2021 Funding Priorities
Powell Gardens welcomes donations of any size to support our mission to provide an experience that embraces the Midwest’s spirit of place and inspires an appreciation for the importance of plants in our lives. Through garden beautification and education, we strive to enhance the Powell Gardens experience and better serve the community at large. This would not be possible without generous contributions and funding from our dedicated supporters.
Funding Priorities
As a tranquil place for guests of all ages to learn, play, and explore outdoors, Powell Gardens provides a retreat from urban life and is an essential part of the Kansas City experience. Donor support helps enhance key services and spaces throughout the Gardens (including architecture by E. Fay Jones) to meet the varying needs of our visitors.
Projects to Support:
Master Plan
Architectural Preservation
Visitor Enhancements/Accessibility
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Front Entrance
This gateway will welcome future visitors, establishing a new “face” to signal the beauty of the gardens within. The iconic Sheaves of Wheat sculpture, formerly installed on the Board of Trade building, will serve as the focal point, forever tying us to our city and our region.
giving to the endowment
Increasing the Gardens’ endowment is essential to ensuring that the institution is here for the next generation of gardeners, students, families, and horticulturists. The Powell Family Foundation is matching gifts for the endowment one-to-one (up to an additional $3.5 million dollars).
Naming opportunities are available for both projects. Please contact Molly Maddox at development@powellgardens.org or 816-697-2600 X226 for more information.
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Powell Gardens presents festivals, cultural programming, and exhibitions that weave the artistry of the natural world together with meaningful educational experiences for children and adults alike.
Projects to Support:
Bloom Fest (Spring)
Fun & Games: Play in the Garden
Festival of Butterflies (Summer)
Harvest Fest (Fall)
Festival of Lights (Winter)
Family Frolics (4 total)
Senior Adult Gardening Education Series (SAGES)
Volunteer/Docent Programs
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Powell Gardens’ 970-acre footprint includes the Heartland Harvest Garden, the nation’s largest edible landscape; the Marlese Lowe Gourley Island Garden; the David T. Beals III Woodland and Stream Garden; and the 3.5-acre Perennial Garden, which features the Susan Lordi Maker Native Plant Garden. To invoke the unique feeling of the Midwest landscape and preserve the local ecosystem, much of Powell Gardens’ acreage is remnant (undisturbed) and reconstructed prairie.
Projects to Support:
Island Garden Restoration
Perennial Garden Irrigation System
Prairie Rehabilitation and Conservation
Woodland Stream Water Flow Redesign
Cloud-Based Plant Database and Label Maker
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Three Ways to Give:
1. Check (Payable to Powell Gardens, 1609 NW US HWY 50 Kingsville, MO 64061)
2. Online
3. Phone (Call 816.697.2600 X226)
