Tulips on Troost

An Initiative for change

  • Tulips on Troost, a project of the Southtown Foundation, aims to change the face of Troost Avenue by planting one million tulips along the Avenue by 2010. Through this mission, we hope to inspire and motivate the citizens of Kansas City to recognize the value of neighborhood revitalization and beautification in some of the city's most historic districts. Tulips are just on the surface—our deep-rooted goal is to use a beautiful, accessible thing like a tulip to represent positive change on Troost and to let the city know that Troost is worth our time, efforts, and resources.

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Many thanks to all of you who supported our recent plant sale at Center High School. Because of you, the CHS Poetry Club Write Now will be able to host many more Poetry Slams next year. And that's good because poems are important!

We are also grateful to the George Harrison Memorial Foundation who donated the gazillions of seeds, flats and Pro-Mix to our CHS Greenhouse Project this year making us now ready to blanket Troost Avenue (and its surrounding neighborhoods) with this spectacular native flower.

And, we appreciated the help from Rockhurst University students and Ms. Evans class too which helped us plant and transplant over 100,000 seedlings now looking for good homes.

We kind of expect that we won't have enough TOT volunteers to plant all of our 100,000+ plants on our Volunteer Planting Day, Saturday May 30th. So, starting today we're GIVING them away to anyone who believes in

Flower Power



Just please plant them kind of close to Troost Avenue...like within the city limits if you know what we mean and that includes the Westside Beautification team, the Troost Folks, our friends on Benton Boulevard and ALL the rest of you hopeful souls in between.


Call or email to schedule your plant pick-up:
(816) 812-8530
durwinrice@durwinrice.com

We've also got Purple Coneflowers, Shasta Daisies, Marigolds, Zinnias
and delicious Roma Tomatoes!

PEACE


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Write Now is having a plant sale this Saturday, May 9, 2009 from 9am to 2pm at Center High School (8715 Holmes).

All of the plants for the sale have been GROWN FROM SEED in the greenhouse at Center High School with the help of TOT volunteers from Rockhurst University and Ms. Evans CHS class. Proceeds from the sale will provide funds for the Write Now Poetry Team to compete in Chicago at the International Brave New Voices Teen Poetry Slam AND will support Ms Evans' class greenhouse studies AND will further the planting of native species on Troost Avenue.


PLEASE HELP US PROMOTE THIS EVENT by re-posting where you can. We also have flyer artwork that you can request via email: durwinrice@durwinrice.com

Thanks for your support!

Contact: Durwin Rice (816) 812-8530

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