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Kaw Point Gardens (Kaw Point Park)

Guest Author: Craig Thompson Photo Credit: Craig Thompson Above Left: Flagstone pathway in May (Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Purple Poppy Mallow); Top Right: Rock outcrops with Rose Verbena and interpretive signs; Bottom…

Deep RootsJune 22, 2025

Field Trips Native Gardening Pollinators

June 2025 Habitat Garden Tours… DO Try This at Home!

Join Deep Roots’ Habitat Garden Tours in June and get inspired! This month’s tour hosts range from a new garden transitioning from conventional to native, to an eclectic urban enclave…

Deep RootsMay 23, 2025

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Take a Walk on the Wild Side with Deep Roots!

By Cydney Ross, Outdoor Education Manager Spring is the perfect time to get outdoors and experience nature across the region! Woodlands are full of rich blooms and prairies have tiny…

Deep RootsApril 26, 2025

Field Trips Native Gardening

Habitat Garden Tours 2025–Spring Preview

This first month’s gardens are the most geographically dispersed of the season, for this simple reason: Each is a preview of neighborhoods to come (Troostwood, Waldo and Prairie Village). See…

Deep RootsMarch 18, 2025

Field Trips Native Gardening

Habitat Garden Tours 2025–Save the Dates and Call for Volunteers

Do you feel that in the air? Spring is on the way. And that means Habitat Garden Tours is around the corner. As before, our 2025 tours will take place…

Deep RootsFebruary 23, 2025

Field Trips Native Gardening

Habitat Garden Tour First Season Wrap-Up

By Grace Suh The first season of Habitat Garden Tours, which wrapped last month, exceeded our wildest dreams. From the start our philosophy has been: Seeing is believing, experience is…

Deep RootsNovember 23, 2024

Field Trips Native Gardening

October Habitat Garden Tour – Keystone Cornucopia

By Grace Suh Join us for the FINAL FEAST This inaugural year of Habitat Garden Tours comes full circle by revisiting three gardens from the first three months, one each…

Deep RootsSeptember 22, 2024

Field Trips Native Gardening

September Habitat Garden Tour – Midtown Meander

By Grace Suh It's September. The traditional garden season is winding down, and traditional garden tours stopped running long ago. What's still out there? Birds. And butterflies, and bees. And…

Deep RootsAugust 25, 2024

Ask the Experts Field Trips Native 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…

Deep RootsJuly 28, 2024

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May and June Guided Prairie Walks with Cydney Ross, Naturalist

Article and photos by Cydney Ross Have you ever walked across the prairie after a late spring storm? The contrast of pigmented flowers against moody skies is electrifying. Despite looking…

Deep RootsMay 19, 2024

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Kaw Point Gardens (Kaw Point Park)

June 2025 Habitat Garden Tours… DO Try This at Home!

Take a Walk on the Wild Side with Deep Roots!

Habitat Garden Tours 2025–Spring Preview

Habitat Garden Tours 2025–Save the Dates and Call for Volunteers

Habitat Garden Tour First Season Wrap-Up

October Habitat Garden Tour – Keystone Cornucopia

September Habitat Garden Tour – Midtown Meander

August Habitat Garden Tour – Blue River Valley

May and June Guided Prairie Walks with Cydney Ross, Naturalist

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