What is the Big Idea??
- EMG booths sharing what’s new and exciting in their space
- We are challenging our vendors to bring us their latest and greatest
- And we invite our attendees to tell us about their big ideas
There are a variety of great things included in our Garden Show. Hope you will join us to learn about gardening, eat great food, purchase a few useful and/or beautiful items for your garden and enjoy talking with other gardeners. Check out the Schedule below so you know what is happening throughout the day.
- Educational Booths
- Expert Speakers
- Food Trucks
- Garden Art Sale
- Garden Garage Sale
- Rain barrel workshop
- Raffle Items
- Vendors and Community Organizations
Schedule:
Below is the schedule of events for anything that begins at a certain time. Other parts of the Garden Show; like the Garden Art, Garage Sale, Educational Booths, Raffle, etc. will be open from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
- 9:00 am show opens – Building 21
- 10:00 am speaker – Betsy Betros on Spiders are Fascinating in Dreher North
- Noon – Rain Barrel Workshop – Flory Meeting Hall, preregistration required
- 1:00 pm speaker – speaker Neil Bass on the Natural history of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas – Dreher North
- 2:00 pm Raffle Drawings winners announced
- 3:00 pm show closes
… Acknowledging Mother Nature …
We are also celebrating the Spring Equinox that marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, while the Southern Hemisphere begins autumn. This equinox, which occurs on March 20 this year, is the day when there are nearly equal hours of daylight and darkness.
Hosted by Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners
Douglas County Fairgrounds
2110 Harper Street, Lawrence, KS
K-State Extension is committed to providing equal opportunity for participation in all programs, services, and activities. Program information may be available in languages other than English. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, including alternative means for communication (e.g. Braille, large print, audio tape, and American Sign Language) may be requested by contacting the event contact Nicole Kenniff four weeks prior to the start of the event 02/21/2026 at (785) 843-7058 ext. 114, niki@ksu.edu. Requests received after this date will be honored when it is feasible to do so. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request