Educating Gardeners Like You Since 1958


Our Mission: To educate and inspire members of our community to become more complete gardeners.

2024 Kansas City Garden Symposium

2024 Kansas City Garden Symposium

Garden Symposium Design Workshop

Friday, March 15, 2023
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Doors Open at 8:30 a.m.

the Rockhurst University Campus - Conway Hall, Room 103
1107 Rockhurst Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110
See Building #7 on
map.
Rockhurst Rd and Troost Avenue Entrance
Kansas City, Missouri 64110

Saturday, March 16, 2024

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

(Doors Open 7:30 a.m.)

Four Speakers. Six Presentations. Lunch. Gift Bag.
Workshop and Presentations for the Gardener in All of Us!
A Day of Gardening Delight You Won’t Want to Miss.

2024 Kansas City
Garden Symposium

Saturday, March 16, 2024
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Doors Open at 7:30 a.m.

the Rockhurst University Campus - Arrupe Hall
5351 Forest Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64110
See Building #19 on
map.
54th Street and Troost Avenue Entrance
Kansas City, Missouri 64110

Speaker Series

  • Lily Addiction: Not That Bad, Really! with Art Evans

    Tuesday, April 9, 2024
    7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

    Gardeners Connect Free Speaker Series

    Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required

    Merriam Community Center
    Kessler/Loomis Rooms
    6040 Slater
    Merriam, KS 66202

  • Everything I Learned From a Tomato with Sky Kurlbaum

    Tuesday, May 14, 2024
    7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

    Gardeners Connect Free Speaker Series

    Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required

    Merriam Community Center
    Kessler/Loomis Rooms
    6040 Slater
    Merriam, KS 66202

  • Growing Trees as Mother Nature Intended with Matt Evans

    Tuesday, November 12, 2024
    7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

    Gardeners Connect Free Speaker Series

    Free, Open to the Public, No Reservations Required

    Merriam Community Center
    Kessler/Loomis Rooms
    6040 Slater
    Merriam, KS 66202

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.

  • Access to our online speaker series.

  • 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.