Educating Gardeners Like You Since 1958
Our Mission: To educate and inspire members of our community to become more complete gardeners.
Member Garden Visits
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Member Garden Visit – Peonies in the Garden with Talis Bergmanis - Sunday, April 27, 2025, 1 p.m.
(Limit 20 guests)
A 1-1/3 acre garden in Fairway, Kansas, that consisted of nearly all grass (had two yews and one rose bush) got turned into place with hundreds of plantings over 20 years including a large collection of herbaceous, tree and intersectional peonies.
This garden is located in Fairway, KS.
Exact address of the garden will be email to attendees the week before the Member Garden Visit.
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Member Garden Visit - Summer in Waldo - Saturday, May 31, 2025, 10 a.m.
(Limit 35 guests)
Dan will show off his collection of lilies and clematis and detail the new climbing structures he has added to his garden this spring to add to his collection of vines and provide a bit of privacy.
This garden is located in the south Waldo area and exact location will be emailed to attendees the week before the Member Garden Visit.
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Member Garden Visit - Daylilies and More with Sue Waltemath - Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 9 a.m.
(Limit 40 guests)
Over 70 varieties of daylilies should be in bloom blanketing the garden with flowers. This garden also has a diverse collection of hosta and shade plants along with interesting shrubs and other unique plants.
This garden is located in Kansas City, MO near Maple Woods Community College.
Exact address of the garden will be email to attendees the week before the Member Garden Visit.
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Member Garden Visit - Vegetable Garden with Jen Stefanchik - Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
(Limit 30 guests)
She is regular contributor to this newsletter of articles about home-growing fresh produce, also plans to invite Gardeners Connect members to her garden to see the vegetables, beds and structures that support them. She also is a Johnson County Extension Master Gardener. You have read about her amazing garden, so go see it in person.
This garden is located near Gardner, KS.
Exact address of the garden will be email to attendees the week before the Member Garden Visit.
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Member Garden Visit - The Summer Garden in Raymore - Friday, June 27, 2025 at 6 p.m.
(Limit 35)
Visit a diverse garden with soil nurturing cover crops, healthy lawn, native plants and trees, David Austin roses, hybrid day-lilies, apple and pear trees, and a high tunnel filled with vegetables!
These plantings benefit from a masterfully designed irrigation system.
This garden is located in Raymore, MO.
Exact address of the garden will be email to attendees the week before the Member Garden Visit.
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Member Garden Visit - Lilies in Raytown - Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
(Limit 35 guests)
Many newly added Aurelian trumpet lilies should be in bloom with their intoxicating fragrance along with many other lilies in full bloom as well.
The rest of the garden will be available to view as well.
This garden is located in Raytown, MO.
Exact address of the garden will be email to attendees the week before the Member Garden Visit.
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Member Garden Visit - New Carnivorous Garden - Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
(Limit 35 guests)
A new full sun garden area was created to house the Sarracenia (North American Pitcher Plants) which form modified leaf traps in late summer to rival many a garden flower. The rest of the garden will be available to view as well.
This garden is located in Kansas City, Mo near Maple Woods Community College.
Exact address of the garden will be email to attendees the week before the Member Garden Visit.
Hermann Garden Tour
A day excursion to tour seven gardens in and around historic Hermann, Missouri.
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Tickets On Sale March 1
Speaker Series
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Get Out of Your Houseplant Rut with David Bird
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Gardeners Connect Free Speaker Series
Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required
Merriam Community Center
Meeting Rooms
6040 Slater
Merriam, KS 66202 -
Daffodils – One of the Guys by Cindy Haeffner, daffodil hybridizer from Hermann, MO
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Gardeners Connect Free Speaker Series
Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required
Merriam Community Center
Meeting Rooms
6040 Slater
Merriam, KS 66202 -
Gardeners Q & A
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Gardeners Connect Free Speaker Series
Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required
Merriam Community Center
Meeting Rooms
6040 Slater
Merriam, KS 66202 here
Gardeners Connect Cookbook - Recipes
Recipes from the past 20 or so years of the Gardeners Connect Newsletter.
60 pages. 115 recipes. Digital Download.
Member Garden Visits
Open your garden to other Gardeners Connect Members. You pick the date, time and number of attendees your garden can accommodate. Email info@gardenersconnect.org for more details in opening your garden.
All Member Garden Visits are rain or shine. Any cancellations or changes will be emailed to attendees and updated on the website.
Please check here for the latest information regarding any Member Garden Visits.
Diversity & Inclusion
Gardeners Connect is a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and community, which is open to and welcomes everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, or country of origin. We are committed to acceptance, non-discrimination, and equal opportunity for all and believe diversity in our members and participants greatly benefits our organization and community. We are committed to making everyone feel welcome, accepted, respected, and appreciated.
A welcoming and diverse garden is a great garden.
Discover the Benefits of Membership.
Our members make it possible.
We believe that every great gardener should have the opportunity to keep learning no matter their skill level. We strive to offer those opportunities in everything we do from our excellent speakers to our newsletter filled with pertinent garden information and articles cultivated especially for the Midwestern gardener.
Gardeners Connect newsletter published every other month and delivered to your mailbox.
Access to Member Garden Visits to private gardens.
Travel with Gardeners Connect on guided tours both here in Kansas City and beyond.
Be a part of members only workshops.
Gardeners Connect is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization incorporated in 1958 to promote and encourage among citizens of the metropolitan Kansas City area and beyond an interest in horticulture and related garden activities, to carry on an educational program pertaining thereto, and to provide a place or places where such activities may be conducted in order to attain a more attractive and beautiful community.
