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about ponds to our members and then
expanded to the public through our booths at flower, lawn,
and garden shows across the area. Then we opened our ponds
to the public on tours. In 1994, schools began to ask for
our help in obtaining ponds to educate their students in
science, art, and environmental subjects. Other
not-for-profit organizations wanted ponds to provide solace
and enjoyment for needy, elderly, and handicapped citizens
of our community.
One of our recent projects was a pond for the Kansas
State School for the Blind in Kansas City, KS. Their
director says the pond not only provides science education
for the students, but the sound from the waterfall guides
students and teachers through the courtyard area to the
dormitory, dining hall, and education building. One teacher
has never seen a fish and was thrilled to touch a goldfish
donated by one of our members. These people remind us of all
the senses we sometimes take for granted, and shouldn’t
I have seen residents of Swope Ridge Geriatric Center and
Booth Manor Retirement Center gain enjoyment from watching
fish swim, listening to the waterfall, and enjoying the
flowers of ponds we helped to provide. This year we had two
Boy Scouts contact us for help installing ponds as their
Eagle Projects at Faith Village and Blue Valley Middle
School. That’s still another way for the WGS to support
community service.
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Our club is in its 12th year. We are still receiving
requests for water gardens in schools and other community
projects. We hope to continue our community service projects
as long as our community wants to learn about water
gardening.
Here is a list of our projects to date.
Look them up in your directory and visit them. There are
some nice ponds on this list. Enjoy!
Schools: Basehor, Blue Valley
Middle School,East Antioch Elementary, Christa McAuliffe,
Countryside Alternative High, Crestview, Fort Osage
Vocational Center, Kansas City KS Community College Child
Care, , Grandview High School, Hilltop School, Kansas State
School for Blind, Lakewood Elementary, Mason, Mission
Valley, Monticello Trail, Muncie, Mize Elementary, Nieman,
Overland Trail Middle School, Prairie, Raymore, Richmond
Middle and Intermediate, Shawnee Mission West High, Stanley,
Sunny Point, Tomahawk, Trailwood, Turner Middle School. And
Valley Elementary.
Other Projects: Beanstalk
Garden, Bonner Springs Historic Park, Booth Manor Retirement
Center, Burr Oak Woods Nature Center, Faith Village, Healthy
Sprouts Garden, Hope House 1, Hope House 2, Kansas City Zoo,
Lee’s Summit Elementary, Nowlin Nature Center, Operation
Wildlife, Powell Gardens, Sanctuary of Hope, Swope Ridge
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