Today on the blog we meet Chef Craig Howard, Owner of Howard’s Organic Fare and Vegetable Patch, a one-of-a-kind market in Kansas City, Mo. Craig is coming to Powell Gardens on Sunday, September 15, as part of the Garden Chef Series. He will demonstrate a recipe featuring late-summer produce grown in the Heartland Harvest Garden. … Read More
It still feels like the middle of summer, but scarecrow season is near. Here’s some inspiration for the 2013 Scarecrow Building Competition at Powell Gardens! Kim Stone, one of our repeat contest winners over the years, has a great tutorial about her process featured in Country Gardens Magazine. Click the photo below for a step-by-step … Read More
Our talented and creative instructors are one of the amazing things about Powell Gardens. This month, meet Lynn Soulier, an instructor of a variety of healing classes including yoga, aromatherapy and herbal wellness. Lynn is an avid organic gardener and is president of Gardens of Delight: The Center for Natural Healing near Parkville, Mo. Along … Read More
Powell Gardens’ Nature Connects Lego(R) exhibit has done just that. These Lego(R) garden sculptures have brought many new visitors to experience Powell Gardens and delighted our regular visitors and Friends members. To see all the sculptures one must walk through more than half of our gardens from the Island Garden to the Heartland Harvest Garden. Our … Read More
Nelumbo nucifera (sacred lotus) photo by Alan Branhagen