Events

Spring is just around the corner. Join MU Extension Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City for Spring Fling 2025. Three Speakers Bureau presentations: Adaptive Gardening, Natives in Containers, and Integrated Pest Management Basics will provide information to help you make the most of your garden. Extension Master Gardeners from each of our gardens and projects will have gardening demonstrations…

An all-day intensive for beginning, new, and seasoned beekeepers! The agenda will include: Bee Biology; Equipment; Acquiring Bees; Spring, Fall, and Winter  Management; Bee Diseases and Pest Management; Educational  Opportunities; Hive Location; Honey Plants; Extracting Honey;  Beekeeping Etiquette; Questions and Answers; and a chance to  win a Complete Colony of Honey Bees! Presentations are also…

Burr Oak Woods Nature Center’s popular NatureScaping event is back for 2025! At this free workshop, you will learn how to beautify your landscape with some of Missouri’s best natural resources: native plants! There will be educational sessions on native trees, invasive species, gardening for wildlife, and many more. Plus, we will have a native…

Lakeside Nature Center will celebrate Earth Day with information about the wildlife of Swope Park, learning about preservation while exploring the forest, pond, and marsh around the property, and making wildflower or milkweed seed balls. Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City Children’s Program will be presenting “All About Seeds.” Children will learn about the anatomy…

TreeKeepers is a hands-on educational course for anyone looking to increase their knowledge of trees or to become more involved in the community. These courses are great for gardeners, City employees, landscape providers, Master Gardeners, students and retirees. Class graduates will receive a TreeKeepers Handbook and are encouraged to participate in HTA volunteer workdays!   Spring Tree Keepers Course April 22…