Native plants for sale 

An aster is an aster, a coneflower a coneflower, but not so fast. Will and Natalie Gibson are pushing old native plants, as in the varieties that were in Kansas City at least 200 years ago. They will have the last of their pop-up plant sales ...

See how others do it: Urban garden tour this month

  Just how much urban gardening has grown will soon be on display with a tour of 31 gardens in the metropolitan area. One will be the Longfellow neighborhood garden on what had been a vacant lot near Harrison and 30th streets. Neighborhood ...

KC Community Gardens branching out

When you need more room to farm, why not use an old farm. So Kansas City Community Gardens Inc. is expanding its small operation at the Municipal Farm site. The council finance committee approved a five- year lease today ($120 a year) that adds ...