Educating Gardeners Like You Since 1958
Our Mission: To educate and inspire members of our community to become more complete gardeners.
Upcoming Events
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Green Landscape Design with Paul Helmer
Part of the Gardeners Connect Member Supported Free Speaker Series
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Join Us Now on Saturdays
Saturday, January 17, 2025
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Coffee, Treats and Conversation at 9 a.m.
Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required
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Exceptional Container Gardens with Jennifer Slusher Storr
Part of the Gardeners Connect Member Supported Free Speaker Series
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Join Us Now on Saturdays
Saturday, February 21, 2026
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Coffee, Treats and Conversation at 9 a.m.
Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required
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Kansas City Garden Symposium 2026
A Kansas City Gardening Tradition Returns for Another Stellar Lineup of Speakers for Big Ideas, Small Spaces.
Saturday. March 21, 2026
Let us show you ways to incorporate those big ideas into our often smaller spaces through splashy containers, scaled down ideas from large gardens and make our smaller spaces live larger than ever before.
More details coming soon.
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Planting with Purpose: An Intentional Approach to Plant Selection with Zachary Calloway
Part of the Gardeners Connect Member Supported Free Speaker Series
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Join Us Now on Saturdays
Saturday, April 18, 2026
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Coffee, Treats and Conversation at 9 a.m.
Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required
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Monarchs, Milkweeds and Gardens: One Gardeners Monarch Journey with Tracy Svec
Part of the Gardeners Connect Member Supported Free Speaker Series
Become a Gardeners Connect Member
Join Us Now on Saturdays
Saturday, May 9, 2026
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Coffee, Treats and Conversation at 9 a.m.
Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required
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.
Gardeners Connect Cookbook - Recipes
Recipes from the past 20 or so years of the Gardeners Connect Newsletter.
60 pages. 115 recipes. Digital Download.
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.
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.
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.
