The garden is located on the main campus of Kansas City Kansas Community College, north of the Flint Building and south of the Field House.
Colonial Garden: 1607-1805
Depicts the American garden design and plant research (1600-1700s) developed by the United States founding fathers and extends to include the powerful influence of President Thomas Jefferson’s influence on American horticulture. Such contributions were evident in our local gardens being grown by new settlers.
Lewis and Clark Garden: 1804
The Lewis and Clark Expedition sent by President Thomas Jefferson in 1804 was assigned to identify plants growing across the North American continent. The plants Lewis and Clark wrote about seeing in the Northeast Kansas territory are seen in this garden.
Pioneer Vegetable Garden: 1853-1899
The pioneer garden contains vegetables and fruits grown in the Kansas City area during the nineteenth century. The early pioneers depended upon their gardens for their yearly food supply. Their sources were brought with them from the East.
Settlers' Garden: 1853-1899
Plants in this garden were used in Kansas City area home gardens in the nineteenth century, most brought in by covered wagons.
Carolyn's Garden: 1875-1910
This is a more formal depiction of nineteenth to early twentieth century gardens, such as the Rose Garden at the Carnegie Library of Kansas City, Kansas, built in 1902.
Apple Orchard
Our orchard has five apple varieties grown in Wyandotte County including the locally developed Winesap, which was sold across the country in the last half of the nineteenth century.
Esther's Cottage Garden: 1900-1924
This garden is reminiscent of Esther Cooper-Foremen’s childhood home garden so includes plants grown around the Quindaro area of Kansas City, Kansas.
Garden Tours
Garden Tours are conducted March through August by arrangement.
Contact Pam Louis-Walden, docent and curator. Call or email at: plouis01@yahoo.com.
(913) 620-6930