Events & Programming
︎ Poetry Open Mic - September 16 from 5-8pm ︎
Featuring: T.L. Wms, Seth Irving, InkWell, & Hypocrace
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Featuring: T.L. Wms, Seth Irving, InkWell, & Hypocrace
︎ Full Harvest Moon Circle - September 29 from 6:30-8:30pm ︎
︎ Hands on Cob Building Workshop - September 30 & October 1 from 10am-2pm ︎
Special 2-Day Workshop
Like pizza and building things with your hands? Join us for a cob building workshop and help create a cob pizza oven in the garden's community gathering area!
Participants will learn about natural building materials and techniques; get hands-on experience with cob, slip-straw, earthen plaster, and other reclaimed materials; and participate in the construction of a cob pizza oven and rocket stove in the community area of the gardens.
Then come back for Harvest Fest and enjoy delicious pizzas cooked in the cob oven built by you, friends, and fellow gardeners!
Like pizza and building things with your hands? Join us for a cob building workshop and help create a cob pizza oven in the garden's community gathering area!
Participants will learn about natural building materials and techniques; get hands-on experience with cob, slip-straw, earthen plaster, and other reclaimed materials; and participate in the construction of a cob pizza oven and rocket stove in the community area of the gardens.
When: September 30 & October 1 from 10:00-2:00
Where: Manheim Gardens 4225 Forest Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
Then come back for Harvest Fest and enjoy delicious pizzas cooked in the cob oven built by you, friends, and fellow gardeners!
Annual Events
Spring Fling - SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023 AT 11 AM – 3 PM
We invite all to come celebrate community and living on Earth. Manheim Gardens is throwing its annual Spring Fling event this year on Earth Day. Come plant a tree, swap some plants, enjoy beautiful music, show off your baking skills at our potluck, relax by the fire and enjoy. All ages welcome to this wholesome community celebration.
A community celebration of renewal - the start of the growing season, warmer weather, and longer days to enjoy activity outdoors and bask in our connection with each other and the natural world.
︎ Please Join Us!! ︎
Art credit: Taylor Fourt
Harvest Fest
It’s all in the name - a celebration of the season’s bounty and a job well done! Gather together to share food & fun with friends, family, and community.
You can look forward to feasting on seasonal produce from the gardens, harvest demonstrations, music performances, dancing, art & craft activities, games, a plant sale...all while enjoying the company of a lot of friendly smiling faces.
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It’s all in the name - a celebration of the season’s bounty and a job well done! Gather together to share food & fun with friends, family, and community.
You can look forward to feasting on seasonal produce from the gardens, harvest demonstrations, music performances, dancing, art & craft activities, games, a plant sale...all while enjoying the company of a lot of friendly smiling faces.
Other Events & Programming
We offer other events and programming throughout the year with activities that have included: yoga, scavenger hunts, mural painting, dying fabrics using plants from our garden, honey harvesting demonstrations, and more.
Below are examples of other offerings at Manheim Gardens:
Trevor Turla Quartet
Free Show - July 2022 - A spectacular outdoor concert featuring local trombonist Trevor Turla and his band, with a first-ever opening performance by local pianist Carrie May. Trust us, live music in a garden just hits different. Event made possible in part by a Charlotte Street Foundation Cultural Producer Grant. The grant funding fairly compensates the artists while connecting our neighborhood to cultural events at no cost to guests.
Mothing at Manheim
Free Show - July 2022 - Were you constantly catching bugs as a kid? Do you have an appreciation for things that fly, hover, or even swarm? Then Manheim has the party for you. This weekend is packed with activities!
After a night of wonderful jazz on Friday, come back to the garden Saturday at 7 PM for an evening of discovery, moth-based learning and libations. Hosted by local naturalists Cydney Ross and Alix McDaniel, join us for a unique opportunity to observe up-close the many colorful winged beings of Missouri's urban landscape, many of which only come out at night.
Free Show - July 2022 - Were you constantly catching bugs as a kid? Do you have an appreciation for things that fly, hover, or even swarm? Then Manheim has the party for you. This weekend is packed with activities!
After a night of wonderful jazz on Friday, come back to the garden Saturday at 7 PM for an evening of discovery, moth-based learning and libations. Hosted by local naturalists Cydney Ross and Alix McDaniel, join us for a unique opportunity to observe up-close the many colorful winged beings of Missouri's urban landscape, many of which only come out at night.
Manheim Gardens Calendar
Events, Volunteer Stewardship Sundays, Meetings
Events, Volunteer Stewardship Sundays, Meetings
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Land AcknowledgementManheim Gardens stands on the homelands of Native American peoples. In recent years, these nations have included the Missouria, Oto, Kansa, Osage, Shawnee, and Delaware. We pay respects to all Indigenous peoples — past, present, and future — for their continuing presence in the homeland and throughout the Native American diaspora.