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SUMMARY:TS13 - A Relaxing Outing: Behind the Scenes at Boulevard Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Do you like beer? Are you curious about how it’s made? Then gather your friends and head downtown to Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewery. You’ll have a fun and sociable afternoon exploring Kansas City’s oldest and most successful craft brewery. Located on Southwest Boulevard (the Brewery’s namesake)\, Boulevard is known in the Midwest for its delicious ales\, IPAs (India Pale Ales)\, wheat beers\, and\, more recently\, its hard seltzers and craft cocktails. \nFollow your guides\, including one of our own Master Gardeners\, as they give you a behind-the-scenes look at how craft beer is made and the ingredients that go into it. And yes! Get ready to sample some of Boulevard’s delicious brews at the end of the tour. Experience for yourself why Boulevard is one of the most successful craft brewers in America. It’s a great way to spend a summer afternoon in Kansas City. \nSnacks and flatbreads are available for purchase. Return to the Convention Center around 6:30\, just in time to meet your friends for dinner. \n——————————————————— \nMax Participants: 50 \n——————————————————— \nIncluded \n\nWater on the bus\, be sure to bring your conference water bottle.\nFree beer samples\n\n——————————————————— \nWhat to Bring \nBecause Boulevard is a working brewery\, closed-toed shoes are required. \n——————————————————— \nAccessibility \nTour is handicap accessible.
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SUMMARY:TS12 - KC Arts and Architecture Tour
DESCRIPTION:If you’re an architecture fan or a history buff or love the extravagant\,or all three\,then this is the tour for you. This is a culture and information-rich tour of two of Kansas City’s most celebrated landmarks\, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and Kansas City’s Union Station. \nBuilt in 2011\, the mega-modern Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts\, or “the Kauffman Center” as Kansas Citians call it\, was designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie. It is built on a hilltop with an expansive glass wall overlooking the city. Honored as one of the world’s 15 most beautiful concert halls\, this rarely-offered tour is a behind-the-scenes look at the Kauffman Center’s history\, performance venues\, Casavant Freres pipe organ (one of the finest concert organs in the world)\, and the unique engineering and construction techniques required to bring about Moshe Safdie’s design. \nThe tour delves even deeper into the engineering and construction techniques behind the Kauffman Center with a visit to Zahner Manufacturing\, the architectural metalwork company that provided many of the metalwork features you see at the Kauffman Center. \nIn contrast to the modern architecture and engineering of the Kauffman Center\, to enter the doors of Kansas City’s Union Station is to pass through the gates of time\, both in history and architecture. Built in 1914\, Union Station was the third largest train station in the world at the time. Designed by noted Chicago architect Jarvis Hunt\, the architecture is in the grand\, larger-than-life Beaux-Arts style\, which was popular in the United States and France in the late 1800s and early 1900s. From the soaring ornate ceilings in the Grand Hall and 3\,500-pound chandeliers to the massive clock hanging in the central arch and the rose-brown marble floors\, this is one historic site you shouldn’t miss. No wonder it is on the National Register of Historic Places. \nHave your camera at the ready. Both buildings are a photographer’s delight. \n———————————————————  \nDeparture Time: 9:45 a.m.\, Tuesday\, June 20  \n———————————————————  \nMax Participants: 50  \n———————————————————  \nIncluded  \nLunch  \nWater on the bus.  Be sure to bring your conference water bottle. \n———————————————————  \nAccessibility  \nThe Kauffman Center and Union Station are fully handicapped accessible. Zahner Manufacturing occasionally has debris on its floors\, but it is a single-story building.  \nITINERARY \n18Broadway (Downtown Community Garden and Ecosystem) \nBoard the bus for the 30-minute ride downtown to the Kauffman Center. Before touring the Kauffman Center\, however\, there’s something special across the street on 18th and Broadway that you don’t want to miss. It’s called\, befittingly\, 18Broadway. \n18Broadway was born in 2008 when DST\, a worldwide company headquartered in Kansas City\, decided to do something special for the community after their construction project was shelved at the site. What was once a vacant block near downtown is now a thriving urban garden and successful experiment in conservation and self-sustainability. \n\nSee the raised beds and container gardens for growing food\, allowing for better drainage\, less soil compaction and increased productivity. Volunteers from nearby Kansas City organizations and businesses maintain the beds and containers and donate all the food to Harvesters\, a community food bank.\nLearn about the self-sustaining electricity that comes from a windmill and solar panels.\nSee the openings in the curbs and sidewalks that allow storm water runoff from nearby streets to flow from the street into the adjoining boggy swale and rain gardens.\nSee the swale and rain gardens in action with their native plants and long grasses to filter the water as it flows down and remove contaminants in the water. The clean\, filtered water is then stored in a 40\,000-gallon underground cistern and pumped back out to water the plants.\n\nKauffman Center for the Performing Arts \nBefore crossing the street from 18Broadway to the Kauffman Center\, take in the view of its soaring arches that house the two performance halls and the dramatic expanse of glass (the grand foyer) that wraps the entire front of the building and overlooks the city. Honored as one of the world’s 15 most beautiful concert halls\, this rarely-offered tour is a behind-the-scenes look at the 14-story Kauffman Center built in 2011. \nOnce inside\, experience the grand foyer from the inside looking out. People say it takes their breath away. The glass wall connects the two performance halls and offers sweeping views outward over the city. Like a living room for the entire city\, the grand foyer is a place of excitement and gathering and a glowing beacon throughout the city during performance events. \nAfter a tasty lunch\, follow your tour guides as they take you through the Kauffman Center. \n\nSee the 1\,800-seat Muriel Kauffman Theatre\, home of the Kansas City Ballet and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.\nSee the 1\,600-seat Helzberg Hall\, home of the Kansas City Symphony.\nBe bowled over by the custom-built Casavant Freres pipe organ\, one of the finest concert organs in the world. It has four keyboards and 5\,548 pipes. Built in Quebec\, it was disassembled into 20\,000 pieces for transport\, then painstakingly reassembled over two months\, with an additional two months for testing the “voice” of the organ.\n\nGet an insider’s look at the engineering and construction techniques as you learn about: \n\nThe superlative acoustics that ensure every seat hears the sound the same.\nThe history and challenges of the building design and how the acoustical and aesthetic considerations were factored into every architectural decision\, from the shape of the hall to the grain of the wood paneling.\nHow this architectural icon began as a sketch on a napkin by renowned architect Moshe Safdie.\nWhy the building project was a labor of love for philanthropist Julia Irene Kauffman.\n\nKansas City’s Union Station \nAll aboard! The next stop is Kansas City’s Union Station\, an architectural gem and iconic symbol of Kansas City. You’ll often see it flashed on the screen during Chiefs games before the broadcast cuts to commercial. \nTo enter the doors of Union Station is to pass through the gates of time. To hear the history of Union Station is to hear the history of America. When it was built in 1914\, Union Station was the third largest train station in the world with links to all parts of the nation. Designed by noted architect Jarvis Hunt in the grand Beaux-Arts style\, it reflected the city’s status as a major Midwestern metropolis and a significant passenger and freight rail hub for the nation. \n\nTake in the larger-than-life vastness of the station . . . its Grand Hall\, three 3\,500-pound chandeliers\, ornate ceiling work\, massive clock hanging in the central arch\, and the rose-brown marble floors. Notice the arched windows that flood the station with natural light. Look down the huge perpendicular hall that was the passenger waiting room and imagine hundreds of passengers milling around and waiting for their trains.\nBe fascinated by the station’s history. In its prime\, Union Station accommodated tens of thousands of passengers every year. Over 200 trains passed through the station daily. At its peak at the end of World War II\, passenger traffic reached a staggering 678\,000 travelers annually as soldiers streamed through the station after World War II to make their way home.\nStand under the station’s massive clock like hundreds of people have done before you for decades. “Meet me under the clock” has reunited loved ones\, families and lovers as long as Union Station has been open. Dozens of couples have become engaged and married under the clock.\n\nSo many stories of farewells\, reunions and of day-to-day vibrancy still echo in her walls. Just listen. \nPerhaps one of the most amazing things about Union Station is that it’s still here. It almost wasn’t. When rail travel waned in the 1950s and onward\, Union Station began to deteriorate. Closed in the 1980s\, our station sat empty and neglected\, narrowly escaping demolition on several occasions. Then\, in 1996\, a historic Missouri-Kansas bi-state tax was passed to fund the station’s $250 million renovation and restore it to its original grandeur while making it a modern facility. In 1999\, Union Station reopened its doors again and the entire city celebrated. And still does! \nToday\, Union Station wakes up early and stays up late to host visitors\, shoppers\, restaurant goers and events of all kinds for the community. And! Just as you could over 100 years ago\, you can still catch the train at the Amtrak stop in Union Station and head out across the country. \nZahner Manufacturing \nAs you depart Union Station\, the drive to Zahner Manufacturing swings by the historic World War I Museum and Memorial and Crown Center\, headquarters of Hallmark Cards. \nThe last stop is about nuts and bolts\, literally. The tour of Zahner is a continuation of the behind-the-scenes look at the Kauffman Center. They provided many of the metalwork features you saw at the Kauffman Center including the stainless steel and substructure that wraps the entire facade and roof. \n\nLearn about the role of industrial art in modern sculpture\, engineering and architecture.\nTour Zahner where architects and artists go to get their design ideas put into reality.\nSee the computer-driven machines that turn out architectural marvels.\n\nA locally-owned family business\, Zahner is an expert at producing highly-crafted architectural metalwork imagined by artists\, sculptors\, architects and engineers around the globe. They specialize in converting a functional structure into a thing of beauty \nAfter a visual and information-rich day\, it’s time to board the bus for the 30-minute ride back to the Convention Center. We should arrive around 5 p.m. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:TS11 -Session Full-SOLD OUT!- Educating the Gardener in You!
