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Get Ready for Plan It Native 2025! Native GardeningPlan It Native

Get Ready for Plan It Native 2025!

Photo: Top left: Nancy Lawson. Bottom Left: Doug Ladd. Right: Field trips Plan It Native 2025 is bigger and better than ever! We are offering two full days to learn…
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Deep RootsAugust 25, 2024
Getting the Jump on Woody Seedling Season Ask the ExpertsNative Gardening

Getting the Jump on Woody Seedling Season

Photos L-R: Chris Cardwell, "5 Paw Paw trees planted just 3 years ago.  One is already 6 feet tall!” Chris Cardwell: “These Buttonbush plants are 4 feet tall and 3…
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Deep RootsAugust 25, 2024
What’s Blooming Now – August What's Blooming Now

What’s Blooming Now – August

Rudbeckia Species Sweet Coneflower (Rudbeckia subtomentosa) Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Wild Golden Glow (Rudbeckia laciniata) In Gardens Though rarely sold in conventional nurseries and often less familiar, Sweet…
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Deep RootsAugust 1, 2024
Lightning Bugs: Bringing Nature’s Fireworks Home Ask the ExpertsNative Gardening

Lightning Bugs: Bringing Nature’s Fireworks Home

By Chris Cardwell. Photos courtesy Noppadol Paothong They’re one of the brightest and most nostalgic harbingers of summer in the Kansas City region, the timeless companions to swimming pools and…
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Deep RootsJuly 29, 2024
Doug Tallamy – Keynote at 2024 Missouri Master Gardener Conference Ask the ExpertsNative Gardening

Doug Tallamy – Keynote at 2024 Missouri Master Gardener Conference

Dr. Doug Tallamy, renowned author and expert on native plants, will be the keynote speaker when the Northwest Missouri Master Gardeners host the 2024 Missouri Master Gardener Conference September 27-29…
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Deep RootsJuly 28, 2024
The Deep Roots of Native Plant Initiatives Native Gardening

The Deep Roots of Native Plant Initiatives

A foreword by Stacia Stelk, Executive Director: Ten years ago, members of The Westport Garden Club launched The Westport Garden Club Native Plant Initiative, which then became the Kansas City Native Plant Initiative, now…
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Deep RootsJuly 28, 2024
Create a Garden from Scratch: Discover Native Gardening Ask the ExpertsNative Gardening

Create a Garden from Scratch: Discover Native Gardening

Article and photos by Cydney Ross, Outdoor Education Manager Though planting a garden isn’t ideal during the summer swelter there are ways you can connect with your native habitat garden.…
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Deep RootsJuly 28, 2024
August Habitat Garden Tour – Blue River Valley Ask the ExpertsField TripsNative Gardening

August Habitat Garden Tour – Blue River Valley

By Grace Suh It’s in the names: Blue Valley, Blue Ridge, Blue Hills, Blue River Road, Blue River Parkway, Blue River Greenway, Blue River Corridor, Big Blue Battlefield Park, Blue…
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Deep RootsJuly 28, 2024
What’s Blooming Now – July What's Blooming Now

What’s Blooming Now – July

Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya) and Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) In Nature Native flora and fauna have evolved intricate relationships over millennia. Some insects develop life-long relationships with plants…
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Deep RootsJuly 1, 2024
July Habitat Garden Tour – Fields of Dreams Ask the ExpertsNative Gardening

July Habitat Garden Tour – Fields of Dreams

Photo (above): Kurt Hoeper By Grace Suh Please read to the bottom for more information on attending the July tour. July’s tour differs from previous months in time and location:…
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Deep RootsJune 21, 2024
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