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 recently selected by KC Parent Magazine as a Family-Friendly Grand Prize winner. The award was based on the magazine’s 2008 Family Favorites poll. Results were tabulated from more than 300 ballots.

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• Outdoor Classroom Information
• 2010 Photo Contest Entry Form
• 2010 Photo Contest Informational Brochure
• 2010 Complete Class Schedule
• View e-Newsletter Archive

Enhancing Our Local Bluebird Population

2010-01-30

Milt Noelken will talk about recent efforts to attract Bluebirds to the Arboretum during the past three years. This program will cover the installation of 27 nest boxes designed especially for Bluebirds with guards to prevent several kinds of predators from invading the nests, as well as the Bluebird Monitoring Program. Hugh McCreery and Bob Buehler will discuss the building and designing of bluebird houses. In its third year, the Bluebird program at the Arboretum produced 30 nests, 70 hatche

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