DESCRIPTION:The contrast between the stops on this tour are sure to get the gardener in you thinking in new ways. Each garden experience is different from the other\, but each offers new perspectives and things to be learned. As they say\, good contrast and makes good drama.  \n The tour begins at the Backyard Garden. Keep your notebook and camera handy. The Backyard Garden is an idea generator. It is intentionally designed to be chock full of plants and efficient growing techniques that are easily copied by an average backyard gardener. (That’s why it’s called the Backyard Garden.) At one acre\, it’s the largest demonstration garden of your conference hosts\, the Johnson County EMGs\, and they are eager to share it with you.  \nNext\, you’ll get a peek into the world of agricultural science and research. You’re in for a treat with an exclusive tour of the K-State Olathe Horticulture Research and Extension Center. Get an insider’s look at the agricultural and horticultural research being done for Kansas and the Midwest. See how plants and crops are put through the ringer to improve them and arrive at the best practices for tending them. You’ll walk away inspired by what research scientists do and their dedication to improving crops and preventing crop failures. \nWild and free is next. You’re off to the prairie. It would be almost sacrilegious to be in Kansas and not experience the tallgrass prairie. Over 140 million acres of tallgrass prairie once covered North America\, including Kansas. Only 4% remains today\, most of it in the Flint Hills about 120 miles away. But you’re in luck! Kill Creek Prairie is close by and contains a 20-acre prairie remnant. Listen to the quiet shhhsshining of the winds through the grasses against the sweeping\, open horizon. Go back in time and see the vanishing tallgrass prairie exactly as it was 8\,000–10\,000 years ago\, unplowed and untouched. Learn about the prairie’s rich history\, its unique and complex ecosystem\, and why prairies are so important to humans\, plants and animals.  \n The last stop of the day is a sharp contrast to Kill Creek’s stretches of open grasslands. The lovely Monet Garden at the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is a replica of Claude Monet’s own garden in Giverny\, France. It’s lush with many trees and shrubs and hundreds of varieties of perennials\, annuals and bulbs that replicate the colorful palette of the original garden. And\, of course\, there is a lily pond. It’s quite possible you’ll be inspired to create a Monet Garden in your corner of the world.  \n All in all\, it’s a field trip kind of day!  \n——————————————————— Cost: $89  \n———————————————————  \nTour Length: 8 hrs  \n———————————————————  \nDeparture Time: 8:30 a.m.\, Monday\, June 19  \n———————————————————  \nMax Participants: 50  \n———————————————————  \nIncluded  \nLunch  \nWater on the bus\, be sure to bring your conference water bottle. \n \n———————————————————  \nWhat to Bring  \nWear comfortable walking shoes. Sun hat recommended. You may also want to bring binoculars and your camera. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle.\n \n———————————————————  \nAccessibility  \n Backyard Garden: Mulch and grassy paths for walking with uneven surfaces. Some rutted areas. Moderate walking.  \n Kill Creek Prairie: Wheelchair accessible. Wide concrete walkway to the observation deck. There is also an observation tower overlooking the prairie remnant with an elevator.  \n Overland Park Arboretum: Wheelchair accessible. Paved paths and sidewalks throughout the gardens and benches along the paths. Limited number of golf carts available for people with disabilities.  \nITINERARY  \n Backyard Garden and K-State Research Center (Olathe\, KS)  \n Keep your notebook and camera handy. The Backyard Garden is an idea generator. It is intentionally designed to be chock full of plants and efficient growing techniques that are easily copied by an average backyard gardener. (That’s why it’s called the Backyard Garden.) At one acre\, it’s the largest demonstration garden of your conference hosts\, the Johnson County EMGs\, and they are eager to share it with you.  \n As you might suspect\, the garden features a wide variety of:  \n\nFruits (you’ll love the high intensity apple orchard) \nVegetables and herbs \nFlowers (including new varieties) \nLow care annuals\nOrnamentals\nNative plants\n\n BTW: The garden provides over 3\,200 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables annually to local food pantries¾and\, during the summer\, buckets of fresh cut flowers to the delight of pantry clients.  \n Next\, you’re in for a treat with an exclusive tour of the K-State Olathe Horticulture Research and Extension Center. It’s not normally open to the public. The Research Center sits on 342 acres next to the Backyard Garden. It’s a premier location in the U.S. for cutting-edge agriculture research. This location specializes in vegetable\, fruit and turfgrass production.   \n\nThe staff gives you an insider’s look at agricultural and horticultural research for Kansas and the Midwest. \nSee how plants and crops are put through the ringer to improve them and arrive at best practices for tending them. \nYou’ll walk away inspired by the research scientists who develop and protect our food sources in the U.S. and their dedication to improving crops and preventing failures. \n\n Lunch  \nAround noonish\, enjoy a tasty lunch hosted by EMGs and K-State Research Center staff.  \n Kill Creek Prairie  \n Next is a chance to breathe in the prairie and be amazed by its incredibly diverse ecosystem. It would be almost sacrilegious to be in Kansas and not experience the tallgrass prairie. Over 140 million acres of tallgrass prairie once covered North America\, including Kansas. Only 4% remains today\, most of it in the Flint Hills about 120 miles away. But you’re in luck! Kill Creek Prairie is close by and contains a 20-acre prairie remnant.   \n\nTake the short walk to the observation deck. \nListen to the quiet shhhsshining of the winds through the grasses against the sweeping\, open horizons. \nGo back in time and see the vanishing tallgrass prairie exactly as it was 8\,000–10\,000 years ago\, unplowed and untouched. Experience what the first settlers saw in the 1800s as they crossed the Great Plains and moved westward. \nLearn about the prairie’s rich history\, its unique and complex ecosystem\, and why prairies are so important to humans\, plants and animals. \n\nKill Creek Prairie (“kill” or “kille” is a Middle Dutch term for body of water) has more than 200 species of prairie grasses and wild flowers\, including several species of goldenrod and Mead’s milkweed\, a rare plant of the tallgrass prairie.  \n Monet Garden at the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens (Overland Park\, KS)  \n The lovely Monet Garden at the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is a sharp contrast to the stretches of open grasslands at Kill Creek. The one-acre garden is a miniature replica of Claude Monet’s own garden in Giverny\, France\, that inspired his iconic landscape and floral paintings.   \n\nLike Monet’s garden\, the Arboretum garden includes with many trees and shrubs and hundreds of varieties of perennials\, perennials\, annuals and bulbs replicating the colorful palette of the original garden. \nLearn how the Arboretum’s Monet Garden faithfully draws on the Giverny garden. \nGet ideas for creating a Monet Garden in your corner of the world. \nYou’ll be delighted by its sheer size\, its vibrant color combinations and its varying plant heights. It looks lush and wild with plants growing freely\, just like the original. And\, of course\, there is a lily pond. \n\nYour conference hosts\, the Johnson County EMGs\, also maintain this demonstration garden. They are on hand to answer questions as you stroll through the garden.  \n The Arboretum is large – 300 acres of woodlands\, meadows\, and gardens and hundreds of plants. You’ll also have time to do some wandering on your own.   \n Back to the Convention Center  \nWhat a field trip! It’s time to board the bus for the 20-minute ride back to the Convention Center. We should arrive around 4:30 p.m. 
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SUMMARY:TS10 -Session Full!-SOLD OUT!!--Midtown Gardens: From Prim and Proper to Wild and Woolly
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss touring four inspirational gardens in the heart of Kansas City that provide a study in contrasts. \nFirst\, go back in time as you explore the Shawnee Indian Mission\, a National Historic Landmark. Learn about its 180-year history\, which reflects the changing times in the history of Kansas. Listen as your guides tell the story and historical significance of the four demonstration gardens planted and maintained by Master Gardeners. These gardens are a reminder of the expansive fields once planted at the Mission. \nNext stop is the beautifully curated Rose Garden at Loose Park featuring close to 3\,000 roses of nearly 150 varieties on 1.5-acres. You’ll instantly understand why over 250 weddings are held here each year. For you history buffs\, Loose Park was the site of the Battle of Westport\, the largest Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi. \nAfter lunch\, continue to a garden that’s right out of a storybook\, the stunning Kauffman Memorial Garden. This lush\, European-style garden features 7\,000 plant varieties. They include vintage and modern perennials\, annuals\, shrubs\, bulbs and trees\, as well as playful fountains and elegant pieces of sculpture. Be assured there’s surprise and delight around every corner. You’ll feel like you’ve been whisked away to another world. \nNow\, imagine a special spot in the heart of Kansas City’s urban core where city dwellers can connect with nature and take a break from the fast pace and jarring sounds of city living. That special place is the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center. In contrast to the classical style of the Kauffman Memorial Garden\, the Discovery Center offers eight acres of natural areas with paved and natural trails through forest\, woodland\, wetland\, prairie habitats and wildlife. Step in and step closer to nature and local wildlife. \nCost: $105 \n——————————————————— \nTour Length: 7.5 hrs \n——————————————————— \nDeparture Time: 8:15 a.m.\, Monday\, June 19 \n——————————————————— \nMax Participants: 50 \n——————————————————— \nIncluded \n\nBe sure to bring your conference water bottle. Water will be provided on the bus\nLunch\n\n——————————————————— \nAccessibility \nTour is handicap accessible. For who those who prefer not to take the short walk between the Kauffman Memorial Garden and Anita Gorman Discovery Center\, the bus will take you between the two. \nITINERARY \nShawnee Indian Mission \nStart the morning with a 25-minute ride to the Shawnee Indian Mission\, a National Historic Landmark. Catch a glimpse of the past as you enter the 12-acre grounds that include three historic buildings\, period rooms and exhibits\, as well as demonstration gardens created and maintained by the Johnson County EMGs. \nYou’ll start with a short video explaining historic aspects of the Mission. During its 180-year history\, these buildings and grounds served many purposes that reflect the changing times in the history of Kansas. \nFollow your Master Gardener guides as they tell the story and historical significance of four demonstration gardens. The Mission was once 2000 acres\, with 500 acres used to grow crops\, fruits\, vegetables\, and herbs. Today\, the demonstration gardens serve as reminders of the expansive fields once planted at the Mission. The vegetable garden produces hundreds of pounds of produce yearly that’s donated to local food banks. \nLoose Park Rose Garden \nNext\, head to the beautifully curated Rose Garden at Loose Park\, just a short jaunt from the Shawnee Indian Mission. This garden is maintained by the Kansas City Rose Society and the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department. It features close to 3\,000 roses of nearly 150 varieties on 1.5-acres. Over 250 weddings are held here each year. \nRose Society guides will lead you through the garden and gladly answer your questions as they describe the various roses\, their significance and uniqueness. Each rose section also has QR codes to scan them with your phone for more information about a rose’s variety\, class or color. \nYou’ll also learn about the history of the Rose Garden and the park it calls home. Loose Park was the site of the Battle of Westport\, the largest Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi. \nAround noonish\, you’ll enjoy a lunch in the peaceful setting of the Loose Park pavilion. \nKauffman Memorial Garden and Anita Gorman Discovery Center \nAfter lunch and a bit of relaxing\, you’ll head to the Kauffman Memorial Garden and Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center. \nPrepare to fall in love with the Kauffman Memorial Garden. This 2-acre garden is a serene and tranquil jewel in European style in the heart of the city. Enclosed by beautiful limestone walls and lined with brick paths\, it offers visitors many places to sit and relax. The garden features 7\,000 plant varieties that include vintage and modern perennials\, annuals\, shrubs\, bulbs and trees. It also has playful fountains and elegant pieces of bronze sculpture by local artist Tom Corbin. Five distinct garden rooms\, including a “Secret Garden” and a conservatory\, deliver surprise and delight around every corner\, in every season. \nThis lush garden is an enduring gift to Kansas City from Ewing and Muriel Kauffman\, a prominent Kansas City couple beloved for their philanthropic and civic contributions. \nIn contrast to the classical style of the Kauffman Memorial Garden\, the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center is eight acres of wild and woolly natural beauty and native plants. Paved and natural trails take you through forest\, woodland\, wetland\, and prairie habitats. The area also has demonstration beds showcasing how native plants can be used for home landscaping. \nThe Discovery Center is a short walk from the Kauffman Memorial Gardens. However\, if you prefer\, a bus is available. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:TS09 - Nelson-Atkins Museum: Experience Gardens Through Art
