Kansas City Community Gardens

06/11/2026

Although it's labeled a 5 week course, it's not mandatory to attend all 5 courses. We're still taking registrations for the free Extension Garden Steward: 5-Week Gardening Course at KC Community Gardens workshops.

The next course is "Petal to the Metal - Showstopping Flowers & Functional Landscapes" at 9:30-11am on Wednesday, June 17th at our headquarters in Swope Park. The final two classes are the following Wednesdays at the same time.

Sign up for the next class or all three of the remaining classes here:

Event information for Extension Garden Steward: Kansas City Community Gardens

06/10/2026

The window to plant tomatoes and peppers is slowly closing! Reminder that we have lifted limits so if you have more room in your garden, swing by and grab some more plants! We also have sweet potatoes, tomatillos and asserted herbs such as basil, sage, and onion chives as well as a few Rattlesnake Master native plants.

06/09/2026

The Community Partner Gardens team recently took on the massive project of replacing 22 single stack and 3 double stack raised beds at the Pendleton Heights Community Garden!

We'd like to thank volunteers from Urban Produce Push KC and Jerusalem Farm along with Pendleton Heights residents and students from Scuola Vita Nuova for helping out with this project!

06/08/2026

Every Wednesday morning for the next 4 weeks, we'll be hosting an Extension Garden Steward Course from 9am-11am. These are free in-person workshops with interactive, hands-on gardening activities.

Registration link in the comments. 👇👇👇

06/02/2026

🍠 We've got more sweet potato slips than we know what to do with, and that's great news for YOU!
Sweet potatoes are one of our absolute favorite crops for beginning gardeners. They're forgiving, productive, and so much fun to grow.
We have extra slips available for purchase at KC Community Gardens, sold in packs of a dozen. Pricing is based on your membership card:
🔵 Blue card: $7
🟠 Orange card: $6
🟡 Yellow card: $5
🟢 Green card: $4
Stop by and grab some before they're gone!
🎥 Never grown sweet potatoes before? We made a tutorial just for you:

Follow along with former Americorps Service Member, Taylor Simpson,...

05/27/2026

We'll be closing at 12pm on Fri, May 29th for a staff event. And please note - we are no longer open on Saturdays for the season.

05/27/2026

🍅🌶️🫑Limits Lifted On All Plants🍅🌶️🫑

If you haven't purchased your warm season plants or if you're looking to add more plants to your garden, we have several varieties in stock including a couple of new tomato varieties that are heat and disease resistant (see descriptions below) and lots of bell peppers.

We also have some cannas in stock if you want to add a bit of a tropic feel to your garden.

🍅- Florida 91 is a determinate tomato developed by the University of Florida for hot, humid growing conditions. It produces smooth, firm, globe-shaped red fruit typically weighing 10 ounces, with good shelf life and solid disease resistance. Its standout trait is heat tolerance — it's bred to set fruit reliably even when evening temperatures stay high, a condition that causes popular varieties like Celebrity and Better Boy to drop blossoms or fail to set. It also carries resistance to Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2 and Verticillium wilt, making it a dependable addition to your garden when summer heat is working against you.

🍅- Carbon is an indeterminate tomato that delivers the rich, complex flavor of an heirloom with the dependability and disease resistance of a hybrid. It produces deep red-brown fruit typically weighing 10–16 ounces, with meaty, low-acid flesh that makes it a favorite among serious home gardeners and market growers alike. Carbon resists cracking and blemishing better than most true heirlooms, and its tolerance for common tomato diseases means fewer disappointments at harvest. If you want that old-fashioned tomato taste without the fussiness, Carbon is a compelling choice.

Please note - we are planning on closing the office at noon on Friday, May 29th for a staff event.

05/26/2026

We have extra sweet potato plants for sale to KCCG members! This is a great time to plant sweet potatoes if you're looking to add a low maintenance, high yielding crop to your garden.

Member pricing per dozen:

Green – $4.00, Yellow – $5.00, Orange – $6.00, Blue – $7.00

Varieties Include:

Beauregard - 90-100 daysDeep-orange flesh that keeps well instorage. It seems to have fewer problems with white grubs than some varieties and also resists cracking. Make sure that plants get plenty of sun to develop the maximum flavor and sweetness. Resistant to fusarium wilt and soil rot.

Georgia Jets - 90 - 100 daysA spectacular variety with extremely fast growth and extra-high yields. Jets have deep orange inside color with moist flesh and marvelous taste. The outside skin is pinkish red color.

Covington - 100 daysThe Covington has an excellent yield ofuniformly shaped potatoes with a rosecolored skin. The flesh is sweet and slightly darker than a Beauregard.