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. Parking is available on the north side of the gardens.
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. Parking is available on the north side of the gardens.
Our Mission
The purpose of the Cooper-Foreman Heirloom and Native Gardens is to promote a greater awareness and appreciation of the historic gardening culture of metro-wide Kansas City prior to 1924, while teaching children and adults how gardens looked, were tended, what plants the gardens contained, and how the plants were used.

Our Mission
The purpose of the Cooper-Foreman Heirloom and Native Gardens is to promote a greater awareness and appreciation of the historic gardening culture of metro-wide Kansas City prior to 1924, while teaching children and adults how gardens looked, were tended, what plants the gardens contained, and how the plants were used.

Garden Tours
Garden Tours are conducted March through August by arrangement. Contact Pam Louis-Walden, docent and curator.
Call (913) 620-6930 or email plouis01@yahoo.com.
The following topics are available upon request:
Garden Tours
Garden Tours are conducted March through August by arrangement. Contact Pam Louis-Walden, docent and curator.
Call (913) 620-6930 or email plouis01@yahoo.com.
The following topics are available upon request:
Interested in Volunteering?
Individuals are always very important to the functioning of the garden. Plants love sun, water and Volunteers. Contact Wayne (913) 522-4483 or Pam Walden (913) 620-6930.