DESCRIPTION:The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art or “the Nelson” as Kansas Citians call it\, is the cultural jewel of Kansas City. With its outstanding collection of 40\,000 works of art\, the Nelson is also recognized as one of America’s finest art museums. It offers visitors the opportunity to explore civilization from ancient times to modern day through the eyes of painters\, sculptures and craftsmen from across the globe and centuries. \nWorking from the outside in\, walk with docents on a tour of the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park. The 22-acre sculpture park is expansive and open\, wrapping around the front and back of the museum. It’s home to over 35 sculptures\, many of them massive\, by several of the 20th century’s finest artists. You’ll learn about the famous shuttlecocks sprawled along the front of the museum. Weighing in at 5\,500 pounds each\, they are pretty hard to miss! \nStep inside the grandeur of the museum and lunch at the romantic and memorable Rozzelle Court\, a restaurant fashioned after an open-air Italian courtyard. \nOn a special “Arts in Bloom” tour\, discover the common ground you share with artists inspired by nature. Museum docents have selected several works of art to see that depict and celebrate flowers\, gardens and nature. Listen as they share information about the artists and artworks\, provide social and historical context\, and create connections with everyday life. \nShop at the Museum Store. The store offers extensive selections of unusual gift items\, art and design books\, home décor\, and cards. \nYou’ll also stop at the Kauffman Memorial Garden across the street from the Nelson. A garden right out of a storybook\, this lush\, European-style garden features 7\,000 plant varieties\, playful fountains\, and elegant pieces of sculpture. You’ll feel whisked away to another world. \nAs Thomas Merton says\, “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Come find yourself and lose yourself for a day at the Nelson. \n——————————————————— \nDeparture Time: 8:00 a.m.\, Monday\, June 19 \n——————————————————— \nMax Participants: 42 \n——————————————————— \nIncluded \nLunch \nWater on the bus. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle. \n——————————————————— \nAccessibility \nTour is handicap accessible. \nITINERARY \nKauffman Memorial Garden (Next to the Nelson-Atkins Museum) \nBecause it would be a shame to be so close and not see it\, the first stop is the Kauffman Memorial Garden across the street from the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Prepare to fall in love! This two-acre garden is a serene and tranquil jewel in European style in the heart of the city. Enclosed by beautiful limestone walls and lined with brick paths\, it offers visitors many places to sit and relax. The garden features 7\,000 plant varieties that include vintage and modern perennials\, annuals\, shrubs\, bulbs and trees. It also has playful fountains and elegant pieces of bronze sculpture by local artist Tom Corbin. Five distinct garden rooms\, including a “Secret Garden” and a conservatory\, deliver surprise and delight around every corner\, in every season. \nThis lush garden is an enduring gift to Kansas City from Ewing and Muriel Kauffman\, a prominent Kansas City couple beloved for their philanthropic and civic contributions. \nDonald J. Hall Sculpture Park \nHop back on the bus for the short ride across the street to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art\, or “the Nelson” as Kansas Citians call it. Not all art is inside the Nelson! Start with a guided tour of the outdoor Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park led by museum docents. Most are also Extension Master Gardeners. \nOn 22 acres\, the sculpture park is expansive and open\, wrapping around the front and back of the museum. It is home to over 35 sculptures\, many of them massive. Some sculptures are in open spaces. Some are along the meandering brick walks among the many mature trees\, bushes and ground covers. And some are rather hidden. Whether in open spaces or discovered\, all of the sculpture are stunning to look at. The bulk of the sculptures are by contemporary sculptor Henry Moore\, a 20th century artist. He’s best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures. \nProbably one of the first sculptures you’ll notice are the enormous shuttlecocks sprawled along the front of the museum. Weighing in at 5\,500 pounds each\, they are pretty hard to miss. There’s another shuttlecock behind the museum. The idea is to imagine the museum building is a badminton net and the lawn as the playing field. Controversial when they were installed\, today the shuttlecocks are a Kansas City icon and practically the Nelson’s mascots. \nIn addition to the sculptures\, be sure not to miss: \n\nGlass walk-through labyrinth.\nOne Sun/34 Moons reflecting pool. It’s set atop the underground parking garage. During the day\, the sunlight reflects through the pool to the parking garage. At night\, the 34 moons in the pool light up and create shimmering patters in the garage below.\n\nModern sculptures under blue skies equals a lovely way to spend a morning. \nLunch at Rozzelle Court \nLocated inside the Nelson\, the Roselle Court restaurant is dramatically styled as a 15th-century Italian courtyard. With high\, vaulted ceilings\, it’s lovely\, romantic and memorable. Enjoy lunch surrounded by beautiful works of art. There’s also time to wander through the Museum Store. \n“Arts in Bloom” \nAfter a refreshing lunch at the beautiful Roselle Court\, there’s a very special tour in store for you. Designed by museum docents just for you\, this tour looks at sculpture\, paintings\, and the decorative arts that depict and celebrate flowers\, gardens and nature. (By the way\, some of your museum docents are also Extension Master Gardeners.) \nYou’ll explore works of art from China\, Japan\, Europe and America. Follow along as your docents explain: \n\nThe context for a work of art.\nWhy an artist chose what he or she created.\nThe cultural significance of the artist’s work for its time and place in history.\nFascinating anecdotes about some of our most loved flowers.\nThe importance and relevance of art in our lives today.\n\nA day at the Nelson is truly a wow. You won’t be disappointed. The only regret may be wishing there was more time to explore the other rooms and exhibitions. \nAfter a culture-filled day\, it’s time to board the bus for the 35-minute ride back to the Convention Center. We should arrive around 4 p.m. \n 
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SUMMARY:TS08 -Session Full\, SOLD OUT!- Preserving the Future: Monarchs\, Wetlands and Prairies
DESCRIPTION:If you love being out in nature and being inspired by what others who care are doing to preserve and sustain the environment\, this is the tour for you. Preservation and sustainability are at its heart as you venture over to Lawrence\, Kansas. \n\nWetlands are a major player for preserving the future and the Baker Wetlands are doing their part. These 927 acres on the open prairie are home to hundreds of species of animals and plants. Wetlands are vital to human life and planet life\, and indispensable for the critical “ecosystem services” they provide. If you’re a birdwatcher\, you’ll especially love the Baker Wetlands.\nCreated in 1992 by KU professor Dr. Chip Taylor\, the Monarch Watch lab will fill you with optimism and hope for the future. We all know the future of monarch butterflies is in trouble and they need our help. See what Dr. Taylor\, his staff\, and thousands of volunteers across the U.S.\, Canada and Mexico are doing to preserve the future of the monarch. The lab is rarely open to the public\, so don’t miss this chance to join the staff and see the lab’s inner workings.\nWalk through the very first Monarch Way-station (butterfly habitat) maintained by the Douglas County Master Gardeners. It’s spectacular.\nIt would almost be sacrilegious to be in Kansas and not experience the tallgrass prairie. Walk the Rockefeller Prairie Trail and go back in time and see the vanishing tallgrass prairie exactly as it was 8\,000-10\,000 years ago\, unplowed and untouched. View what the first settlers saw in the 1800s as they crossed the Great Plains and moved westward. Breathe in the prairie\, hear the birds\, and feel the wind on your face.\n\nSo! Come and see what colors nature is wearing the Monday before the conference officially kicks off. \nBONUS: For basketball fans\, the bus drives by Allen Fieldhouse on the University of Kansas campus\, the shrine to the inventor of basketball\, James Naismith. It’s also home to KU’s 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship team. \n———————————————————\nMax Participants: 50\n———————————————————\nIncluded\n• Water on bus. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle.\n• Box lunch\n———————————————————\nWhat to Bring\nWear comfortable walking shoes. Sun hat recommended. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle. You may also want to bring binoculars and your camera.\n———————————————————\nAccessibility\nBaker Wetlands: Paved paths to the Discovery Center. Boardwalk may be difficult to navigate by wheelchair without assistance. \nDouglas County Extension Office and Garden: The building is wheelchair accessible. The garden is bordered by a sidewalk or parking area. \nMonarch Watch Lab and First Monarch Way-station: Paved paths leading from the parking lot to the lab and garden. Even though mulched paths within the garden could be problematic for people with mobility issues\, there are stations along the edge for viewing the plants. \nRockefeller Prairie Trail: Wheelchair accessible. Wide and flat paved trail through the 10-acre remnant prairie. \nITINERARY \nThe morning starts with a 45-minute ride to Lawrence\, Kansas. \nBaker Wetlands (Lawrence\, KS) \nSome people may think of wetlands as wastelands\, as unimportant\, and as sources of mosquitoes\, unpleasant odors and files. Nothing is farther from the truth. Wetlands are a major player for preserving the future. They are vital to human life and planet life\, and indispensable for the critical “ecosystem services” they provide. \n\nDid you know 40% of the world’s species live and breed in wetlands? In fact\, some species are found nowhere else. Loss of wetland habitats in the last 30 years is a leading cause of species extinction.\nLike human kidneys\, wetlands purify water and remove pollutants. Wetlands are so good at cleaning water that they have become the model for inexpensive\, waste management systems.\nThey mitigate floods\, protect coastlines from erosion and build community resilience to disasters.\n\nThe Baker Wetlands are doing their part to preserve the future. These 927 acres on the open prairie are home to hundreds of species of animals and plants. The wetlands are especially popular with birdwatchers and native plant enthusiasts. And\, if you were visiting in the fall\, you would see swarms of monarchs as they use the wetlands as a resting place along their migration path. \nBegin your visit at the Discovery Center. The exhibits provide insight into the history\, wildlife and plant species that inhabit the wetlands and how the ecosystem functions. \nTake the extensive boardwalks out over the wetlands and experience the ecosystem up close. \nWalk with docents and learn more about the value of wetlands to the environment\, why wetlands are essential to fighting climate change\, and the worldwide effort to protect and preserve them from destruction. (Wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests.) \nLearn what you can do to help protect wetlands. \nTake advantage of the observation blinds to observe and photograph nature without disturbing it. \nDon’t miss out on seeing the Baker Wetlands. They are the only wetlands on an IMGC tour. You’ll leave knowing why wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. \nDouglas County Extension Office and Garden (Lawrence\, KS) \nNext\, take a short jaunt over to the Douglas County Extension Office for a tasty lunch and a bit of midday relaxing. Take a stroll through their demo garden and get inspired by what the Douglas County EMGs have been up to. \nMonarch Watch Lab and First Monarch Waystation (University of Kansas Campus\, Lawrence\, KS) \nThe next stop is an historic one. It’s where the internationally known Monarch Watch was born. We all know the future of monarch butterflies is in trouble and they need our help. This stop will fill you with optimism and hope for the future as you tour the Monarch Watch lab and learn what KU professor Dr. Chip Taylor\, his staff\, and thousands of volunteers across the U.S.\, Canada and Mexico are doing to preserve the future of the monarch. \nDr. Taylor created the Monarch Watch in 1992 to focus on the education\, conservation and research of monarchs. He is a renowned leader in the preservation of monarchs and their spectacular fall migration. The Monarch Watch lab is rarely open to the public\, so don’t miss this chance to join the staff as they show you the innerworkings of the lab. \n\nSee monarchs in each stage\, from larvae through chrysalis to mature butterflies able to survive on their own.\nLearn more about the fall migration and the things threatening it.