Douglas County Kansas Master Gardeners

Photogs and flower fanatics, rejoice! 🎉 Daylily season is here and our award-winners Fairgrounds demo garden is putting on a blooming good show! 🌼 Check our the other themed beds too!!

Want to take your garden adventures to the next level? Consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener! EMGs are trained volunteers who provide research-based horticultural information to the public through a variety of activities.From planning and maintaining the demonstration gardens, speaking at events, hosting workshops, answering questions on the Horticulture Hotline, and much more - as long as you have a passion for plants, the EMGs have a place for you!
🌻Learn more and apply at https://bit.ly/dgemg-26
⚠️Class size is limited so apply today!

They're Here......if you have bagworm bags on your shrubs, look for the very small caterpillars NOW! Learn more about them and if/how to treat them here: https://bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/download/bagworm-insect-pest-of-trees-and-shrubs_MF3474

Plant sale sold out!

Plants almost gone. We still have spider milkweed, whirled milkweed, white prairie clover, culvert root, false sunflower, upright coneflower, swamp milkweed, and yarrow.

Rain or shine, we are ready! All 10K plants organized by sun/shade with pictures and QR codes with full info on each. May 30, 9:00-3:00pm DG Co. Fairgrounds open pavilion. More DGEMGKS.org

It's Native Plant Sale Eve! The Douglas County Kansas Master Gardeners are hard at work getting the thousands of plants up for grabs all set up. We hope you'll join us and take home a few (dozen) new plants for your gardens! Pro Tip: if you're on the hunt for something specific, arrive early - certain species WILL sell out.
Come out and shop Saturday, May 30, 9am-3pm in the Open Pavilion~

Here's the lineup for Final Fridays tomorrow!

- GOAL! A Group Exhibition at celebrates the upcoming international soccer tournament and the welcome inclusion of cultural diversity into the Midwest. Artists from around the country have designed their very own "team jersey" as an act of welcoming our international visitors. Featured above is the contributed piece by Nick Schmeidler. Also opening tomorrow is Quilted Existence by Wabwila Mugala and Life in Bloom by Kim Brook!

-Final Friday at the features The Unfunctional Cat and Other Ceramic Curiosities by Deborah Gendel, as well as The Comfort of My Own Home by Miranda Whalen and live music by Coreopsis.

-the 's May feature is Meditations on Relentless Impermanence by John Hulsey, with musical guest Bradford Hoopes and Taco Zone nachos.

- is kicking off Pride Month early with a Pride Themed Art Show! 🌈

- At , you'll find Love in Lawrence: Photographs of Love on 35mm by Ben Dipper

- Wander into the pop up art space at 812 Massachusetts Street for Bloom Boom: A Group Exhibition, with Close Up, Far Out by Alicia Kelly, and a Taco Zone popup! Cash bar.

- is hosting a Final Friday Open House with Drop-In Art Making!

- John Gerry paintings will be on display at the Northlight Gallery at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lawrence

This is going to be a fun one! We can't wait to see everyone out and about tomorrow night. More info available on all of these shows here: https://www.explorelawrence.com/events/annual-events/final-fridays/