Street Garden

Too many businesses on Troost have bloomed for a season or two and then
withered like so many flowers after the first hard frost. But the East
Side artery has one perennial source of hope. The Tulips on
Troost movement is a dedicated band of green thumbs working to
bring color to the Kansas City urban core. The George Harrison Memorial
Foundation noticed. This year, the foundation donated a bumper crop of
seeds, which students at Center High School have nursed in their
greenhouse over the spring. Now those plants, including black-eyed
Susans and purple coneflowers, are ready to take root on Troost. To
join the volunteer planting event today from 10 a.m. to noon, meet at
the Firehouse (4518 Troost) and be ready to get your hands dirty.

Sat., May 30, 10 a.m.-noon, 2009