\nLearn how the monarch tagging program works. Thousands of volunteers across North Americanyou can be onenow tag some quarter-million butterflies each season.\nWhere do all the butterflies they produce end up? You’ll find out.\nSee the very first Monarch Waystation. It’s maintained by the Douglas County EMGs and is spectacular. Learn how to create one yourself. Today\, there are 31\,000 registered waystations in the U.S. and eight other countries. You could be 31\,001.\n\nFor more inspiration\, visit monarchwatch.org. \nBY THE WAY: Dr. Taylor is talking on Wednesday afternoon at the conference (session CS47). Tuesday evening is another monarch-related talk. The amazing Sara Dykman is talking about her adventure biking alongside monarch butterflies in 2017 as they made their 10\,201-mile annual migration from Mexico through the United States to Canada. \nRockefeller Prairie Trail (North of Lawrence\, Kansas) \nIt would almost be sacrilegious to be in Kansas and not experience the tallgrass prairie. Walk the Rockefeller Prairie Trail and go back in time and see the vanishing tallgrass prairie exactly as it was 8\,00010\,000 years ago\, unplowed and untouched. Transport yourself back to the 1800s and see what the first settlers saw as they crossed the Great Plains and moved westward. You’ll look out on a sea of grass moving and waving in the wind. It’s easy to imagine rolling hills of grassland as far as the eye can see\, boundless and beautiful. \n\nThe Rockefeller Prairie Trail overlooks the Kaw Valley and a 10-acre remnant of original native prairie.\nThe wide\, concrete path to the overlook is 0.4 miles. It’s completely accessible to everyone.\nThe 200+ native plants on this prairie remnant are also a valuable seed bank of rare prairie plants. They are highly useful in studies of prairie ecology\, restoration and management.\nThe Kaw Valley and Kansas get their name from the Kaw Nation\, a Sioux tribe that was the predominate tribe in Kansas. Kaw means “Wind People” or “People of the Southwind.”\n\nYou can still breathe in the prairie\, hear the birds\, and feel the wind on your face. Wonder no more what the tallgrass prairie was really like. \n“I felt motion in the landscape; in the fresh\, easy-blowing morning wind\, and in the earth itself\, as if the shaggy grass were a sort of loose hide\, and underneath it herds of wild buffalo were galloping\, galloping … Alone.”\n-Willa Cather\, My Ántonia \nAfter a day of being out in nature and the open air\, it’s time to board the bus for the 40-minute ride back to the Convention Center. Includes a rest stop along the way. We should arrive around 5 p.m. \n 
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SUMMARY:TS06 -Session Full-SOLD OUT- Escape to Eastern Kansas\, Where Delightful Gardens Abound
DESCRIPTION:A visit to beautiful gardens always creates an extraordinary time. \nThe first stop on the tour is Susan Rendall’s Garden on the outskirts of Lawrence\, Kansas. Susan’s garden is what happens when dreams come true. She had her heart set on creating a country garden in a massive way on the prairie\,and she did. Come and see what’s possible when a gardener is not restricted by a city lot and her heart is free to create. It’s a showstopper. \nTopeka is up next. There are some gardens that make you want to run home and do the same thing\, and Bob Saathoff’s Garden is one of them. It’s a magnificent woodland shade garden with a creek to boot. Like most gardeners\, Bob didn’t know when to stop. The more planting he did\, the more his gardening passion grew. His garden is home to a rich profusion of shade-loving plants. Walk the garden with Bob as he gladly shares what he’s learned about shade gardening. \nAfter lunch\, enjoy the beauty and tranquility of two public gardens in Topeka: \nThe 2.5-acre Ward-Meade Botanical Garden is home to over 500 varieties of flowers\, shrubs and trees\, many labeled with their botanical names. The garden also features large collections of daylilies\, hostas and conifers. For you history buffs\, wander over to Old Prairie Town in Ward-Meade Park and see a fully-functional replica of a frontier Kansas town in the 1800s. \nThe day winds down with a nature walk at Ted Ensley Gardens perched along the shore of a small picturesque lake. See nature at its best as you meander through beautiful gardens\, groves of trees\, waterfalls\, streams\, ponds\, and bridges crossing over to this and that. Peaceful. Colorful. Relaxing. \nBONUS: If you’re a collector of state capitals\, mark Topeka\, Kansas off your list. You’ve been there! \n———————————————————  \nMax Participants: 44  \n———————————————————  \nIncluded  \n\nWater on the bus. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle. \nLunch \n\n———————————————————  \nWhat to Bring  \nWear comfortable walking shoes. Sun hat recommended. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle.  \n———————————————————  \nAccessibility  \n\nRendall Garden: Tour goers with a wheelchair will need assistance. The garden is one level but has some elevation. Mulched paths.\nSaathoff Garden: Mulched paths. Twenty feet of stone steps with no rail. Guides are on hand to assist anyone needing help with the steps.\nWard-Meade Botanical Garden: Tour goers with a wheelchair will need assistance. Mulched paths. Two small footbridges with wooden-rail floors. Lunch area is flat and lightly mulched.\nTed Ensley Gardens: Concrete walkway the length of the park. Some entries into garden areas from the walkway are lightly mulched. \n\nITINERARY \nThe morning starts with a 45-minute ride to Lawrence\, Kansas. \nSusan Rendall’s Private Garden (Lawrence\, KS) \nSusan Rendall’s garden is what happens when dreams come true. She had her heart set on creating a country garden in a massive way\, and she did. In 2001\, she and her husband Doug bought a house on five acres of prairie and got to work. Come and see what’s possible when a gardener is not restricted by a city lot. Today\, this one-acre garden is a showstopper against the backdrop of four acres of whispering prairie and open sky. \nBecause of the sheer size of the garden\, Susan chooses natives and flowering plants\, shrubs\, and trees that thrive without a lot of extra tending to. What’s especially noteworthy about this garden is how Susan went about designing it. As a costume designer (she heads up the costume shop for the Theater Department at KU)\, she took her natural sense of color\, shape and texture and applied them to garden design. \nFor Susan\, creating a garden is like costuming a show and creating scenes in a play. \n\nEach individual garden has a star\, which varies by season\, a chorus line (drifts of similar plants) and casts of supporting characters (plants that enhance but don’t dominate the scene).\nShe mixes drama and color with a bit of magic.\nThe “scene” separators are winding pathways\, arbors\, a pergola and dry-stacked walls.\nThere’s a strong connection between the well-tended garden and the wilder landscape around it.\n\nSusan directs a show that\, season after season\, gets a standing ovation. \nRobert and Cheryl Saathoff’s Private Garden (Topeka\, KS) \nNext\, head west to Topeka. There are some gardens that make you want to run home and do the same thing\, and Bob Saathoff’s garden is one of them. It’s a magnificent woodland shade garden with a creek to boot. Step through the wooden arbor and be transported to a woodland paradise. Like most gardeners\, Bob didn’t know when to stop. The more planting he did\, the more his gardening passion grew. A retired civil engineer\, Bob does all the landscape design\, plantings\, hardscape\, and water features himself\, including an extensive irrigation system. \nHis garden is home to a rich profusion of shade-loving plants. \n\n\n\nAstilbe\nAzaleas\nBeauty berries\n\n\nBoxwood\nBrunnera\nBuckeyes\n\n\nConifers (85+)\nCoral bells\nEphemerals\n\n\nEpimedium\nFerns (50+ varieties)\nGolden wood poppy\n\n\nGrasses\nGround covers\nHepatica\n\n\nHostas (600+ varieties)\nHydrangeas\nJapanese maples (70+)\n\n\nLigularia\nPawpaw trees\nPulmonaria\n\n\nSolomon’s Seal\nTrillium\nViburnums\n\n\nWahoo trees\n\n\n\n\n\nWalk the garden with Bob and learn more about: \n\nThe many ways to add color to a woodland garden and keep it going from spring onward.\nPlanning and design considerations.\nChoosing plants that are most likely to succeed.\nPlants to stay away from.\nShade garden mistakes to avoid.\nPlants that are easy to divide to expand your shade garden economically.\n\nThis is the ultimate made-in-the-shade garden. Soak up the sights\, sounds and smells! \nWard-Meade Botanical Garden (Topeka\, KS) \nTime for lunch. Hop back on the bus for the short ride to Ward-Meade Park and its Botanical Garden. Enjoy a tasty meal in a beautiful and peaceful setting. \nWe’re here for about an hour. Relax and visit\, or explore the 2.5-acre Botanical Garden with its many display gardens and plant collections. It’s home to over 500 varieties of flowers\, shrubs and trees\, many labeled with their botanical names. The garden also features large collections of daylilies\, hostas and conifers \nIf you’re a history buff\, you may want to wander over to the other parts of Ward-Meade Park. \n\nExplore Old Prairie Town\, a fully-functional replica of a frontier Kansas town in the 1800s.\nWalk through the Ward-Meade Victorian mansion\, the largest home in Topeka in 1870.\nSee a replica of a Native American village\, which tells the story of Northeast Kansas prior to the 1840s.\n\nTed Ensley Gardens at Lake Shawnee (Topeka) \nThe day winds down with a nature walk at Ted Ensley Gardens perched along the shore of a small picturesque lake. See nature at its best as you meander through beautiful gardens\, groves of trees\, waterfalls\, streams\, ponds\, and bridges crossing over to this and that. Sit on a bench and take in the panoramic lake view. Although the gardens are extensive (37.5 acres)\, the walking path is perfect for leisurely strolls. It’s short\, paved and flat. \nPeaceful. Colorful. Relaxing. You’ll see why Kansas Citians take a day trip to Topeka just to walk the gardens. \nAs John Muir says\, “In every walk with nature\, one receives far more than he seeks.” \nAfter a full day of gleaning ideas and filling your senses\, it’s time to board the bus for the 70-minute ride back to the Convention Center. We should arrive around 4:30 p.m. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:TS07 - Pockets of Opportunity: An Urban Farm Tour
DESCRIPTION:Live. Laugh. Love. Farm. Take this tour and feel the excitement that grassroots change is bringing to the urban core. Not only is the urban farm movement alive and well in the heart of Kansas City\, it’s flourishing. In fact\, Kansas City has one of the most vibrant urban agriculture communities in the country. \nAll five of the urban farms on this tour share a common passion: ending food inequity in the urban core and providing people with easy access to fresh\, homegrown produce.\n• Visit Kansas City Community Gardens and Cultivate KC\, two non-profits who are the motherships in Kansas City for the urban farm movement.\n• Visit Young Family Farm\, Woodland City KC\, and the Urbavore Urban Farm\, three for-profit farms\, each unique from one another. \nYou’ll get insight into what it takes to run a farm business in the city. Meet the leaders who repurposeed vacant lots and are making a social impact. See what’s happening on as little as a quarter-acre of land. Listen as the farmers tell their own unique stories on how they got started\, what’s important to them\, and how their farms operate today. \nYou’ll also get ideas for:\n• Your own home garden.\n• Expanding a hobby garden plot to a for-profit business.\n• Encouraging small urban farming in your own community.\n• Working with your local government and civic leaders to get urban farming started. \nGet inspired by neighbors working together to feed each other! You’ll be awed by the dedication to the local community by the urban farmers on this tour. \n\nCost:    $105 \n——————————————————— \nTour Length: 9 hrs \n——————————————————— \nDeparture Time: 7:30 a.m.\, Monday\, June 19 \n——————————————————— \nMax Participants: 50 \n——————————————————— \nIncluded \n\nWater on the bus. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle.\nLunch\n\n——————————————————— \nWhat to Bring \nYou’ll get a workout on this tour! Wear comfortable\, closed-toe shoes. Wear clothing suitable for a farm visit. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle. \n———————————————————  \nAccessibility \nThe farms\, some hilly\, have many uneven and unpaved grass\, dirt and gravel surfaces. \nITINERARY \nKansas City Community Gardens \nThe morning’s first stop is at the remarkable Kansas City Community Garden (KCCG). As you will see\, their mission and hearts are big. For over 40 years\, this non-profit has worked tirelessly to inspire and support low-income households\, community groups and schools to grow their own vegetables and fruit and improve their quality of life. \nBackyards . . . vacant lots . . . empty community spaces . . . schoolyards . . . all are candidates for teaching people how to garden and put under-used land to work growing affordable and nutritious food for people who otherwise may have difficulty getting it. \nKCCG supports more than 3\,160 home gardeners and 750 community gardens and orchards. Talk about large scale. Listen to KCCG staff as they tell you about the support and services they offer. Learn about: \n\nHow membership works. For a nominal fee\, KCCG provides everything to get an urban gardener going. Included are heavily discounted seeds\, tools\, supplies\, soil and fertilizer. Need a backyard tilled to get going? The staff even does that to make people successful.\nKCCG’s many free workshops on fruit and vegetable gardening.