more helping hands that are eager to get digging in the garden. Cleaning out a weedy garden with SYG resources and a class of helpers […]

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August 7, 2023  |  By Mackenzie Haas  |  In Schoolyard Gardens

Prepping the Garden for Fall 2023

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With the weather cooling down, summer plants producing bountiful harvest and kiddos giddy to get back to classrooms, schoolyard gardens across KC are ready for their yearly back to school prep.  For coordinators, that means enrolling, making a planting plan, attending a demonstration workshop and prepping garden beds for use in the fall! Complete your […]

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July 31, 2023  |  By Taylor Pond  |  In Schoolyard Gardens

School Spotlight: Accelerated Schools of Overland Park

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The dog days of summer are here in Kansas City and schoolyard gardens are showing it. Juicy tomatoes are in abundance, as are vibrantly green cucumber and zucchini plants. Yum! One school exemplifying the bodacious summer harvest is Accelerated Schools of Overland Park.     Ms. Lusher coordinates the garden at ASOP: “Our environmental science class […]

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July 24, 2023  |  By Mackenzie Haas  |  In Schoolyard Gardens

School Spotlight: EPiC Elementary

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For this week’s school spotlight, KCCG reached out to Schoolyard Garden Coordinator, Susan Maynor with EPiC Elementary to get the perspective of a coordinator leading the garden at their school. EPiC Elementary has 19 raised beds on campus along with a butterfly garden and a container garden.  “As part of EPiC Elementary’s vision to equip […]

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July 17, 2023  |  By Taylor Pond  |  In Schoolyard Gardens

School Spotlight: Liberty Elementary

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In March, we went out to assist Liberty Academy with a garden build. They were a lively group of students, led by a vibrant instructor named Ms. Richardson! It was a chilly morning, but we made it through. Thanks to lots of laughs, teamwork, and some music playing in the background. Right off, Ms. Richardson […]

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July 10, 2023  |  By Mackenzie Haas  |  In Schoolyard Gardens

School Spotlight: Frontier School of Innovation

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This summer the Frontier School of Innovation planted peppers, tomatoes and zinnias in their garden beds. The school uses these beds for grades K-5 to garden and experience growing their own snacks and beautiful flowers. The garden is located near the playground, so students are able to take time to appreciate the growth of their […]

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July 3, 2023  |  By Taylor Pond  |  In Schoolyard Gardens

School Spotlight: Mize Elementary School

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Mize Elementary dug in deep this Spring and reaped the benefits, with a bountiful harvest at the end of the school year! Their garden steward, Ms. Andrews, has been a superstar in her efforts to ensure gardening success. She attended our Spring planting demonstration, here at KCCG, and took those lessons back to school. Not […]

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June 26, 2023  |  By Mackenzie Haas  |  In Schoolyard Gardens

School Spotlight: Oakhill Day School

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“I saw this on my hike through some wetlands this morning!” Jared Cole says pointing to a native plant in his rain and butterfly garden. He explained that the space dedicated to their schoolyard garden was at the bottom of a hill, unusable for a ball field or playground space. Since it received plenty of […]

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June 12, 2023  |  By Claire Sinovic  |  In Schoolyard Gardens

School Spotlight: EarlystART Metro Child & Family Development Center

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For the next two months, our SYG blog will spotlight a few of the wonderful schoolyard garden sites we have the pleasure of assisting. Each week, we’ll zoom in on a different school, sharing and celebrating their garden stories. We hope you’ll be as inspired as we are by these rock star gardeners! I’ll kick […]

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June 5, 2023  |  By Mackenzie Haas  |  In Schoolyard Gardens

School Spotlight: Central Middle School

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With all the excitement from the NFL Draft in town this year, it seemed everyone was affected in some way. KCCG and SYG were no exception! The NFL partnered with us and Lowe’s to construct garden beds at Central Middle School. With intensive planning, the late April morning sprang upon us all and we readied […]

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