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The Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens was founded to keep the city at the forefront of environmental and ecological issues. A leader of environmentally sound community development, the Arboretum is an educational, recreational and cultural resource for the Kansas City region.
About 85 percent of the property is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of natural ecosystems. The remaining portion includes traditional botanical gardens, the Environmental Education Visitors Center (EEVC) and maintenance facilities.
Our Arboretum was selected by KC Parent Magazine as a Family-Friendly Grand Prize winner in the magazine's 2008 Family Favorites poll. Results were tabulated from more than 300 ballots.
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Featured Event
5/19/2012 Want to improve your camera skills shotting beautiful garden scenes, as well as get to enjoy the beauty of the Arboretum? This class is focused on hands-on-photography instruction outside, with members of the Arboretum's Photography Committee as the instructors. There will be plenty of chances to ask questions with both group and individual instruction. Bring your camera (film or digital and camera manual), lenses, tripod, memory cards, spare batteries and kee-pads (if desired). There will b
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6/2/2012 Come learn about geocaching, a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with a hand-held global positioning system (GPS device). The basic idea is to locate containers, called geocaches, hidden outdoors, by means of latitude and longitude coordinates. Geocaching is enjoyed by families and people from all age groups who have a strong sense of community and support for the environment. Register at www.opabg.org click on class registration.
6/9/2012 Hey Kids - are you ready for a treasure hunt at the Arboretum? This is a basic instruction class for children ages 7 - 12 on use of a compass, with a brief introduction to GPS devices and geo-caching. Includes short classroom session on how to orient a compass followed by a treasure hunt using compass and clues. Adult presence/participation is required. Pre-registration is required as class is limited to 15 children. Register online at www.opabg.org Click on Class Registrations class link.
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