05/06/2026
Come see us Saturday at Compost Fest at KC Farm School at Gibbs Road !
Need plants? We can help.
We need hands. Can you help?
Join us to prepare or day of for Spring Plant Sale and COMPOST FEST and go away with a coupon for FREE PLANTS.
Sign up here-
https://www.kcfarmschool.org/volunteer-with-us
This community event features all that is beautiful about Kansas City: urban ag, collaboration, fun, plants, compost, interactive play, bicycle safety and bike maze, composting, wildlife, soil, food rescue, mushrooms, and more! This is the best opportunity to visit with so many folx working within our local food system in one place.
ALL THIS AND...PLANTS!
We know what you're thinking- what kinds of tomato plants will they have. We'll have Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, Big Beef, BHN 589, German Johnson, Striped German, Mountain Princess, Moskvich, Lemon Boy, Green Zebra, Amish Paste, San Marzano, Bing cherry, Sun Gold cherry, Black Prince, Japanese Black Trifele, Pruden’s Purple, Supernova grape, Pink Berkeley, Sungreen, Valencia, Cherry Bomb, Black Cherry, White Cherry, Martha Washington, Tasmanian Chocolate, Garden Peach, Rose de Berne, Moonbeam grape, and Carbon.
We’ll also have many lettuce varieties, kale, collard greens, Swiss chard, seed potatoes, onions, elderberry starts, strawberries, native plants, and herbs including chamomile, three varieties of basil, parsley, marjoram, oregano, thyme, sage, mint, catnip, French sorrel, lavender, rosemary, lemongrass, Mexican mint marigolds, summer savory
PLUS
Epazote, borage, nasturtium, cosmos, calendula, several zinnia varieties, holly hocks, rhubarb, FIGS, cucumbers, summer squash, and zucchini,
AND
Sweet peppers, hot peppers, eggplant, tomatillos, our own soil mix, and compost from Missouri Organic.
Vendors include: The Buffalo Seed Company, Doña Fina Café, Sweet Life Wellness Spa, The Tamale Kitchen, Stitching Change, Neptis Reggae Jamaican Food, Big Muddy Gear Exchange, USA Duck Team
and even more!
Be sure to visit our friends including Missouri Organic Recycling, KC Can Compost, Farmyard KC, Compost Collective KC, The Resilient Activist, All Species Project, JCCC Open Petal Farm and Sustainable Ag Program, Marais des Cygnes NWR - Kansas National Wildlife Refuges Complex Group, Johnson County K-State Extension, Wyandotte County K-State Extension, Franklin County Conservation District, Miami County Conservation District, Kansas City Community Gardens, Cultivate KC, Kanbe's Markets, Good Oak LLC, The Food Circle , Moose Paw Farm, Climate Council General Knowledge Center, CARBON FOOTPRINT, Urban Produce Push KC, Pachamama Alliance, Kansas Permaculture Institute, KSU Extension Master Gardeners and Master Naturalists, and KC F.A.R.M.E.R.S. Coalition.
