Troost mixed-use development starts with a community garden
A Denver developer is working on a project around the Wonder Bread Building at 30th and Troost.
Soil at 30th and Harrison will become a community garden soon, but it is part of a plan to grow more than vegetables.
Denver developer and gardener ...
Manheim Park residents get grant for community garden
Susan Lackamp and Larry Thompson look over the community garden in the Manheim neighborhood.
Two people in the Manheim Park neighborhood wanted regular trash dumpsters and support for the community garden, so they applied for a private ...
City court treatment prescribes gardening
Drug Court participants and community volunteers began planting at the Municipal Court Community Garden on April 26.
Turns out that turning garden dirt is therapy for drug addiction and other problems.
People in municipal court treatment programs ...
Midtown neighborhoods go green and win
The Center City neighborhood (from Linwood to Armour, Paseo to Troost) received a green award from Councilwoman Melba Curls. It was honored for energy efficiency programs, food and rain gardens and a large community orchard.
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Community gardens taking root in the city
Community gardens are spreading throughout Kansas City and officials say they are just getting started.
A production farm, community greenhouse, community gardens and orchards are planned as part of the Westport Middle School redevelopment ...
“Miss Glenn’s Magic Garden” offers up fresh herbs at Westport Post Office
Glenn Stewart asked the Westport Post Office staff if she could start a small garden in front of the building a few years ago, because she lived in an apartment and missed digging in the dirt. Each year now her “Magic Garden” expands to ...
Midtown garden thrives on lot vacant since 1956
Jana Loflin and Lisa Murphy at the entrance to a Midtown garden accented by trophies, painted car tires, gnomes and other highlights.
One feature in the Urban Farms & Garden Tour June 22 and 23 will be a Midtown garden that has gotten ...
Community garden growth “off the charts” in metro Kansas City
Ah, fresh tomatoes. Many gardeners are starting to dream of them now. And according to a the director of Kansas City Community Gardens, more people are gardening, in their backyards, neighborhoods and school yards, than ever before.Photo used ...
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