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April 2015
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Tulsa Garden Center Peter Walter Williams Companies Linnaeus Teaching Garden
2435 S. Peoria Ave
Tulsa, OK 74114
918-746-5125
www.tulsagardencenter.com
SpringFest Garden Market & Festival April 10th & 11th, 2015
Whatever your skill level, SpringFest Garden Market and Festival is a must visit for your 2015 garden and admission is free. Tulsa Garden Center can help you create a great gar-den that will be the envy of your neighbors and friends. Join us at 2435 S. Peoria Ave. on April 10th and 11th from 9am to 6pm for the annual SpringFest Garden Market and Festival where you will find everything needed to create a beauti-ful garden. There will be a large variety of plants, gardening information, garden art, unique art and craft vendors, a kid’s zone with fun activities, and food and fun for the whole family. While enjoying the beauty and serenity of Tulsa’s premier park, you will have the oppor-tunity to shop for special garden plants, garden décor and all things garden related. Area plant nurseries will offer the newest and best plant se-lections for 2015. The popular Linnaeus Teaching Garden pass-along plant tent will be full of plants for sale from the gardens of Linnaeus gardeners and other friends of the Tulsa Garden Center. Take the opportunity to ask any gardening ques-tions you might have of these professional nurse-ry men and women, the Linnaeus Gardeners and the Tulsa Master Gardeners. Vendors outside and inside the historic Tulsa Garden Center home will offer exceptional craft items and fine art for you, your home and garden. Also, inside the mansion you will find a bird house decorating contest/auction and food concessions. Gardening affiliates of the Tulsa Garden Center expected to attend are Green Country Water Garden Society, Linnaeus Gardeners, Northeastern Oklahoma Beekeepers Association, Tulsa Area Daylily Society, Tulsa Garden Club, Tulsa Herb Society, Tulsa Rose Society, Tulsa Master Gardeners and Up With Trees. Confirmed plant vendors are Colebrook Nursery, Duck Creek Farms, MB Gardens, Roses Inc. Green Country, Timber Ridge Farms and Utopia Gardens.
Arts and Crafts vendors are: Donna Prigmore, 3 P’s in a Pod, All About Metal, Amber & Christmas Ornaments, Archana Gupta-Silversmith, Basket Sensations, Burnett Windows & Siding, Buzz Art, Creations by Tina, Dangles, Bangles & More, Dishters, F. Highlander Designs, Garden Deva Sculpture Company, J & B Jewelry, Kathryn’s, Kellys Soaps, Mud and Metal, NeeNee & CheeChee’s Beaded Things, Northern Tool & Equipment, Okie Dirt, Oklahoma Playsets, Only Oklahoma Artist, Painted Note Cards, Pat’s Pin & Wood Things, Petra Kids Ministries, Inc., Sparkle Plenty, Stephanie’s Selections, Steph’s Gardens, Tadpole Creek Creations, The Novel Gardener, The Patchouli Parlour, The Ugly Mug Mobile Ce-ramic Studio, The Wood Potter, Tom’s Outdoor Living, Tower Garden by Juice Plus, Zedel Inter-national. Bring the whole family and spend a fun-filled day at this spring event. The children’s area will offer multiple entertaining and educational activities. These activities include face painting, balloons, the Adopt-A-Pet van from SPCA, the Reading Van from Tulsa City/County Library and age-appropriate gardening activities. New this year, a special activity for the adults will be the opportunity for guests to ride a Segway around the arboretum for a small rental fee. After shopping, guests can visit the beautiful Linnaeus Teaching Garden, a state-of-the-art demonstration garden in Woodward Park, which offers an array of ideas for the home gar-dener. Be forewarned, a visit to Linnaeus Teach-ing Garden will trigger another shopping spree. Mark your calendar now to attend this gardening extravaganza on April 10th and 11th. Proceeds from SpringFest Garden Market and Festival benefit the Tulsa Garden Center educa-tional programs. For more information, please call 918-746-5125 or visit the website at www.tulsagardencenter.com.
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Orchids are more popular than ever, but can be intimidating in their exotic beauty. They have been collected and grown for commercial purposes for more than 150 years. While orchids are available to casual gardeners and hobbyists, many still regard selecting and caring of orchids for only the greenest of green thumbs. With these helpful books, orchids are rewarding for both the amateur and serious grower.
The Orchid Whisperer: Expert Secrets for Growing Beautiful Orchids (Chronicle Books, 2012) humorously provides orchid instruction. For the novice are tips for the 12 most popular easy-to-grow orchids. Care essentials include watering, fertilizing, repotting, and common myths for the grower. Added features are creative decorating ideas whether choosing containers, or displaying orchids to create centerpieces and garlands.
International author, Mike Tibbs, Orchids (Ball Pub., 2007) gives details on growing orchids from seeds in the greenhouse, the home, or the outdoors. Information is included on the major orchid families and their characteristics. His wealth of knowledge includes cultivating, caring and showing your orchids and orchid hybrids.
Orchids of Tropical America: An Introduc-tion and Guide (Cornell University Press, 2014) details nature reserves and conservation sites all south of the United States. Informative stories about the ecology and history of each genus make this entertaining reading. Commonsense details are given for getting started and caring for the orchids in a variety of settings.
For the non-novice, Orchids to Know and Grow (University Press of Florida, 2007) provides tips on selecting good specimens to buy and on caring for them under a variety of conditions. The authors, both horticulture professors, offer advice to prepare the plants for exhibitions, Special grow-ing arrangements, diseases, insects and physio-
logical problems are detailed. Line drawings and color images assist the reader.
