Educating Gardeners Like You Since 1958
Our Mission: To educate and inspire members of our community to become more complete gardeners.
Think something like the Kansas City Garden Symposium, but everything is about connoisseur plants for the adventurous gardener or plant collector!
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Come geek out with us with three plant centric programs to excite you, tempt you and discover even more must have plants. More details coming soon.
9:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Science Center 115
at Rockhurst University
Member Garden Visits
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Member Garden Visit
Summer in Waldo with Dan Burkholder
Saturday, May 31, 2025, 10 a.m. -
Member Garden Visit
Rightsized Garden with Kelly Vandendaele
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. -
Member Garden Visit
Daylilies and More with Sue Waltemath
Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 9 a.m. -
Member Garden Visit
The Vegetable Garden with Jen Stefanchik
Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. -
Member Garden Visit
Summer Garden in Raymore with Georgene Caoile
Friday, June 27, 2025 at 6 p.m. -
Member Garden Visit
Lilies in Raytown with Chuck Robinson
Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 6:30 p.m. -
Member Garden Visit
Carnivorous Garden with Brian Chadwick-Robinson
Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
Speaker Series
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Free Speaker Series
Daffodils – One of the Guys
by Cindy Haeffner, Daffodil HybridizerTuesday, May 13, 2025
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required
Brought to You by the Generous Support of Gardeners Connect Members like You.
Merriam Community Center
Meeting Rooms
6040 Slater
Merriam, KS 66202 -
Free Speaker Series
Bugwatching - Observing Insects in Your Garden
with Eric R Eaton, EntomologistTuesday, November 11, 2025
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required
Brought to You by the Generous Support of Gardeners Connect Members like You.
Merriam Community Center
Meeting Rooms
6040 Slater
Merriam, KS 66202
Hermann Garden Tour
A day excursion to tour seven gardens in and around historic Hermann, Missouri.
Saturday, June 7, 2025
SOLD OUT!
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.