\nHow they go about helping home gardeners of varying skill levels have successful gardens.\nThe diverse range of gardens they support.\nHow they go about finding funding to support growers and community sites.\nHow the staff of 26 is organized to meet the needs of the people and communities they serve.\n\nSee the operation in action. \n\nVisit the Giving Grove orchard\, an example of a little orchard with a big impact. (By the way\, Rob Reiman\, the CEO of The Giving Grove\, is one of the speakers at IMGC.)\nExperience the Beanstalk Children’s Garden\, an educational see-smell-touch-taste garden for children to learn where their food comes from\nSee in-ground and raised bed rental plots in a community garden.\nSee the insectary garden with different types of plants that attract\, feed and shelter beneficial insects.\nPeek in the member store\, which is stocked with gardening supplies including seeds that grow in our soil and climate\, seasonal plants and tools.\n\nYoung Family Farm \nThe Young Family Farm is the story of light pushing out the darkness in a neighborhood. The end of the story is what you see today\, a family-owned small farm in an inner-city neighborhood\, the Ivanhoe Neighborhood\, run by three generations of Young family members. They grow pesticide-free food and sell it directly to residents from their farmstand to make sure residents have easy access to fresh\, healthy produce. \nWhile the end of Alan and Yolanda Young’s story is amazing in itself\, the beginning is even more amazing. When Alan and Yolanda moved to the Ivanhoe Neighborhood over 30 years ago\, it had the highest crime rate in the city. Farming was the last thing on their mind. But what was on their mind was working to restore and beautify their neighborhood\, build community\, and make their Ivanhoe Neighborhood a clean\, safe and welcoming place. \nThe Youngs are always ready to teach and share their wisdom with you and others that come to their farm. \n\nFind out how the Youngs got into farming by accident. Who thought buying a nearby lot for their kids to play would develop into a farm business?\nFind out the “why” behind their dedication and hard work to provide healthy\, pesticide-free food to the urban core.\nWalk the gardens as you learn about the high yield and bio-intensive farming methods they use: no-till\, high density\, spin farming (small plot intensive) and no pesticide and chemical use.\nLearn more about how Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) works.\n\nYou’ll find out why customers say\, “The veggies are great\, but the people who grow them are even better.” \nBY THE WAY: Today\, Alan is the Housing Director for the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council\, and Yolanda is the State Representative for District 22 in the Missouri Legislature. \nWoodland City KC \nThe next stop is the Woodland City KC farm\, a half-acre farm that’s also in the Ivanhoe Neighborhood. \nNeil Rudisill and Lisa Hummel\, the owners\, are trailblazers for urban farming in the urban core. They have played a pivotal role in bringing it about. Several years ago\, Neil was hired by the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council to improve the health and well-being of the neighboring community by encouraging residents to grow their own produce and encouraging for-profit urban farming. With his formal training in nursing and small-scale agriculture\, he has done just that. \nBecause the best way to learn farming is from farmers\, Woodland City KC is not only a profitable business\, it’s a teaching tool for mentoring other urban farmers. It’s also a teaching farm for apprentices in the Growing Growers program through K-State Extension. \nNeil is a wealth of information on how to make a social impact as well as a profit with urban farming. You’ll find visiting with him enlightening as you learn more about: \n\nThe best growing and management practices for making a profit with small-scale farming.\nMethods for extending the growing season to three\, sometimes even four\, seasons.\nProfit-making methods for selling fresh produce. Find out how well these work: farmers markets\, selling online\, direct-to-consumer subscription sales\, and direct sales to restaurants.\nHow he goes about helping urban farmers obtain federal\, state and local grant money. (Woodland City KC is a good example. He developed it almost debt free using grant money.)\nHow the tool lending library works.\nWhat’s motivates people to try urban farming.\n\nLunch \nBy midday\, it’s time for a tasty lunch and to rest and refuel. \nCultivate KC \nCultivate KC\, the second remarkable non-profit\, promotes and supports urban farming in Kansas City. Nothing thrills them more than good\, fresh\, real food grown right here in Kansas City! \nFounded in 2005 by organic farmers\, they are made up of educators\, trainers\, facilitators\, organizers and farmers. They are dedicated to helping growers develop skills and access resources to start and maintain a sustainable farm business in Kansas City. \nTour the Westport Commons Farm\, one of Cultivate KC’s urban food-growing sites. Westport is an area in the heart of Kansas City known for its entertainment and nightlife. Cultivate KC thought it was the perfect place for an urban farm! (Don’t you?) When a middle school ballfield sat unused\, they reclaimed the soil\, planted cover crops\, brought in a few cows\, and Westport Commons Farm was born. It creates a place for area residents\, businesses and urban farmers to connect with their food and with each other. \nVisit with the staff of Cultivate KC as you learn about: \n\nWhy cover crops like legumes\, grains and grasses are planted in the Westport Commons Farm to improve the soil for vegetable and fruit production.\nThe scale of practical support they providefrom workshops\, 1-on-1 assistance and consulting to grants and buying in bulk.\nHow they connect farmers with neighborhoods\, communities and restaurantsand vice versa.\nHow food access programs benefit both consumers and producers.\nHow they work with urban planning departments\, community leaders and city staff to pass codes and get policies changed that better support urban food production and people’s access to it.\nHow the wonderful New Roots for Refugees program works\, a program that helps refugees start and operate independent vegetable farms for profit here in a Midwest climate.\n\nUrbavore Urban Farm  \n Nothing is normal about Urbavore\, but everything is right!  \n You’ll love meeting urban farmers Brooke Salvaggio and Dan Heryer. And perhaps a few chickens and pigs. Urbavore is a 13.5-acre homestead and the ultimate definition of an off-the-grid and self-sustaining farm. Urbavore grows 100% organic produce and livestock. They sell directly to customers\, feeding hundreds of people each week and selling thousands of dollars of food.  \n Brooke and Dan purposely located their farm a stone’s throw from Kansas City’s urban core. “We want to grow things and feed people where people actually live.” They grow over 100 varieties of gourmet vegetables\, and raise large plantings of blueberries\, blackberries\, strawberries and asparagus. They have small orchards of apple\, pear\, peach and plum trees. And\, to round things out\, they raise heritage free-range laying hens (70 dozen eggs a week in the peak of egg season) and heritage pigs. Says Brooke\, “It means everything to me to grow food and feed other people.”  \n The day-to-day reality of living off-the-grid at Urbavore is noteworthy.  \n\nThey produce their own water from a rain retention pond. Most of the electricity comes from solar power. \nThey use no-till regenerative growing practices. \n Crops rely on rainfall. There’s no irrigation. \nThey use zero pesticides. Instead\, they rely on native plants\, wildflowers and herbs to attract beneficial insects and pollinators\, and then let the little “warriors” combat the pests. \nCompost and manure replace traditional chemical fertilizers. \nThe chicken and pigs are put to work prepping and caring for the fields¾as only chickens and pigs can do. \nTheir earth-bermed home requires little to no heating. There’s no septic or sewer. The family uses composting toilets and recycles grey/black water. \n\n Compost is a big deal because growing organic requires a lot of it\, more than what the farm can produce with their own materials. So Urbavore got creative and created a community composting program where city residents can drop off their food scraps for free at the front of the farm. Urbavore also owns and operates Compost Collective KC\, a curbside pick-up service for compost. It brings in 10\,000 pounds of food waste each week from area households.  \n Wow! How exactly does that all work? Come and find out. See it in action.  \nAfter a farm-filled day\, it’s time to board the bus for the 20-minute ride back to the Convention Center. We should arrive around 4:30 p.m.  \n 
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SUMMARY:TS05 - Petals\, Vines and Wines
DESCRIPTION:If you love sampling local award-winning wines while making new friends with those who share your interest in wine\, this is the tour for you. What better way to spend a relaxing Sunday and savor life? \n\nVisit two nearby wineries and sample a range of wines. Walk the vineyards\, see how the grapes are processed\, and talk with the winemakers themselves.\nWine and art\, the perfect pairing. That’s why there’s a stop at the Monet Garden at the Overland Park Arboretum\, a replica of Claude Monet’s own garden in Giverny\, France. You’ll be delighted by its sheer size (hundreds of plants)\, its vibrant color combinations\, and its varying plant heights. It looks lush and wild with plants growing freely\, just like the French artist’s garden in France.\nAt day’s end\, watch the sun go down and reflect on the good life with dinner specially prepared by Chef Celina Tio\, a nationally known chef.\n\nFascinating Fact #1: Prior to Prohibition\, Kansas and Missouri were the Napa Valley of the U.S. and led the U.S. in wine production. \nFascinating Fact #2: In the mid 1800s\, it was rootstock from grapevines grown in the Midwest that saved the blight-ridden vineyards of Europe. European vintners used the hearty rootstocks\, grafting onto them their threatened grapes. The made-in-the-USA rootstocks were able to resist the bacterial infections that were harming European grape harvests. \n———————————————————\nMax Participants: 50\n———————————————————\nIncluded\n• Wine tasting\n• Buffet evening dinner\n• Admission to the Arboretum\n• Water on the bus. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle.\n———————————————————\nAccessibility\nMonet Garden at the Overland Park Arboretum: Wheelchair accessible. \nIsinglass Estates Winery: The gravel roads and vineyards have limited accessibility. \nSomerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery: Mulch and grass paths. Wheelchair accessibility to the dining area may be an issue. \nITINERARY \nThe Monet Garden at the Overland Park Arboretum \nHead 20 minutes south of the Convention Center and travel back in time to the lovely Monet Garden at the Overland Park Arboretum. The one-acre garden is a miniature replica of Claude Monet’s own garden in Giverny\, France\, that inspired his iconic landscape and floral paintings. \nLike Monet’s garden in Giverny\, the Arboretum garden includes hundreds of varieties of trees\, shrubs\, perennials\, annuals and bulbs replicating the colorful palette of the original garden. You’ll be delighted by its sheer size\, its vibrant color combinations and its varying plant heights. It looks lush and wild with plants growing freely\, just like the original. And\, of course\, there is a lily pond. \nYour tour begins with a short video showing how the Monet Garden faithfully draws on the Giverny garden. Your hosts\, the Johnson County Extension Master Gardeners\, maintain this demonstration garden. As you stroll through the garden\, they are on hand to answer questions and explain how the garden is maintained. \nIsinglass Estates Winery \nYour next stop is the Isinglass Estates Winery\, a working farm with over 40 acres of grape production within a 600-acre working farm. \n\nListen to the owners talk about growing their grapes\, pruning the vines\, and producing and bottling the wine.\nSample wines in an air-conditioned tasting room or outdoor patio area.\nHungry? The GastroPub (an onsite food truck) offers appetizers and flatbread pizzas for purchase.\nExplore the area\, which also includes a petting zoo with exotic pigs\, sheep\, goats\, horses and a yak. (What’s a winery without a yak?)\n\nSomerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery and Dinner \nHead back toward the city to Somerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery. Although smaller in size than Isinglass\, Somerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery has over 9\,000 grape vines and grows several different varieties of grapes. The winery’s annual production has now reached 5\,000 cases. Our hosts have operated Somerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery for over 25 years. As you might expect\, they are passionate about wine and hospitality. \nBefore dinner\, taste a variety of wines at stations among the grapevines. Wander through the gift shop where keepsakes and bottles of wine may be purchased for taking back to the Convention Center or shipping home. \nThe day ends beautifully. Chef Celina Tio\, a nationally known chef and James Beard Award winner\, specially prepares dinner just for you. Enjoy this buffet-style dinner on a large patio overlooking the grape vines. Take in the expansive view of the beautiful\, rolling hills of Kansas as the sun starts to set. \nAfter a delicious dinner\, it’s time to head back to the Convention Center\, a 30-minute bus ride.
