Get a jump start on warm weather projects at the Home & Garden Show in Great Bend, Kansas.
It will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 25, 2023, in the Great Bend Events …

All things “butterfly” is the focus of the Kansas Wetlands Education Center’s annual Butterfly Festival at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center, 592 NE K 156 Highway, Great Bend, Kansas.
It’s set for September 21, 2019.
From making …

All things “butterfly” is the focus of the Kansas Wetlands Education Center’s annual Butterfly Festival.
From making milkweed seed bombs to tagging monarch butterflies, kids and adults will find plenty to do during the festival set …

As long-time readers of Road Trips for Gardeners already know, your editor considers butterflies as “flowers with wings”.
So, here’s another Butterfly Festival to check out these frequent garden visitors. The Kansas Wetlands Education Center, 592 …

The “Master Gardener & Friends June Bloom Garden Tour“, set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 14, 2014, offers a look into some of the best backyards and gardens in McPherson, Kansas.
The tour includes …

The Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Kansas, is an unusual facility. Located 20 miles south of Wichita, it is home to massive cypress, oaks and champion Japanese maples planted over the last 100 years by …

American state legislatures spend time debating which flower best represents their state.
In Kansas, the choice was obvious: the sunflower (specifically Helianthus annuus). Next door in Missouri, it’s (inexplicably) the hawthorn blossom (Crataegus), which is more …

The rest stops along I-70 in Kansas are resplendent with flowers in the summer. These marigolds are an example.
According to Wikipedia, marigolds — tagetes — are a genus of 56 species of annual and perennial …

In the early 20th century, tree-lined parks were a rarity in south-central Kansas — mostly a vast expanse of treeless prairie. Most townsfolk regarded trees as simply places to seek shade, but they became Dr. …

The 24th annualTulip Festival in Wamego, Kansas, takes place April 16 and 17, 2011.
Every spring the Wamego City Park, as well as other green areas and many home gardens throughout town, come alive with the …