HOME AND GARDEN NOTES
CALENDAR
For more information, call the phone number or use the email address provided. To submit items, call Melissa Howell at 475-3770 or send email to mhowell@oklahoman.com. Reference “Home and garden calendar.” Please submit items at least 10 days before publication.
MEETINGS
•CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BONSAI SOCIETY, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Program is “Japanese Maples” by Chad Douglas. Visitors welcome.
•MUSTANG GARDEN CLUB, 8 a.m. Wednesday, Mustang Community Center, 1201 N Mustang Road. Meet in south parking to carpool to Horn Canna Farm in Carnegie. Lunch stop will be at Lucille’s Roadhouse in Weatherford.
•OKLAHOMA CITY COUNCIL OF GARDEN CLUBS, 10 a.m. Friday, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Coffee is at 9:30 a.m. Program is “Using Rain Barrels” by Steve Bouse.
•CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HEMEROCALLIS SOCIETY (DAYLILY CLUB), 6 to 9 p.m., Sept. 18, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Covered dish dinner before meeting. Guests welcome. Call 321-4170 or 550-7632.
•OKLAHOMA ORCHID SOCIETY, 1 p.m. Sept. 20, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Green Grower’s Program at 1 p.m. is on “Orchid Classifications” by Sarah Pratt. Main program is at 2 p.m. on “Encylias Used in Hybridization” also by Sarah Pratt. Visitors are welcome.
WORKSHOPS
•URBAN HOMESTEADING WORKSHOP, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 12, Children’s Garden and Terrace Room, Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno. Meet in south lobby. Learn about backyard chickens, rain barrel water conservation and edible landscaping. Cost is $20 for members, $25 for nonmembers. Register by Tuesday. Call 4457080.
•PRUNING WORKSHOP, 10 a.m. Sept. 19, Demonstration and Teaching Garden, Cleveland County Fairgrounds, 601 E Robinson, Norman. Learn correct pruning methods on trees, shrubs, roses and ornamental grasses. Free. Call 321-4774.
•BENT WILLOW FURNITURE CLASS FOR
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 19, Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno. Cost ranges from $60 to $255. Bring hammer, pruning shears and sack lunch. Call 445-7080.
•CITY WILDCRAFTING WALK, 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 26, Goodholm Park at N Robinson Ave. and NW 26 St. Join Jackie Dill, heritage wildcrafter, for a walk right in Oklahoma City to discover local and healthy wild foods. Myriad Botanical Garden members, $15; nonmembers, $18. Register by Sept. 15. Call 445-7080.
•AUTUMN GARDENING WORKSHOP sponsored by the Oklahoma County Master Gardeners Association, 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 10, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Topics include collecting and storing seeds, proper gardening tool care, dividing perennials and winter sowing. Free and open to the public. Registration required. Call 713-1125.
EVENTS
•CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HEMEROCALLIS
SOCIETY FALL DAYLILY SALE, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 12, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Call 321-4170 or 550-7632.
•OKLAHOMA IRIS SOCIETY ANNUAL IRIS SALE, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 18-19, Will Rogers Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36. Public is welcome.
•MYRIAD BOTANICAL GARDENS WALKING TOUR, 10 a.m. Sept. 26, South Lobby, Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno. Walk-ups welcome. Free. Call 445-7080.