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SUMMARY:TS04 - Tour of Private Gardens . . . Beauty\, Elegance and Inspiration (Ticket Only\, Self-Drive)
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see six of the top private gardens in Kansas City.  \nOn this self-driving tour\, you visit the six gardens at your own pace.  \n\nWander through the gardens on your own schedule. See all the gardens in one day\, or spread them across two days. Your ticket is good for anytime between 9 and 4 on both Saturday and Sunday. \nYou’ll receive a map and detailed directions on how to get to each garden. \nYou may only visit each garden once. Additional tickets can be purchased starting in January 2023 at https://www.johnson.k-state.edu/.\n\nGet ideas\, get inspiration\, and enjoy the beauty created by these garden owners from years of honing their garden design skills. Bring your camera. Each garden is unique. From small city lots to acreage\, from suburbs to inside the city\, from formal to casual\, you’ll find inspiration to take back home to your own garden.   \nCome and immerse yourself in a day of luscious foliage and phenomenal gardens. (Don’t forget your sun hat and walking shoes.)  \n FYI: If you want to see the six gardens but prefer to let somebody else do the driving\, see TS03. It’s a bus tour that includes lunch.  \n ———————————————————  \nCost: $45  \n———————————————————  \nGarden hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  \n———————————————————  \nWhat’s included: Detailed driving directions to the garden locations.\n \n———————————————————  \nWhat to Bring: Wear comfortable walking shoes. Sun hat recommended. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle.\n \n———————————————————  \nAccessibility: Uneven or unpaved surfaces and woodchip-mulched pathways in some gardens pose accessibility challenges. Parts of some gardens are not wheelchair accessible.  \nITINERARY  \nGreg and Cindy Barnhill Garden  \nLeawood\, KS  \n“Oh my goodness” may well be your first and last thought of the Barnhill garden. The succession of garden rooms will fill your senses. Perhaps the word that best describes the garden is grandeur.  \n\nGrandeur in its size and setting it’s almost 3 acres in the middle of an old\, elegant neighborhood. \nGrandeur in its formal and ornate English garden style. \n\n\nGrandeur in its arty intermixing of structures\, stonework\, antiques\, shapes and textures. \nGrandeur in its overabundance of rich and lavish plants. \n\n If you have a large lot or are looking for landscaping ideas for grand or intimate spaces\, this is the place.  \nBob Lindeblad Garden  \nPrairie Village\, KS  \nGet ready for some al fresco bliss. This garden brings the comforts and style of the inside to the outside and adds nature and fresh air to it. Garden design has never been better. The expansive patio is a stand out. Built for entertaining\, it has many amenities\, lush plants and a custom-built\, trough-shaped firepit for gathering around. Need fresh veggies and herbs for dinner? The raised-bed kitchen garden is just a few feet away. A “Great Wall of Bamboo” artfully screens the patio from the neighbors.  \nThere’s no closed-in feeling is this backyard. The patio looks out onto a large\, spacious lawn surrounded by countless hydrangeas and hostas. Plus\, there’s a cool\, soothing shade garden to escape the heat (and get ideas for combining and layering shade-loving plants). You’ll also see a lot of orange and blue scattered throughout the landscape because they are Bob’s favorite colors.  \nTodd and Donna Kunkel Garden  \nOverland Park\, KS  \n“A loaf of bread\, a jug of wine\, and thou” from Omar Khayyam may well come to mind as you gaze upon this formal European garden in the heart of suburbia. So unexpected. Inspired by their travels\, the Kunkels bring their love of faraway places to life in their Overland Park suburban lot. While the front is distinctly beautiful\, the showstopper lies around back. Plants in all shapes\, colors and textures find their home in elegant\, planned and symmetrical gardens. Massive Old World urns burst with color everywhere. Stone columns and walkways give the feel of permanence and times past. Strong\, upright plants are intermixed with formal gardens and clipped hedges. The marble al fresco patio beckons you to stay awhile. And the list goes on.  \nThe Kunkel garden is almost indescribable. It’s one that’s better experienced. By the way\, Todd does all his own trimming and maintenance and hand waters the plants. That’s amazing in itself.  \nJohn and Bonnie Duma Garden  \nLenexa\, KS  \nTo step into Bonnie Duma’s garden is to step into an idea center for adding flair to outdoor spaces with repurposed antiques and thrift store finds. Her decors are artistic and clever and full of rustic charm. Just for starters\, unique plant containers are everywhere and bursting with eye-catching flora. What do you do with an antique bed? Take it outside and “quilt” it with plants of course. (Bonnie\, it appears\, has redefined what a raised bed garden is.) As you wander through the different rooms in Bonnie’s garden\, your head will be swimming with ideas to dress up your own outdoor areas using old things in new ways.  \nA Kansas girl who grew up on a family farm\, the garden also has a farm theme here and there. Bonnie loves honoring her Kansas roots and places special importance on repurposing items from her family farm. Her biggest venture was hauling tons of the hand-quarried limestone from the foundation of her great grandparents’ barn in north central Kansas. Her garden now boasts a retaining wall made from stone quarried over 100 years ago. You may be inspired to take another look at those family heirlooms gathering dust in your own attic and basement.  \nChristopher Filley and Rich Hoffman Garden  \nKansas City\, MO  \nThere’s only one problem with Christopher Filley and Rich Hoffman’s garden: Once you pass through the 19th century French gates to the backyard\, you don’t know where to stop looking. There’s so much to see. The small lot belies an abundance of treasures. It’s a feast for the senses. Owners of an antique store\, they have an exceptional ability to see the potential in the various artifacts and salvaged items. The garden is filled with a mix of eclectic items among the greenery that are at once unusual and captivating. Many items are priceless antiques\, and many were saved from dumpsters or dusty attics and given new life in the garden.  \nChristopher and Rich love to beguile their visitors with nuances and surprises around every corner. There are ideas everywhere for taking home to your own backyard. You may not want to leave for fear of missing something.  \nJohn Rufenacht and Richard Lara Garden  \nKansas City\, MO  \nCome and see what can be done on a pocket-size lot. For enthusiastic gardener John Rufenacht\, small doesn’t inhibit him. Three entertainment areas\, sun and shade gardens\, raised beds\, brick pathways\, water features\, and an appealing mix of vintage and contemporary architectural all function together in this small suburban lot.  \nJohn\, an interior designer professionally\, leaves his fastidiousness at the office. The garden is a carefree and dense display of colors\, textures\, heights and shapes. For some gardeners\, less is more. For John\, more is more. “If I see dirt\, it needs to be filled.” He doesn’t have a color plan. “I just go to the nursery and buy what I like\,” says John. For its seemingly unplanned nature\, the garden is a serene and relaxing outdoor living space.  \nAlso\, John and his husband Richard are living proof that you can go home again. Learn why they bought this house once\, moved away\, and then bought it again. Hint: The garden was originally created by two well-known gardening sisters\, Virginia and Sarah Weatherly. They started the garden in the 1940s and gardened together on the small lot for over 50 years.  \n“Gardening is an eternal project\,” John says\, “and gardens need to be shared.” So come on over.  \n 
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SUMMARY:TS03 -Session Full-SOLD OUT!- Tour of Private Gardens . . . Beauty\, Elegance and Inspiration (Bus transportation\, ticket and lunch)
DESCRIPTION:Sit back and relax and let somebody else do the driving. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see six of the top private gardens in Kansas City. Get ideas\, get inspiration\, and enjoy the beauty created by these garden owners from years of honing their garden design skills. Bring your camera. Each garden is unique. From small city lots to acreage\, from suburbs to inside the city\, from formal to casual\, you’ll find inspiration to take back home to your own garden.  \nCome and immerse yourself in a day of luscious foliage and phenomenal gardens. (Don’t forget your sun hat and walking shoes.) You’ll meet new people while sharing the experience with them. What better way to spend a relaxing Sunday? A delicious lunch is also included.  \n FYI: If you prefer drive yourself and wonder through the gardens on your own schedule\, see TS00 or TS04.  \n ———————————————————  \nCost: $125  \n———————————————————  \nTour Length: 9 hrs (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)  \n———————————————————  \nDeparture Time: 8 a.m.\, Sunday\, June 18  \n———————————————————  \nMax Participants: 88  \n———————————————————  \nIncluded  \n\nBus transportation \nWater on the bus. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle. \nLunch \n\n———————————————————  \nWhat to Bring  \nWear comfortable walking shoes. Sun hat recommended. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle\, water will be provided on the tour.\n \n———————————————————  \nAccessibility: Uneven or unpaved surfaces and woodchip-mulched pathways in some gardens pose accessibility challenges. Parts of some gardens are not wheelchair accessible.  \n ITINERARY  \nGreg and Cindy Barnhill Garden  \nLeawood\, KS  \n“Oh my goodness” may well be your first and last thought of the Barnhill garden. The succession of garden rooms will fill your senses. Perhaps the word that best describes the garden is grandeur.  \n\nGrandeur in its size and setting it’s almost 3 acres in the middle of an old\, elegant neighborhood. \nGrandeur in its formal and ornate English garden style. \nGrandeur in its arty intermixing of structures\, stonework\, antiques\, shapes and textures. \nGrandeur in its overabundance of rich and lavish plants. \n\n If you have a large lot or are looking for landscaping ideas for grand or intimate spaces\, this is the place.  \nBob Lindeblad Garden  \nPrairie Village\, KS  \nGet ready for some al fresco bliss. This garden brings the comforts and style of the inside to the outside and adds nature and fresh air to it. Garden design has never been better. The expansive patio is a stand out. Built for entertaining\, it has many amenities\, lush plants and a custom-built\, trough-shaped firepit for gathering around. Need fresh veggies and herbs for dinner? The raised-bed kitchen garden is just a few feet away. A “Great Wall of Bamboo” artfully screens the patio from the neighbors.  \nThere’s no closed-in feeling is this backyard. The patio looks out onto a large\, spacious lawn surrounded by countless hydrangeas and hostas. Plus\, there’s a cool\, soothing shade garden to escape the heat (and get ideas for combining and layering shade-loving plants). You’ll also see a lot of orange and blue scattered throughout the landscape because they are Bob’s favorite colors.  \nTodd and Donna Kunkel Garden  \nOverland Park\, KS  \n “A loaf of bread\, a jug of wine\, and thou” from Omar Khayyam may well come to mind as you gaze upon this formal European garden in the heart of suburbia. So unexpected. Inspired by their travels\, the Kunkels bring their love of faraway places to life in their Overland Park suburban lot. While the front is distinctly beautiful\, the showstopper lies around back. Plants in all shapes\, colors and textures find their home in elegant\, planned and symmetrical gardens. Massive Old World urns burst with color everywhere. Stone columns and walkways give the feel of permanence and times past. Strong\, upright plants are intermixed with formal gardens and clipped hedges. The marble al fresco patio beckons you to stay awhile. And the list goes on.  \nThe Kunkel garden is almost indescribable. It’s one that’s better experienced. By the way\, Todd does all his own trimming and maintenance and hand waters the plants. That’s amazing in itself.  \nJohn and Bonnie Duma Garden  \nLenexa\, KS  \nTo step into Bonnie Duma’s garden is to step into an idea center for adding flair to outdoor spaces with repurposed antiques and thrift store finds. Her decors are artistic and clever and full of rustic charm. Just for starters\, unique plant containers are everywhere and bursting with eye-catching flora. What do you do with an antique bed? Take it outside and “quilt” it with plants of course. (Bonnie\, it appears\, has redefined what a raised bed garden is.) As you wander through the different rooms in Bonnie’s garden\, your head will be swimming with ideas to dress up your own outdoor areas using old things in new ways.  \nA Kansas girl who grew up on a family farm\, the garden also has a farm theme here and there. Bonnie loves honoring her Kansas roots and places special importance on repurposing items from her family farm. Her biggest venture was hauling tons of the hand-quarried limestone from the foundation of her great grandparents’ barn in north central Kansas. Her garden now boasts a retaining wall made from stone quarried over 100 years ago. You may be inspired to take another look at those family heirlooms gathering dust in your own attic and basement.  \nChristopher Filley and Rich Hoffman Garden  \nKansas City\, MO  \nThere’s only one problem with Christopher Filley and Rich Hoffman’s garden: Once you pass through the 19th century French gates to the backyard\, you don’t know where to stop looking. There’s so much to see. The small lot belies an abundance of treasures. It’s a feast for the senses. Owners of an antique store\, they have an exceptional ability to see the potential in the various artifacts and salvaged items. The garden is filled with a mix of eclectic items among the greenery that are at once unusual and captivating. Many items are priceless antiques\, and many were saved from dumpsters or dusty attics and given new life in the garden.  \nChristopher and Rich love to beguile their visitors with nuances and surprises around every corner. There are ideas everywhere for taking home to your own backyard. You may not want to leave for fear of missing something.  \nJohn Rufenacht and Richard Lara Garden  \nKansas City\, MO  \nCome and see what can be done on a pocket-size lot. For enthusiastic gardener John Rufenacht\, small doesn’t inhibit him. Three entertainment areas\, sun and shade gardens\, raised beds\, brick pathways\, water features\, and an appealing mix of vintage and contemporary architectural all function together in this small suburban lot.  \nJohn\, an interior designer professionally\, leaves his fastidiousness at the office. The garden is a carefree and dense display of colors\, textures\, heights and shapes. For some gardeners\, less is more. For John\, more is more. “If I see dirt\, it needs to be filled.” He doesn’t have a color plan. “I just go to the nursery and buy what I like\,” says John. For its seemingly unplanned nature\, the garden is a serene and relaxing outdoor living space.  \nAlso\, John and his husband Richard are living proof that you can go home again. Learn why they bought this house once\, moved away\, and then bought it again. Hint: The garden was originally created by two well-known gardening sisters\, Virginia and Sarah Weatherly. They started the garden in the 1940s and gardened together on the small lot for over 50 years.  \n “Gardening is an eternal project\,” John says\, “and gardens need to be shared.” So come on over. 
