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Building Excitement at the Arboretum

Earlier this week, the Arts & Recreation Foundation’s Board of Directors and members of the Overland Park City Council enjoyed an exclusive sneak peek of LongHouse, the long-awaited new visitor center, at the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Our tour began at the impressive new driveway leading us to new parking areas and the … Read More

Our community is abuzz about the Growing to Inspire campaign!

Following announcement in June by the Arts & Recreation Foundation that the Growing to Inspire campaign for improvements at the Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens has pledges and commitments totaling over $8,000,000, Kansas City media picked up on the story! See what they had to say! KCTV-5 Kansas City Sprout & About

Arboretum and Botanical Gardens’ improvements set to bloom

BY ROXIE HAMMILL Special to The Star With the help of private donations and sales tax funding a new courthouse, Overland Park launched plans for a major building project at its Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. The Arts and Recreation Foundation of Overland Park kicked off a $12.4 million fundraising campaign Thursday to raise money for … Read More

Stems: A Garden Soirée – from Corporate Woods Blog

Corporate Woods® Blog The Perfect Place To Get To Know Our Tenants! BLOG Home Back To Corporate Woods® Website Facebook LinkedIn Google+ Support The Arts & Recreation Foundation of Overland Park You’ve probably experienced Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead and the Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Garden, but you may not know who makes those first-class attractions … Read More

Deanna Rose Farmstead: Ready the goats, here come the kids

From The Kansas City Star, April 1, 2017 BY DONALD BRADLEY dbradley@kcstar.com Anytime you can take your children to bottle-feed two baby goats named Neville Longbottom and Albus Dumbledore, that’s a trip you pretty much have to make, right? Well, yeah, and it’s that time of year again. The goats are part of the 60 … Read More

Affordable arts experiences in KC

From the Kansas City Star published March 15, 2017 – a visit to the Overland Park Arboretum is highly recommended! Affordable arts experiences in KC BY KAT HNATYSHYN CommunityAmerica Credit Union When it comes to the arts, Kansas City does it right. How lucky are we to live in one of the nation’s best hubs … Read More

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