March and April - Events outoors, wildflowers, nature and for gardeners

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March and April promise to be busy months for everyone who enjoys gardening or being outside. There are how-to workshops; the Muskogee trails clean-up, tea at the Thomas-Foreman Home Daffodil Day, an Audubon Club meeting, Azalea Festival activities, art shows, a wildflower weekend and a rattlesnake roundup to keep you going.

MARCH 16 8 am to 5
Tulsa Rose Society workshop $20
Tulsa Community College, 3727 E Apache
Information Don or Brenda Johnson 918-277-1954


MARCH 16 8 to 12
Muskogee Trail clean-up
Information: DougW@health.ok.gov, 918-683-0321

 

MARCH 16 10:30 am
Tulsa Community Garden Association
Welcome Table Garden Park and Orchard, 6005 N. Johnstown Ave. Turley
information http://www.tulsacga.org and Bonnie Ashing 918-346-3475

 

MARCH 20 4:30 to 7 pm
Spring Celebration
Lake McMurtry, Stillwater, OK
Bicycle maintenance class, Easter egg hunt & Audubon Society bird walk
information:  RSVP Rachel@lakemcmurtry.com or 405.747.8085


MARCH 21 7 PM
Indian Nations Audubon Club
Muskogee Public Library George Foreman Room
Speaker Andy Qualls, Natural Resource Conservation Service
Information Martha Evans marthadavehome@gmail.com


March 21 6 pm
Muskogee Garden Club
“What’s New for Home Gardeners?”
Blossom’s Garden Center
3012 East Hancock
Information: 918-683-5380


MARCH 23 10 am – 2 pm
Daffodil Day at Thomas-Foreman Home, 1419 W Okmulgee St.
Tour the home and enjoy Tea served by Muskogee Garden Club $5
For $10 Tour Three Rivers Museum  220 Elgin St, take the trolley to Thomas Foreman Home, have tea and  tour the Thomas-Foreman Home
Information: http://www.3riversmuseum.com, 918-683-5380, 918.683.2373

 

MARCH 23 2pm
Insect Nesting Box Class $20
Groggs Green Barn
10105 East 62 St, Tulsa
RSVP
http://groggsgreenbarn.com, 918-994-4222

 

MARCH 24 2 to 3
Spring Pruning Class
Southwood Landscape & Garden Center
9025 S Lewis, Tulsa
Information: 918.299.9409


MARCH 25 9 to 5
FREE DAY Crystal Bridge Myriad Gardens
301 W Reno, Oklahoma City
Information 405.445.7080

 

MARCH 28 speakers 9 to 3
AND MARCH 30 Festival 9 to 3
EcoFest – Conserving Oklahoma,
Tulsa Community College Seminar Center, 3727 E Apache at Harvard
Information: www.TULSACC.EDU/ECOFEST, MLimas@tulsacc.edu

 

APR 1 -30 , 10 to 5
ART UNDER THE OAKS
Five Civilized Tribes Museum
1101 Honor Heights DR
Information: 918-683.1701


APRIL 1 30
AZALEA FESTIVAL
Honor Heights Park
Information: 918-684-6302

 

April 2 at 6 pm
Wildflower Walk at Cedar Crest/
MacLennan Park
Kansas Native Plant Society
www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org
Information Jeff Hansen, 785 806 6917

 

APRIL 5
Waynoka Rattlesnake Round-Up
Information 580-541-4169

 

APRIL 9 at 6 pm
CHOUTEAU GARDEN CLUB
“Native Plants in the Garden”
111 N McCracken
Information: missnavigation@gmail.com

 

APRIL 12 7pm to APR 14
MO NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY Spring Meeting
Sugar Creek State Park near Pineville MO
Details at http://bit.ly/UEtAJx
Information: Larry Wegmann lwegmann@sbcglobal.net, 314-623-3933

APRIL 12 to 14
California Botanical Society
Botanical Symposium
Berkeley, CA
Information: http://www.calbotsoc.org/centennial_symposium.html
 

APRIL 13 9 TO 5
TX NATIVE PLANT SALE
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Information and Plant list: www.wildflower.org,

APRIL 13 at noon
AZALEA PARADE
downtown Muskogee
Information: 918-684-6302


APRIL 13-14, 9 to 4
SPRING FEST GARDEN MARKET AND FESTIVAL
Tulsa Garden Center
2435 Peoria AV
Information 918.746.5125

 

APRIL 13 10 am
“Perennials for Your Landscape”
Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden, Tulsa
Information: 918-289-0330, www.ocbg.org

 

April 18 at 9:30 am
Muskogee Garden Club
119 Spaulding BL
Growing Flowers & Vegetables Together
Information: Oyana Wilson 918-683-5380

 

APRIL 20 8 to 12
Muskogee Farmer’s Market
Opening & Earth Day Celebration
Market Square, 5th & Okmulgee ST

 

APRIL 20 9:30 am and 2 pm
Flower Garden and Nature Society
709 S Old Missouri RD, Springdale AR
Erica Glasner
10 “Joy of Gardening” & 2 pm “Designing a Garden” $20
Information: 479-466-8100 or pgp31@cox.net

 

April 20 9 to 4
HERBAL AFFAIR
Sand Springs downtown
500 N Adams Rd
www.herbalaffairandfestival.com
918-246-2504

 

APRIL 27 8 to 4
JENKS HERB AND PLANT FESTIVAL
Information: 918-298-5112 or 918-446-2488

 

It is always a good idea to call ahead and ask about cost and parking.

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