The Greater Kansas City Water Garden Society kicks off its 29th annual tour of 5 Saturdays with the first 2 tours – July 9th in Southern Johnson County and July 23rd in Missouri, North of the river. Both tours are filled with sites never on tour before and display some unique landscape challenges, water gardens, and pond-less water features that are sure to
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