Tree Explorers and Walks
Be a Tree Explorer in Kansas City with the Garden
Center Association
of Greater
Kansas City with our series of Tree Walks to explore the
diverse collection of trees in the Stanley R. McLane Arboretum located
within Loose Park at 51st and Wornall in Kansas City, Missouri. Each
walk will introduce you to a select group of trees or an area
of
the
park. All walks are self guided and you can follow the trees through
the seasons of the year and see how they progress through the bud break
in the spring to summers leafy abundance of cool shade on into fall
color and winter structure of the trees habit of growth.Tree Walks
Download any of our walks and head over to Loose Park to follow along.
- Oaks and Beyond download 1.1MB
- South Side of the Lake download 1.09MB
- Champion Tree Compass Course download 1.01MB
- Lake Tree Find download 0.9MB
Tree Explorers is a discovery activity program developed for children together with their families . It is designed for exploration of many of the native species of trees at the loose Park Stanley R. McLane Arboretum.
Tree Explorer GuidesYou can choose from two Tree Explorer Guides one designed for younger children or one for older children. You can also buy the full Tree Explorer Back Pack with your choice of guide.
Tree Explorers Backpack and Field GuideInside the backpack are: Explorer Guides, clipboard and pencil, measuring tape, binoculars, magnifying glass, key chain compass, and the Tree Explorers backpack.

