Welcome
Celebrating Over 30 years of self-help gardening!
The Kansas City Community Gardens, located at 6917 Kensington, 816-931-3877, is a not-for-profit organization that provides self-help and educational assistance to low-income people, children and community groups in the metropolitan area to grow their own food from garden plots located in backyards, vacant lots, schoolyards and at community sites. Office Hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm.
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Are you interested in starting a community garden with your neighborhood, church or at your work? Do you have a community garden already but want to make it more successful? Then come to our...
Community Partner Garden Workshop
Saturday, February 11 at KCCG offices in Swope Park
9-10:00am- Starting a Community Partner Garden
10-11:00am- Making your Community Partner Garden a Success
11:00am-12:00pm- Garden Additions and Special Enhancements
Come to one or all of the above sessions. Please call 816-931-3877 to register!
9-10:00am- Starting a Community Partner Garden
10-11:00am- Making your Community Partner Garden a Success
11:00am-12:00pm- Garden Additions and Special Enhancements
Come to one or all of the above sessions. Please call 816-931-3877 to register!
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MINI-GRANTS AVAILABLE THROUGH GET GROWING KC!
Get Growing Kansas City is a two year collaborate campaign (involving KCCG, Cultivate KC and Lincoln University Extension) that aims to help get good food growing in every neighborhood.
Thanks to the generosity of the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, The Get Growing Kansas City campaign will be awarding mini-grants of up to $3,000 to urban farmers and community gardens to help get new farms and community gardens started and to help existing farms and gardens expand their capacity to produce food for Kansas City area residents, particularly residents with limited access to fresh, locally grown food.
Funds will be available to growers who sell their produce and to growers based in 501c3 organizations who will produce food for consumption with or without a commercial transaction (i.e. community gardens, charitable gardens, educational gardens, or similar). There are geographic restrictions as to who can apply, please see the attached grant description.
This is a two year program; there will be a total of five grant rounds in the next 18 months. It is a one-time award only, so before you apply, please consider your plans for expansion and growth over the next 2 years before you apply! To get the application process going click on the C:\Users\earlene\Documents\Get Growing Kansas City- Mini-Grant Description December, 2011[1].pdf for a description of the program; and complete the following C:\Users\earlene\Documents\Get Growing KC Mini-Grant Application.docx and the C:\Users\earlene\Documents\Get Growing KC Application Budget Form.xls. Our Get Growing team members are available to help you develop your project and your grant application, please email info@getgrowingkc.org to get the process rolling.
The Get Growing Kansas City team
816-226-7979
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KCCG FEATURED ON FOX 4 NEWS
http://www.fox4kc.com/wdaf-community-gardens-32509,0,6659225.story
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ATTENTION GARDENERS!
RESERVE YOUR TILLERS. Group or individual gardens (anywhere in the metro area) are eligible for tiller loan. The half-day fee is $8 for green-card members and $15 for yellow-card members. A refundable deposit is required to reserve the tiller. Call Earlene at 816.931.3877 for more information.
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If you or your organization is interested in starting a group garden, please call 816.931.3877 and ask for Ben. Fall is a good time to plan for next year.
A Special Thanks to Nicholson Kovac, Inc. for Providing Integrated Marketing Solutions in Support of Kansas City Community Gardens.
