Upcoming Garden Events

Lot, 3403 W 53rd St, Fairway, KS 66205. Shop in person for native plants at the beautiful Mission. PreShop and Pre-order through April 25, from Missouri Wildflowers Nursery. Their online catalog will inform your selections. Please note/ mention that you are ordering for the Shawnee Indian Mission Sale when you order. Your purchase benefits the Mission. A contribution to the Mission will be based on sales. Thank you! And, as a Special BONUS, see first-hand a selection of NEW, unique Artisan items from the Mission’s Three Springs Market (normally online only) collection in front of the Mission’s West Building (parking available in front of West Building or just across 53rd St).

Northwest Missouri Master

Gardeners’ Plant Sale

May 5 & 6, 8a-3p both days; at the University of Missouri Extension office, 4125 Mitchell Ave, St Joseph, MO. Unique varieties of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and herbs are featured. Master Gardeners on hand both days to answer questions. Cash/check only please. 816-279-1691 for questions.

CMMG Plant Sale

Fri, May 5, 9a-6p and Sat, May 6, 8a-noon; at CMMG Greenhouses, 801 Sandstone Rd, Jefferson City, MO. Central Missouri Master Gardeners plant sale: tomatoes, peppers, herbs, perennials, hanging baskets and more. Cash and credit accepted.

Shawnee County Extension

Master Gardener Plant Sale

Sat, May 6, 9a-noon; at Agriculture Hall, 1 Expo Dr, Topeka, KS. All plants Master Gardener grown. Plants for sale include impatiens, petunias, coleus, zinnias, vinca, red salvia, pollinator plants, native plants, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, perennials.

Thinking Outside the Arbor: Clematis Varieties, Uses and Care us/meeting/register/tJYsce2qrjsoE903aEkXyvz0Ao8ZBS4XlUcb

Thurs, May 11, 11:30a. Presented by Linda Beutler, via Zoom. Register here: https://ksu.zoom.

The international clematis community has been rewriting the script on clematis cultivation. Previously untried species are being used in hybridizing, garden designers are using clematis in new ways, and long-outmoded pruning groups have been scrapped in favor of an easier, common-sense approach to getting the most out of your clematis. Let’s be honest: judging any plant by when or how you prune it is a lousy way to assign gardenworthiness. Join clematis aficionado and “popularizer” Linda Beutler for all the latest clematis advice. If we bust a few myths along the way, so much the better. Linda Beutler is a heedless gardener who grows a great variety of plants on a simple, flat 50’ x 100’ city lot in Portland, Oregon. Her first love was growing flowers and foliage for cutting. That focus changed when Linda purchased her first clematis as a misnamed plant. Linda has been the curator of the Rogerson Clematis Collection at Luscher Farm outside Lake Oswego, Oregon since July 2007. She has been an instructor of horticulture at Clackamas Community College since 1996. Linda lectures internationally on numerous gardening topics, and travels widely to visit gardens and study clematis in the wild. She is the author of Gardening with Clematis (Timber Press, 2004), Garden to Vase (Timber Press, 2007) and Plant Lovers Guide to Clematis (Timber Press 2016). Linda has been President of the International Clematis Society (2013-18) and continues to serve on the governing council. In 2017 she chaired the Clematis Cultivation & Classification Working Group, tasked with redefining clematis pruning advice and restating how the various clematis are classified based on flower type and bloom time.

Kansas City Rose Society’s Rose Photography Workshop

Sat, May 13, 9:30-11:30a; at Loose Park Garden Center, cost $5.00, learn how to photograph a prize winning rose. Please reserve your place online at kansascityrosesociety.org or contact JJ Jensen at jusJustjjnKC@gmail.com.

Miami County Spring Farm Tour

May 13-14. This is a free event and sites will be open from 10a to 4p daily. For more information about the farm tour or to receive a map of the sites please call 913-2944045. The tour’s website, www.MiCoFarmTour.com, features a map of the sites and information about their location.

Northwest Missouri Master Gardeners Garden Tour

Sat, May 20, 10a-4p. Six local gardens are diverse in their scope and educational topics include lasagne gardening, creative mulching, iris cultivars, organic and low maintenance ornamentals, rain barrels, and home composting. We will feature herb, finch, pollinator and vegetable gardens as well. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased from any of the NWMMG members, the MU Extension office at 4125 Mitchell Ave, St Joseph, MO, or at any of the six locations on the day of the tour. Locations may be found on the Northwest Missouri Master Gardeners’ Facebook page.

Train Garden Tour

Sat, Jun 3, 10a-4p and Sun, Jun 4, Noon-4p. Adults and kids are invited to tour the unique train gardens at homes in the greater Kansas City area. They are like a miniature world with model trains running through garden landscaping, with small houses and buildings, trees, plants, water features, bridges and tunnels. Hosted by the MO-KAN Garden Railroaders, the admission cost for this self-guided tour to all gardens is $10 per car. Fifty percent of the proceeds go to Harvesters Food Network. For tickets and tour guide, go to www.mokangardenrailroaders.org.

Kansas City Rose Show

Sat, Jun 3; at Loose Park Garden Center, 51st and Wornall, Kansas City, MO. Free and open to all rose gardeners with assistance provided for first-time exhibitors. Classes for live blooms and rose photographs. Entries accepted from 8-11a. Visit https:www.kansascityrosesociety. org for the show handbook with class lists and show rules. Also find links to tips on how to grow and show prize-winning roses.

Kansas City Rose Day Sun, Jun 4, 1-5p; at Laura Conyers Smith Rose Garden in Loose Park. View the results of the Rose Show in the Garden Center with hundreds of blue-ribbon winners and gleaming trophies. In the garden, enjoy family activities, live entertainment, and an afternoon of beauty in this world-renowned rose garden. Free to everyone. Visit https:// www.kansascityrosesociety.org for further information.

Garden Sampler Tour and Raffle Sat, Jun 10, sponsored by the Garden Club of Shawnee. Our Club sponsors a biennial tour of the private gardens of Shawnee and surrounding cities. Proceeds from the tour and raffle are used to fund a Grant Program for local schools, churches, and not-for-profit organizations to beautify and educate about gardening. Tour tickets will be available to purchase in advance via Eventbrite at www.thegardenclubofshawnee.org and at area business starting mid-April. Also plan to purchase raffle tickets (cash only) for chances to win great prizes donated by community merchants and generous citizens. COME JOIN US! Enjoy a day filled with the beauty our featured gardens offer on June 10th, 9 am to 5 pm (rain or shine).

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