Cool temps don't mean the end of gardening season in Tulsa
BY BRAVETTA HASSELL World Scene Writer
Saturday, October 06, 2012
10/06/12 at 5:11 AM
The gardening season is
far from over. Take the family
to enjoy the weather and
visit a local event where you
can learn more about such
things as rain gardens, native
plants and more.
Saturday
African Violet Society
Show and Sale
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
Wyndham Hotel,
10918 E. 41st St.
The show will be judged in
conjunction with the Missouri
Valley African Violet Council’s
annual convention. The show
and sale are free to the public.
For more, 918-746-5125.
New and Unusual Landscape
Plants with Colebrook Nursery
10 a.m. Saturday
Oklahoma Centennial Botanical
Garden
Colebrook Nursery’s Gordon
Colebrook will share his experiences
with some new varieties
of roses and other perennials
that show promise for Oklahoma
gardens.
For more, 918-289-0330; or
tulsaworld.com/ocbg.
Water-Wise Gardening Workshop
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Hope Unitarian Church,
8432 S. Sheridan Road
Rain gardens collect, use and
clean rainwater that would otherwise
run off your property.
Learn how to use one and learn
about plants that tolerate Oklahoma
drought. The morning
includes indoor presentations,
and in the afternoon, learn how
to build and plant on-site rain
gardens with native plants.
Bring your gardening tools.
Also, native plants will be on
sale for participants all day by
Wild Things Nursery & Grogg’s
Green Barn. A plant sale is
open to the public starting at
3 p.m.
Registration for the workshop
is $20 and includes morning
snack, lunch and afternoon
dessert.
For more, email hopeuu@hopeuu.org or call 918-
481-0999 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday-Friday).
Oct. 13
Get Started Composting — It’s
Piles of Fun!
10 a.m.
Oklahoma Centennial Botanical
Garden
Master Gardener Steve
Wood will give practical information
on how to start and
maintain a compost pile or bin.
For more, 918-289-0330; or
tulsaworld.com/ocbg.
Superior Plants
for Superior Gardeners
9 a.m.
Tulsa Community College
— Northeast Campus, Large
Auditorium
The half-day seminar
presented by the Oklahoma
Centennial Botanical Garden
and the Ozark Chapter of the
American Rhododendron Society
features keynote speaker
Tim Woods from Spring Meadows
Nursery in Grand Haven,
Mich., who will talk about his
travels throughout the world in
search of new plants.
Other speakers include
Lendonwood Gardens and Elk
Ridge founder Leonard Miller,
Honey Creek Nursery manager
Shane Berry and Botanical
Garden president and CEO
Todd Lasseigne, who will lead
an afternoon tour of the garden
at 1:30 p.m.
Registration is $20, payable
by cash or check at the door
and benefits OCBG
For the full schedule, 918-
289-0330; or tulsaworld.com/ocbg.
Oct. 20
Plant Hike: Native Plants
of the Cross Timbers
2:30 p.m.
Oklahoma Centennial Botanical
Garden
Botanist Jay Walker will
lead a walk and talk identifying
plants of the Cross Timbers
forest and prairie.
For more, 918-289-0330; or
tulsaworld.com/ocbg.
Green Country
Bonsai Society Show
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 20
and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 21
Tulsa Garden Center,
2435 S. Peoria Ave.
The show will feature a sale
both days, as well as demonstrations
on how to create
bonsai occurring throughout
the event.
For more, 918-746-5125.
Oct. 27
Family Day: Colors of Fall
Oklahoma Centennial Botanical
Garden
Families can stop by the
visitors center to learn about
the changing of leaves on trees
in the fall and participate in
nature-themed art activities.
For more, 918-289-0330; or
tulsaworld.com/ocbg.
Fall Festival
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Grogg’s Green Barn,
10105 E. 61st St. Tulsa
Find Master Gardeners,
children’s activities, food, local
businesses and organizations
focused on the environment.
Those interested in sharing
their expertise or market their
products, services and organization
at the event are encouraged
to reserve their table/
booth space ($25) now.
For more, call Grogg’s Green
Barn at 918-994-4222 and ask
for Carla.
Original Print Headline: Cool temps don't mean end to gardening season
Bravetta Hassell 918-581-8316
bravetta.hassell@tulsaworld.com
Associated Images:
African Violets will take center stage at the African Violet Society Show and Sale on Saturday. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World file
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