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Saturday, October 15th is Tulips on Troost “Community Planting Date!” Join us at 9am at Meyer Blvd. and Troost Ave., and/or make a tax-deductible contribution to Southtown Foundation today so that we can purchase bulbs to plant! Mail your checks made payable to Southtown Foundation, to 6814 Troost Ave, KCMO 64131. Tulips on Troost has expanded the educational program (currently housed at the Center High School greenhouse) to include the recently built greenhouse at Center Alternative School. Unlike the expansions most of us are all too familiar with (those that require the purchase of a new pair of pants), this expansion only requires the addition of greenhouse volunteers.
You don’t think you know enough yet about growing in a greenhouse? You are not alone. Come learn with us and help cultivate everything from peanuts to pineapples. There are weekly opportunities to participate in a class with our enthusiastic Life Skills students (who will teach you a lot) and there are opportunities to plot your own schedule to mentor a student (or student team) in some very exciting and practical gardening experiences. Plus, our greenhouses could use some improvements, i.e. repairs to the furnace and ventilation systems (at CHS) and shade cloths and new tables and shelving at the new Alternative greenhouse.
The list of needs goes on so put your carpentry, mathematical, organization or indefinable skills to good use. Contact us at (816) 447-0539 to find out where your set of skills, expertise or ability to make a contribution fits.