Educating Gardeners Like You Since 1958
Our Mission: To educate and inspire members of our community to become more complete gardeners.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
9:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
(Doors Open 8:00 a.m.)
Three Speakers. Four Presentations. Lunch. Snacks. Gift Bag.
A Day of Gardening Delight You Won’t Want to Miss.
Speaker Series
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Seed Saving: Enhancing Diversity and Resilience with Matthew and Nancy Kost, owners of Buffalo Seed Company
Tuesday, January 14, 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 -
The Gardens of Portugal with Judith Fertig, avid gardener and Kansas City-area cookbook author.
Tuesday, February 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 -
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.
