Call it a food forest, a garden, a nature preserve, or a tree nursery. We’re thrilled to share the progress we’ve made, which has resulted in the removal of 80% of the wintercreeper and bush honeysuckle, paving the… Read More

Our waterfall pond is beginning to take shape. It took a day to clear more brush, move rocks and began digging out the shape of the pond. Every ecosystem needs a clean water source and a water feature… Read More

Euonymus Fortunei aka Fortunes Spindle Native to east Asia, including China, Korea, the Philippines and Japan. Today we began removing Wintercreeper vines from trees. They smother trees, block sunlight, hog nutrients, water, and cause structural damage because of… Read More

Today, we focused on a corner of the garden situated on the SouthWest side. Transforming this area required a full day of cutting, trimming, pulling, and root docking. Bush Honeysuckle exhibit allelopathic behavior. They produce a chemical that… Read More

At the beginning of embarking upon this journey, I never once thought trash and illegal dumping would take up so much space and time. But, here we are. We are a group of artists and growers making a… Read More

We’re making progress in getting our Eco Art Garden up and running! As part of our Phase One plans, we’re getting ready to install a utility shed, plant native flowers, herbs, and pollinator gardens, and lay down mulch… Read More

This concept of plants as caretakers is a common theme in many indigenous cultures and languages. Examples of indigenous languages that have a similar meaning include Navajo (Diné Bizaad), where plants are called “our relatives,” and the Anishinaabe… Read More

It’s official! We have adopted the creek that runs across our garden and adjacent to it. We officially have a Stream Team with the Missouri Department of Conservation. They also provide training for Water Quality Monitoring, to learn… Read More

We are a ways to go to make it through all of the steps of phase one but we are slowly making progress on the creation of our Eco Art Garden. The progress is beginning to be visible…. Read More

It’s a lovely 60 degrees, Sunday April 30th 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri. These are current images from the street and lots around our Eco Art Garden, which is about 500 feet from Little Blue River. A major… Read More