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SUMMARY:TS01A & TS01B - Amber Waves: Two Days in the Kansas Heartland (Single $467) (Double $397)
DESCRIPTION:Come to the conference early and sign up for the only two-day tour offered. We know some folks think Kansas is flyover country. But if you go no further than Overland Park\, you won’t really see Kansas. So come along with us on a two-day tour into the heart of Kansas. Experience the vanishing prairie exactly as it was 8\,000-10\,000 years ago. Unplowed. Untouched. Listen to the sounds of silence as you look out on rolling horizons as far as you can see. As Willa Cather writes\, “Anyone can love the mountains\, but it takes soul to love the prairie.” \nKansas was once covered by prairie\, tallgrass in the east where more rain falls\, mixed grass in the middle\, and short grass in the arid west. Of the 140 million acres of tallgrass prairie that once covered North America\, only 4% remains\, most of it in the Flint Hills of Kansas\, a geological wonder not to be missed. Visit Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills and Maxwell Wildlife Refuge in the mixed grass Smoky Hills. This is your chance to breathe in the prairie\, be amazed by its incredibly diverse ecosystem\, and be surrounded by bison. \nTour the beautiful Dyck Arboretum of the Plains\, which nurtures one of the largest native plant collections in Kansas. Learn the why and how for adding native trees\, shrubs\, grasses\, and wildflowers into your home landscape. \nStroll through Botanica\, a garden paradise well-loved and cared for by the people of Wichita\, KS. Botanica features over 25 theme gardens and over 4\,000 species of plants\, something to appeal to every interest. \nBy the time the second day draws to a close\, you have looked across land that seems to go on forever and experienced the spectrum of Kansas horticulture—from prairie never broken by a plow to manicured botanical gardens. Then you can honestly claim you have seen Kansas. \n——————————————————— \nMax Participants: 50 \nPrice:  TS01A (double room) $397 \nPrice: TS01B (Single room) $467 \n——————————————————— \nIncluded \nWater on the bus. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle. \nSunday: Lunch and dinner \nMonday: Breakfast and lunch \nHotel accommodations Sunday night \nAdmission to all venues \n——————————————————— \nWhat to Bring \nThe Kansas prairie can be quite hot in June. Please wear cool\, loose-fitting clothing and closed-toe shoes or hiking boots. A hat\, sunscreen and insect repellent are highly recommended. You may also want to bring binoculars. We’ll have plenty of water to keep you hydrated. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle. \n——————————————————— \nAccessibility \nSedgwick County Extension: Wheelchair accessible. \nBotanica: Wheelchair accessible although a few locations may be difficult because of variations in elevation. \nDyck Arboretum of the Plains: Mostly wide\, flat concrete walkways. Occasional woodchip-mulched pathways to some gardens pose accessibility challenges. \nMaxwell Wildlife Refuge: Most of the grounds are gravel or grass. Wooden ramp into the visitor’s center has a significant lip at the entrance. Wheelchair access onto the tram may be problematic. Full access to the prairie will be difficult for folks with limited mobility. \nTallgrass Prairie National Preserve: Moderate exertion on trails\, which are generally gravel surfaces. Not all parts of the historic barn and house are wheelchair accessible. \nITINERARY \nSunday\, June 18\nEnjoy a scenic drive through the Flint Hills as we make the four-hour drive to Wichita\, KS. Includes a rest stop along the way. \nLunch at Sedgwick County Extension in Wichita\, KS \nAfter a morning bus ride\, stretch your legs\, and enjoy a tasty box lunch. Let your hosts at Sedgwick County Extension show you some of their 12 demonstration gardens located around the office. The daylily garden is apt to be in its glory. \nBotanica in Wichita\, KS \nBotanica is Wichita’s garden showcase\, well-loved and supported by the community. Located on 17 acres\, Botanica features over 25 theme gardens and over 4\,000 species of plants. Botanica’s docents provide a guided tour. Explore the gardens and take home inspiration for your own backyard. Among the many gardens you will see are: \n\nChinese Garden of Friendship: A tribute of friendship to Wichita’s sister city\, Kaifeng\, China. The garden displays traditional Chinese gardening in a majestic showcase of art and architecture.\nRose Garden: More than 350 varieties of roses inspired by the round gardens of New Zealand.\nWoodland Walk: A perfect garden to visit if looking for shade-loving plants for your home landscape. It’s especially refreshing if the weather is hot!\nWildflower Meadow: Beautiful displays of native wildflowers and grasses.\nSensory Garden: Enjoy the colors\, textures and smells on a wide variety of ornamental edibles and herbs.\n\nBy the way\, it may surprise some\, but Wichita is the largest city in Kansas (most of Kansas City is in Missouri). Located in the heart of the Midwest along the banks of the Arkansas River\, it started out as an 1860s trading post and has since grown into a bustling metropolitan area. Wichita has long been a center of aircraft manufacturing and is also home to McConnell Air Force Base and Wichita State University. \nDyck Arboretum of the Plains in Hesston\, KS \nNext\, head about 40 minutes to the Dyck Arboretum\, a 13-acre garden dedicated to preserving native plants for generations to come through education and stewardship. It features more than 1\,000 varieties of native and adaptable trees\, shrubs\, wildflowers\, and grasses. What you see is the result of collecting native species and seeds from over 99 actual prairie remnants. \nGet acquainted with the plants that once grew in abundance on the Great Plains. Touch them\, observe their habits and beauty\, and learn to call them by name. For gardeners looking to plant more natives\, the hundreds of plant varieties are labeled and provide you with a lexicon for native plant gardening. \nThe Arboretum is a wonderful place to wander through and perhaps quietly reflect on your world. Grasslands and prairies are evocative landscapes with the quiet shhhsshining of the winds through the grasses and the sweeping\, open horizons. \nDinner and Lodging in McPherson\, KS \nYour first day draws to a close in McPherson\, KS\, a 30-minute bus ride from Dyck Arboretum. Time to relax and socialize with your fellow travelers. Enjoy a delicious catered meal in the historic Citizens Hall in the McPherson Community Building. Built 95 years ago and freshly remodeled\, the Community Building is a municipal treasure. Don’t miss the basketball court upstairs\, home to the McPherson Globe Refiners\, the first U.S. gold medal Olympic basketball team in 1936. \nDay is done\, gone the sun. It’s time for a restful night’s sleep. Lodging details coming soon. \nMonday\, June 19\nBreakfast in McPherson\, KS \nAfter a hearty breakfast\, it’s all-aboard at 8:30 a.m. for the 30-minute drive to the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge. \nMaxwell Wildlife Refuge \nThe Maxwell Wildlife Refuge is a 2\,800-acre grassland in the heart of the Smoky Hills. Amazing and exhilarating are two perfect words for describing it. The Refuge preserves and restores native prairie species. Herds of wild bison and elk freely roam the land\, giving you a rare look into the past. It’s home to many species of birds. Wildflowers are abundant. \nFollow Friends of Maxwell volunteers as they tell the story and historical significance of the Refuge. \n\nExperience bison up-close-and-personal on a 45-minute covered tram tour through the Refuge. You’ll likely to see calves born in April.\nWalk among the wide variety of prairie wildflowers\, subtle and pretty as they hide in the grasslands.\nSpend time in the visitor’s center and learn more about the Refuge.\n\nLunch \nA Delicious Lunch\, Details Coming Soon \nTallgrass Prairie National Preserve \nHead northeast about an hour to the last stop on the tour\, the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve with nearly 11\,000 acres for exploration. It’s home to the largest expanse of tallgrass prairie in North America. Unlike most other places\, the geology of the Flint Hills has protected this prairie from being plowed under. This sea of grass was once a shallow inland sea of water. As the inland sea disappeared\, the limestone and flint on the sea remained. Too shallow and rocky for plowing but excellent for pasture\, the Flint Hills and surrounding areas of central Kansas were used by bison and later cattle as grazing grounds. The rolling vistas atop the surrounding hills are stunning. Summer wildflowers are usually abundant in June. \n\nBegin your visit with the visitor center. Watch a 10-minute video and explore a range of exhibits that shaped today’s Tallgrass Prairie.\nRangers are available to guide your visit and answer questions. Also\, you can take a self-guided tour using your cell phone.\nStep inside the massive barn that is constructed of limestone\, a readily available natural building material in the Flint Hills. The barn is a marvel of construction techniques and technological innovation.\nTour the three-story limestone Victorian mansion of Stephen F. and Louisa Jones built in 1881. The house features several clever innovations for its day and stunning views from the upper story windows.\nFor those interested\, take a short hike on the trails nearby.\n\nAfter a full day\, it’s time to head back to the Overland Park Convention Center\, a 2½-hour drive. We should arrive around 5 p.m. with a rest stop along the way. \n 
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SUMMARY:TS02 - Gardens\, Roofs and Prairies in the Little Apple
DESCRIPTION:Did you know there are two Manhattans\, the Big Apple and the Little Apple? The Little Apple is nestled in the heart of the scenic Kansas Flint Hills and best known as the home of Kansas State University.   \nHere’s your chance to experience all the Little Apple has to offer. It starts with a stroll through the University’s display gardens. Not only are they a research area for K-State students\, they are also a source of ideas for visiting gardeners. And they provide a quiet place to reflect and enjoy the beauty of this gorgeous campus.  \nThe morning ends with a guided tour of the forward-thinking green roofs on campus. Enjoy your walk-about as local Master Gardeners and K-State staff share the environmental\, social\, economic\, and aesthetic benefits of green rooftops.   \nBy midday\, it’s time to sit back\, eat\, and get refreshed.  \nBegin the afternoon by stepping inside the Flint Hills Discovery Center and getting a proper introduction to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem called the Flint Hills. Continue to the Konza Prairie\, a tallgrass prairie preserve just outside Manhattan. Enjoy a 2-hour guided bus tour through the Bison Trail Loop where the bison may be visible. And don’t worry . . . you’ll have plenty of time to explore and take photos of the wildflowers and prairie vistas.  \nAs the day wraps up\, it’s time to kick back\, socialize with new friends\, and enjoy a meal at the historic Lazy T Ranch. We have it on good authority that a cowboy poet is in residence\, and he just might (just might . . . ) entertain you. \nA truly wonderful day in the Little Apple and on the prairie! \n• Be sure to bring your conference water bottle. Water will be available on the bus.\n• Box lunch\n• Dinner \n———————————————————\nWhat to Bring\nThe Kansas prairie can be quite hot in June. Please wear cool\, loose-fitting clothing and closed-toe shoes. Sunscreen and insect repellant are highly recommended. We’ll have plenty of water for you to stay hydrated. Be sure to bring your conference water bottle.