Farmers Markets in Wichita and surrounding communities abound with locally grown fresh food, plants, honey, handmade items, and more. Some markets offer kids activities and live entertainment; all offer a great opportunity to meet … [Read more...] about Farmers Markets in Wichita
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Kansas Garden Guide, Free to Download
Is this your year to plant a garden? The 80-page Kansas Garden Guide has what you need to know about growing vegetables and herbs in Kansas: soil, compost, seeding, watering, pest control, container gardening, season extension, harvesting, … [Read more...] about Kansas Garden Guide, Free to Download
Canceled: Youth Lawn Mowing Clinic
If you know any 5th through 9th graders who want to earn a summer income mowing lawns, be sure to set aside a few hours during Spring Break for them to take the Youth Lawn Mowing Clinic at the Sedgwick County Extension. The clinic will be … [Read more...] about Canceled: Youth Lawn Mowing Clinic
FREE budget-friendly cooking classes
The Wichita YMCA will once again offer a series of adult cooking classes for parents and caregivers. These hands-on classes, called Cooking Matters, are focused on helping parents, pregnant women, or caregivers of kids learn how to make … [Read more...] about FREE budget-friendly cooking classes
FREE: Herb Day and Plant Sale at the Sedgwick County Extension
The 2019 Herb Day and Plant Sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 4 at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center at 21st and Ridge in Wichita. Admission is FREE. Related: 2019 Wichita Farmers Markets FREE Family Board Game … [Read more...] about FREE: Herb Day and Plant Sale at the Sedgwick County Extension
‘We All Eat’ Food and Nutrition Fair
The Wichita Health & Wellness Coalition is sponsoring a FREE, hands-on event to provide tips, tools, tricks, and tastings to help and inspire Wichitans eat healthfully. The free event will be held Thursday, March 26, 2020 at the … [Read more...] about ‘We All Eat’ Food and Nutrition Fair
Women’s Investment Education Program
K-State Research and Extension Sedgwick County is holding a Women's Investment Education Program beginning in April 2017. Women will learn about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and retirement accounts in a non-threatening environment. Women … [Read more...] about Women’s Investment Education Program
Three Kings Day community celebration
K-State Research & Extension invites all families in the Wichita area to a Three Kings Day, or Epiphany, Celebration on Sunday, January 8, 2017. Three Kings Day, which is January 6, is an important holiday in many Hispanic … [Read more...] about Three Kings Day community celebration
Food Gardening Crash Course at Sedgwick County Extension
Ready to try your hand at a vegetable garden? Or maybe you've attempted a garden before but ended up with more weeds than produce? Let the Sedgwick County Extension experts help you get a great start with a 3-hour gardening crash course on … [Read more...] about Food Gardening Crash Course at Sedgwick County Extension
Grow Good Food Gardening Classes
Want to save money on groceries? Learn how to grow good food in your own garden, and how to cook and preserve it, too, from the experts at the Sedgwick County Extension. The classes are only $5 per session or $35 for the whole … [Read more...] about Grow Good Food Gardening Classes
FREE Air Capital Super Awesome Mini Con
Their main Wichita Comic Con event is in November, but the Air Capital Comic Convention organizers have scheduled a "mini-con" in April for those who just can't wait that long. The Super Awesome Mini Con will be held April 16, 2016 from … [Read more...] about FREE Air Capital Super Awesome Mini Con
FREE: “Right Bite” Diabetes Cooking School at the Sedgwick County Extension
Learn how to choose and prepare foods that will help in the prevention and control of diabetes in this free class from the Sedgwick County Extension. The Right Bite Cooking School will include weekly sessions on Tuesday mornings in … [Read more...] about FREE: “Right Bite” Diabetes Cooking School at the Sedgwick County Extension
Cook-Once Workshops
The busy lifestyles that so many of us lead today often leave us with little or no time to cook or sit down for family meals, but a home-cooked meal provides a more balanced diet and family meal times provide the perfect opportunity to … [Read more...] about Cook-Once Workshops
FREE “Saturday Samplers” at the Sedgwick County Extension
Whether you're ready to plow up an acre, do a little container gardening, or just daydream about the beautiful garden you'll have some day (I'm currently in the last camp), I think you'll enjoy the Saturday Samplers in the Demo Garden at … [Read more...] about FREE “Saturday Samplers” at the Sedgwick County Extension
Learn to Make a Kite
Earlier this summer we set out to make a very simple-looking kite with instructions we found on the Internet -- only to find that it wouldn't fly. We still had fun spending time together as a family, watching our "simple" kite get more and … [Read more...] about Learn to Make a Kite
