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Public Garden Tour, Healthy Yards Expo & Youth Gardening Programs | Lawn & Garden Events
Discover simple, easy Earth-friendly practices for achieving a nice yard while still protecting our water, air, and healthy soils.
Johnson County K-State Extension Office's Annual Healthy Yards Expo features businesses, non-profits, seminars and tips to help residents become greener in their lawn and garden care. It’s a one-stop learning event on green ideas and services. Watch for the save-the-date announcement.
Our garden tour happens every other year, the next one will be in 2026. Watch this page for the save-the-date announcement.
Willie and the Salad Bonanza is open to K-12 school teams, along with other K-12 community organizations such as 4-H, Scouts, FFA, or other teams, interested in the scientific principles surrounding plant growth.
Grow the largest amount of three designated and provided varieties of leafy greens in a communal container using no more than five-gallons of growing medium over a 45-day time span.
Students will begin their day at Bowlin Farms, where they’ll learn about specialty crop production, row crop production, and agricultural technology. From there, they’ll venture to Walnut Pond Agricultural Discovery Center, where they’ll learn about urban livestock rearing, veterinary and animal care, and careers in livestock management. Ending the tour, they’ll stop at the Olathe Horticulture Research and Extension Center, where they’ll learn about natural resources and conservation, careers in crop research, and even public service.