\n——————————————————— \nAccessibility\nThe school bus through the Bison Trail Loop has no wheelchair lift. Otherwise\, all tour stops are handicap accessible and easy to get to. \nITINERARY \nTwo-hour bus trip to Manhattan\, KS \nDisplay Gardens at Kansas State University \nYour tour begins with the display gardens at Kansas State University. Developed and maintained by the Department of Horticulture\, the gardens are an educational resource and hands-on learning laboratory for K-State students and the public. Stroll through: \n\nHardscape and ornamental plant trials.\nDaylily\, iris\, rose\, and peony collections.\nAn adaptive garden showcasing native plants growing throughout Kansas and the Great Plains.\nA butterfly garden.\nA cottage garden.\n\nGreen Roofs at Kansas State University \nFascinating and inspiring are two perfect words for describing your tour of K-State’s four green roofs. At Seaton Hall (home of K-State’s College of Architecture\, Planning\, and Design) you’ll see two green roofs. Then a short walk takes you to the historic Memorial Stadium where stadium seating has been partially removed and retrofitted with two green roofs. With local Master Gardeners and K-State staff as your guides\, you’ll learn: \n\nHow green roofs are engineered\, maintained and irrigated.\nWhat’s seeded and planted on the roofs and why.\nThe environmental\, social\, economic\, and aesthetic benefits of having green rooftops.\nCurrent research results about the benefits of green roofs for butterflies.\nK-State’s commitment to environmental education and sustainability.\n\nWhile touring the green roofs\, it’s time to relax and enjoy a box lunch. \nFlint Hills Discovery Center \nStep inside the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan to get a proper introduction to the Flint Hills. \n\nLearn about the ecosystem and its cultural history as you view exhibits on pure air\, blowing winds\, fire\, underground forests\, and water.\nExperience the sights and sounds of the Flint Hills at the Immersive Experience Theater. Feel the wind rush through your hair. Watch the smoke from a prairie fire roll across the floor.\nVisit the Prairie Garden Terrace to get a feel for the uplands\, slopes\, bottomlands\, native grasses\, and wildflowers.\n\nKonza Prairie \nJust south of Manhattan is the Konza Prairie\, a tallgrass preserve owned by Kansas State University and the Nature Conservancy. \n\nEnjoy a 2-hour bus tour through the Bison Trail Loop where\, with any luck\, a large herd of bison await you (hopefully\, they have a mind of their own!).\nYour guides are experienced Konza Prairie docents with a genuine love for the prairie and respect for its rich history.\nWith many wildflowers in bloom\, June is the perfect time to take photos of the prairie’s gorgeous blossoms and seemingly endless vistas.\n\nLazy T Ranch \nLast stop for the day is at the Lazy T Ranch\, a family ranch in the Flint Hills just outside Manhattan. The Lazy T is the perfect place to relax\, socialize with your fellow travelers\, and enjoy a wonderful meal. Homesteaded in 1855\, the Lazy T is now owned by Kris Wilson\, a Riley County Master Gardener (in Manhattan\, Kansas) and Konza Prairie docent\, and her husband Ron Wilson\, a genuine cowboy poet. \n\nKick back\, relax in an air-conditioned banquet hall\, and enjoy a hearty ranch-style dinner.\nBeer and wine are available and\, for the curious\, farm-style Kansas wine.\nYou may even get a special poetry reading about your day from the resident cowboy poet!\n\nAfter a satisfying meal\, it’s time to head back to the Overland Park Convention Center\, a 2-hour bus ride.
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SUMMARY:TS00 - Tour of Private Gardens . . . Beauty\, Elegance and Inspiration (Ticket Only\, Self-Drive)
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see six of the top private gardens in Kansas City.  \nOn this self-driving tour\, you visit the six gardens at your own pace.  \n\nWander through the gardens on your own schedule. See all the gardens in one day\, or spread them across two days. Your ticket is good for anytime between 9 and 4 on both Saturday and Sunday. \nYou’ll receive a map and detailed directions on how to get to each garden. \nYou may only visit each garden once. Additional tickets can be purchased starting in January 2023 at https://www.johnson.k-state.edu/.\n\nGet ideas\, get inspiration\, and enjoy the beauty created by these garden owners from years of honing their garden design skills. Bring your camera. Each garden is unique. From small city lots to acreage\, from suburbs to inside the city\, from formal to casual\, you’ll find inspiration to take back home to your own garden.   \nCome and immerse yourself in a day of luscious foliage and phenomenal gardens. (Don’t forget your sun hat and walking shoes.)  \n FYI: If you want to see the six gardens but prefer to let somebody else do the driving\, see TS03. It’s a bus tour that includes lunch.  \n ———————————————————  \nCost: $45  \n———————————————————  \nGarden hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  \n———————————————————  \nWhat’s included: Detailed driving directions to the garden locations.\n \n———————————————————  \nWhat to Bring: Wear comfortable walking shoes. Sun hat recommended.  \n———————————————————  \nAccessibility: Uneven or unpaved surfaces and woodchip-mulched pathways in some gardens pose accessibility challenges. Parts of some gardens are not wheelchair accessible.  \nITINERARY  \nGreg and Cindy Barnhill Garden  \nLeawood\, KS  \n“Oh my goodness” may well be your first and last thought of the Barnhill garden. The succession of garden rooms will fill your senses. Perhaps the word that best describes the garden is grandeur.  \n\nGrandeur in its size and setting it’s almost 3 acres in the middle of an old\, elegant neighborhood. \nGrandeur in its formal and ornate English garden style. \n\n\nGrandeur in its arty intermixing of structures\, stonework\, antiques\, shapes and textures. \nGrandeur in its overabundance of rich and lavish plants. \n\n If you have a large lot or are looking for landscaping ideas for grand or intimate spaces\, this is the place.  \nBob Lindeblad Garden  \nPrairie Village\, KS  \nGet ready for some al fresco bliss. This garden brings the comforts and style of the inside to the outside and adds nature and fresh air to it. Garden design has never been better. The expansive patio is a stand out. Built for entertaining\, it has many amenities\, lush plants and a custom-built\, trough-shaped firepit for gathering around. Need fresh veggies and herbs for dinner? The raised-bed kitchen garden is just a few feet away. A “Great Wall of Bamboo” artfully screens the patio from the neighbors.  \nThere’s no closed-in feeling is this backyard. The patio looks out onto a large\, spacious lawn surrounded by countless hydrangeas and hostas. Plus\, there’s a cool\, soothing shade garden to escape the heat (and get ideas for combining and layering shade-loving plants). You’ll also see a lot of orange and blue scattered throughout the landscape because they are Bob’s favorite colors.  \nTodd and Donna Kunkel Garden  \nOverland Park\, KS  \n“A loaf of bread\, a jug of wine\, and thou” from Omar Khayyam may well come to mind as you gaze upon this formal European garden in the heart of suburbia. So unexpected. Inspired by their travels\, the Kunkels bring their love of faraway places to life in their Overland Park suburban lot. While the front is distinctly beautiful\, the showstopper lies around back. Plants in all shapes\, colors and textures find their home in elegant\, planned and symmetrical gardens. Massive Old World urns burst with color everywhere. Stone columns and walkways give the feel of permanence and times past. Strong\, upright plants are intermixed with formal gardens and clipped hedges. The marble al fresco patio beckons you to stay awhile. And the list goes on.  \n The Kunkel garden is almost indescribable. It’s one that’s better experienced. By the way\, Todd does all his own trimming and maintenance and hand waters the plants. That’s amazing in itself.  \nJohn and Bonnie Duma Garden  \nLenexa\, KS  \nTo step into Bonnie Duma’s garden is to step into an idea center for adding flair to outdoor spaces with repurposed antiques and thrift store finds. Her decors are artistic and clever and full of rustic charm. Just for starters\, unique plant containers are everywhere and bursting with eye-catching flora. What do you do with an antique bed? Take it outside and “quilt” it with plants of course. (Bonnie\, it appears\, has redefined what a raised bed garden is.) As you wander through the different rooms in Bonnie’s garden\, your head will be swimming with ideas to dress up your own outdoor areas using old things in new ways.  \nA Kansas girl who grew up on a family farm\, the garden also has a farm theme here and there. Bonnie loves honoring her Kansas roots and places special importance on repurposing items from her family farm. Her biggest venture was hauling tons of the hand-quarried limestone from the foundation of her great grandparents’ barn in north central Kansas. Her garden now boasts a retaining wall made from stone quarried over 100 years ago. You may be inspired to take another look at those family heirlooms gathering dust in your own attic and basement.  \nChristopher Filley and Rich Hoffman Garden  \nKansas City\, MO  \nThere’s only one problem with Christopher Filley and Rich Hoffman’s garden: Once you pass through the 19th century French gates to the backyard\, you don’t know where to stop looking. There’s so much to see. The small lot belies an abundance of treasures. It’s a feast for the senses. Owners of an antique store\, they have an exceptional ability to see the potential in the various artifacts and salvaged items. The garden is filled with a mix of eclectic items among the greenery that are at once unusual and captivating. Many items are priceless antiques\, and many were saved from dumpsters or dusty attics and given new life in the garden.  \nChristopher and Rich love to beguile their visitors with nuances and surprises around every corner. There are ideas everywhere for taking home to your own backyard. You may not want to leave for fear of missing something.  \nJohn Rufenacht and Richard Lara Garden  \nKansas City\, MO  \nCome and see what can be done on a pocket-size lot. For enthusiastic gardener John Rufenacht\, small doesn’t inhibit him. Three entertainment areas\, sun and shade gardens\, raised beds\, brick pathways\, water features\, and an appealing mix of vintage and contemporary architectural all function together in this small suburban lot.  \nJohn\, an interior designer professionally\, leaves his fastidiousness at the office. The garden is a carefree and dense display of colors\, textures\, heights and shapes. For some gardeners\, less is more. For John\, more is more. “If I see dirt\, it needs to be filled.” He doesn’t have a color plan. “I just go to the nursery and buy what I like\,” says John. For its seemingly unplanned nature\, the garden is a serene and relaxing outdoor living space.  \n Also\, John and his husband Richard are living proof that you can go home again. Learn why they bought this house once\, moved away\, and then bought it again. Hint: The garden was originally created by two well-known gardening sisters\, Virginia and Sarah Weatherly. They started the garden in the 1940s and gardened together on the small lot for over 50 years.  \n “Gardening is an eternal project\,” John says\, “and gardens need to be shared.” So come on over.  \n  \n 
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