HOME AND GARDEN NOTES
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Meetings
Central Oklahoma Bonsai Society, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Program features Japanese Black Pine pruning demonstration by Justin Lovelace. Visitors welcome. Oklahoma City Council of Garden Clubs, 10 a.m. Friday, 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.
Central Oklahoma Hemerocallis (Daylily) Society, 6 p.m. Oct. 20, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. A covered dish dinner will be followed by discussion on composting. Guests are welcome. Oklahoma Horticulture Society, 7 p.m. Oct. 24, OSU Agriculture Resource Center, 400 N Portland. Public is welcome.
Central Oklahoma Beekeepers Association, 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 27, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36.
Workshops
Butterfly Watch and Monarch Tagging, 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, 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 Saturday, 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
Tallgrass Prairie Preserve and Pioneer Woman Mercantile Field Trip, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Pawhuska. The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Osage County, is home to 2,500 bison, wildflowers and native grasses galore. Get a behind-the-scenes 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. Friday, 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.