Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas spent with family and special friends.

Secret Garden

One of my favorite escapes.

Fountain

Another view from the fountain I showed you a couple of weeks ago, Jumping In and Out of Water at the Kauffman Memorial Gardens,

To bee or not to bee

This character was hard to catch as he kept moving from flower to flower.

Hollyhocks

I have never grown hollyhocks but after seeing this flower I realize I need to find out more about them.  

Jumping in and out of Water

No midwest garden is complete without lilies.

Garden

The Kauffman Memorial Garden has over 7,000 plants on two acres of land in the center of Kansas City.  This include 300 varieties of perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs and bulbs.  Here we see hydrangeas, foxglove, annuals and I believe lambs ear (up front), although I didn't realize they had such a bloom that created a sphere like an allium.  Somebody please correct me.

Kauffman Memorial Garden

Ewing Marion Kauffman was born in Garden City, KS in 1916.  He was a  pharmaceutical salesman when he founded Marion Laboratories in 1950, which began operations out of the basement of his home.  In 1989 Marion merged with Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals. 

In the mid 1960's the Kauffman Foundation was created.   Kauffman wanted his foundation to be innovative—to dig deep and get at the roots of issues to fundamentally change people’s lives. He wanted to help young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, get a quality education that would enable them to reach their full potential.

The Kauffman name is prominent in Kansas City.

The Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden is in the heart of Kansas City.