Gardeners Connect
Welcome to Gardeners Connect
Even though we changed our name to Gardeners Connect, we are still everything we were as the Garden Center Association of Greater Kansas City.
You will still find your newsletter in your mailbox, the free speaker series continues to go strong and we will still be bringing you the best in gardening education in Kansas City which we have been doing since 1958.
We believe the name Gardeners Connect says what we do best, connecting Kansas City gardeners to the best in gardening whether it be a speaker program, class, trip, plant, tool, idea or another gardener. Gardeners Connect will be your resource for gardening in Kansas City and beyond.
Garden Party
June 09, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Garden of Irma Starr and Fernando Bozzoli
610 W. 51st Street, Kansas City, Missouri
This is a members only event. Please have your 2012 Gardeners Connect / Garden Center Association membership card ready.
While we can't all have a garden so manicured and tame except for the fanciful beasts that roam the gardens in the form of topiary, we all enjoy checking one out. Even if you have seen it before it is always fun to see what has changed, what is new and what's blooming.
Irma will have her studio open as well so you can pick up a few gifts for yourself or someone else.
Join us for the Annual Garden Party a good place to see and be seen.
Garden Getaway - St Louis
June 22-24, 2012
Gardeners Connect Garden Getaway St. Louis, Missouri - Missouri Botanic Garden, Lantern Festival, private garden tours, shopping for plants and garden accessories and wine reception in private garden.
$439 per person or $319 for double occupancy, includes all travel, accommodations, garden admission and tours.
Check out some of the photos of the Lantern Festival being built. They are truly amazing.
You can register below or send your check made out to Gardeners Connect to Brian Chadwick-Robinson, 6911 NW Blair Road, Parkville, MO 64152. Please note on your check St. Louis Trip.
Join us for a three-day trip to St Louis, Missouri during which we plan to visit Missouri Botanic Garden, take in the Lantern Festival there, tour private gardens and shop for plants and accessories. We will be staying at the Millennium Hotel in downtown St. Louis with great views of the city, the arch and the Missouri river.
We will be leaving Kansas City around 8 a.m. on Friday, June 22 with a return on Sunday, June 24 about 7:00 p.m.
Ticket price includes all transportation, hotel, garden admission and wine reception on Saturday evening. Attendees will be responsible for all meals.
Lily Palooza
Join us for an expanded lily sale this year that was just so big it needed a proper name. Lily Palooza is more than a sale bringing you a wide selection of lily bulbs selected just for you by fellow Kansas City gardeners but a full day of programming on lilies. You can stop in to shop or pick up your pre-order and check out one of the many short session programs on topics like how to plant your bulbs, what all the new hybrids are and so much more.
Keep checking back for more details later this summer. If you want to join the Lily Palooza committee that helps pick out the bulbs that will be sold and packs the lilies for the sale just email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and let us know you want to be on the committee.