HOME AND GARDEN NOTES
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MEETINGS
Oklahoma Horticulture Society Fall Meeting, Saturday at OSU Botanic Garden, 3300 W Sixth, Stillwater. Guest speakers are Mark and Tabitha West of Cedar Valley Nurseries of Ada.
Oklahoma City Council of Garden Clubs, 10 a.m. Oct. 13, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Presentation is by Becky Sellers, Oklahoma Nursery and Landscape Association. Host club is Herb Society. Coffee is at 9:30 a.m. Call 427-2133
Oklahoma Flower Show Judges Council, 12:30 p.m. Oct. 16, Rubye Atkinson Center, 1441 N Key Blvd., Midwest City. Discussion is on Petite Spatial in a Frame” design. Chapter study is “Judges.” Light refreshments. Open to the public. Free.
WORKSHOPS
Butterfly Watch and Monarch Tagging, 11 a.m. to noon Oct. 7, Commonwealth Urban Farms, 3310 N Olie Ave. Participate with the University of Kansas in its annual monarch watch that involves tagging and monitoring monarch butterflies. Cost is $5 at the beginning of the workshop.
Garlic Planting Workshop,
11 a.m. to noon Oct. 7, Terrace Room, Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno. Garlic has been used as an essential spice for 7,000 years and is found in many of our favorite dishes. Join us for this interactive workshop to learn how to grow your own to harvest in the spring and summer. The three types of garlic — stiffneck, softneck and great-headed — will be discussed, along with
planting, maintenance and harvesting tips, each participant will head home with a clove of each type to take home and plant. Cost is $8 for members and $12 for nonmembers. Call 445-7080, or go to www. myriadgardens.org.
Succulent Topped Pumpkins, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Oct. 14, Terrace Room, Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno. Learn to create a showstopping tabletop decoration to wow your guests throughout the fall. Participants will take a walk through the Myriad Gardens Pumpkinville Pumpkin Patch to select a pumpkin, then learn how to arrange it with succulents, mosses and natural materials and take it home to enjoy for weeks to come. All class attendees get free admission to Pumpkinville for the day. Cost is $30 for members, $35 for nonmembers. Call 445-7080, or go to www.myriadgardens.org.
Bringing Houseplants Indoors for Winter, 10 a.m. Oct. 21, Cleveland County Cooperative Extension Service, Cleveland County Fairgrounds, 601 E Robinson, Norman. Join Master Gardener Cathy Bowden for the how’s, when’s and where’s of wintering outdoor plants indoors, whether they are outdoor plants you’d like to save for spring, or houseplants that have lived on the patio for the summer. Free and open to the public. Call 321-4774.
EVENTS
Gardens Walking Tour, 10 a.m. Saturday, South Lobby and Garden Grounds, Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno. Expand your Oklahoma plant knowledge and get great ideas for your yard. In September learn about plants for water conservation. Can’t make it for the guided tour? Pick up a self-guided handout in our South Lobby. Walkups welcome. Free. Call 445-7080, or go to www. myriadgardens.org.
Tallgrass Prairie Preserve and Pioneer Woman Mercantile Field Trip, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 in Pawhuska. The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Osage County, is home to 2,500 bison, wildflowers and native grasses galore. Get a behind-thescenes tour of how things work and spend most of the day visiting the beautiful trails, bison corrals and the research center. Then wrap up the trip with a stop off at the Pioneer Woman Mercantile for snacks and a chance to shop. Meet at Myriad Botanical Gardens circle drive at 7:15 a.m. Cost is $75 for nonmembers and $60 for members. Optional box lunch is $12. Register by Oct. 5. Call 445-7080, or go to www. myriadgardens.org.
Creating Handmade Christmas Ornaments, 11 a.m. Oct. 13, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Members of the Oklahoma City Council of Garden Clubs are invited to stay after its Oct. 13 meeting to make homemade ornaments to go on the council’s two Christmas trees that will be on display throughout the season at the Will Rogers Exhibition Center. Call 427-2133. Fall Garden Workshop and Sale sponsored by Oklahoma Gardeners Association, 9:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 21, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Speaker will be Schroeder Wilson. The selection of bulbs for sale will be best suited for central Oklahoma.