With over 600 photographs, The Practical Encyclopedia of Orchids: A Complete Guide to Orchids and Their Cultivation (Hermes House, 2007) also includes step by step advice. . The directory provides habitat, size, flowering time and growing requirements. This guide includes large color photographs which add to the book’s enjoy-ment.
Michel Viardhas’ boxed set of The World of Orchids and The Most Beautiful Orchids (Flammarion, 2006) offers practical information, a complete history and a wealth of fascinating or-chid facts. Volume one includes the origins, prac-tical information on care and cultivation and the glossary and index. Volume two is a fully illustrat-ed listing of 87 varieties. An interesting fact is giv-en as a special feature for each orchid.
Mary Moore Tulsa City-County Library
Gardening by the Book
Orchids
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Tulsa Area Daylily Society The April meeting will be the distribution of the nesting daylil-ies. It will be held on Thursday, April 2, 2015, with hospitality at 6:30pm and the meeting will start at 7:00pm. The meeting will be held at Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria Ave., Tulsa, OK 74114. Admission to all TADS meetings is free.
Contact: Regina Jones—918-260-1855
Tulsa Council of Federated Garden Clubs The Tulsa Council will meet on April 3rd at 9:30am for hospi-tality and the meeting will start at 10:00am.
Contact: Marillyn Lay—918-246-9656 [email protected]
Tulsa Garden Club The Tulsa Garden Club will be welcoming Heather Oakley of Global Gardens for its April 6, 2015 meeting. Her program will be “Empowering Communities Through Gardening. Please join us for morning coffee at 10:00am followed by the program and business meet-ing.
After the regular meeting, there will be a Design Study Group program about our upcoming May Flower Show given by member Melinda McLane. Visitors are always welcome, so please come and join us!
Contact: Judith M. Carter—918-355-8020 [email protected]
The Tulsa Rose Society
SPECIAL EVENT
TULSA ROSE SOCIETY MEETING Sunday — April 12, 2015 — 2 p.m.
Tulsa Garden Center
“Companion Plants for Roses”
Speaker is Dr. Mike Schnelle, OSU Endowed Profesor of Floriculture,
Dept. of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
The public is invited and refreshments are served.
Contact : Dr. Don Johnson—918-227-1954 [email protected]
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Tulsa Herb Society The Tulsa Herb Society will meet on Tuesday, April 14th, at 9:00am. Jacqui Savage will be talking about the “The Language of Flowers”. Contact: Patsy Wynn—918-496-8019
The Tulsa Perennial Club The Tulsa Perennial Club will meet on Thursday, April 16th, 2015, at 7:00pm, in the Tulsa Garden Center Auditorium. This month several members will demonstrate how to divide and re-pot perennial plants, all in preparation for the May 2nd Plant Sale. Members are encouraged to select and divide their own perennial plants for the sale. The sale begins at 9:00am , so come early for the best selec-tion.
http://www.tulsaperennialclub.com/
National Association of Parliamentarians Oil Capital Unit of Nat’l. Association of Parliamentarians
Parliamentary Workshop Friday, April 17th, 2015 , 1:00pm—4:00pm Saturday, April 18th, 2015, 9:30am—12:30pm
Cost = $15 in advance, $20 at door Contact: 918-747-8447
[email protected] or www.meetingprocedures.org
Tulsa Orchid Society The Tulsa Orchid Society would like to invite you to our Annual Spring Show Saturday, April 18th and Sunday, April19th. This will be an American Orchid Society judged exhibit show, so there will be lovely blooming displays of exotic orchids. Additionally, we will have several new vendors as well as many of our regular favorites selling hundreds of beautiful blooming orchids to the public. Admission is FREE!!!! Hours are from 9-4 on Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday. Orchid Society members will be present to answer questions, suggest a plant that should do well in your growing conditions, and we will have our society table with informative free plant care handouts and some great plant bargains. There will also be a limited amount of orchid society specially made orchid mix for repotting your plants for sale. But these supplies won’t last so be sure to stop by the show and get your orchids and growing supplies early! Come and scratch that green thumb itch with us in April! We hope to see you all there.
Contact: Emilie Kraft—918-371-4723
African Violet Society of Greater Tulsa The African Violet Society of Greater Tulsa will meet on Mon-day, April 20, 2015. Refreshments will be available at 7:00pm, the busi-ness meeting will start at 7:15pm and the program, will start at 8:00pm.
Contact: Nancy Moerer—918-938-6977 [email protected]
Green Country Bonsai Society Green Country Bonsai Society will host a spring workshop on April 25th and 26th, 2015, in TGC’s South Room. The Instructor will be Neil Dillinger. Times are Saturday 9am till noon and 1:00—4:00pm. Sun-day’s workshop will be held from 9:30am till 12:30pm. The annual spring show will be held on May 2nd and 3rd, 2015. Saturday ‘s time is 10:00am—4:00pm. Sunday’s time is 11:00am—4:00pm.
Contact: Charles Sitter—918-446-4120 [email protected]
Tulsa Area Iris Society The Tulsa Area Iris Society will meet on Thursday, April 9, 2015. We have refreshments at 6:30pm, followed by our program.
Tulsa Area Iris Society Shows Saturday, April 25, 2015 open 12:00pm—4:00pm Sunday, April 26, 2015 open 11:00am—4:00pm
Saturday, May 9, 2015 open 12:00pm—4:00pm Sunday, May 10, 2015 open 11:00am—4:00pm
Admission to all TAIS meetings is free. The meeting will be held at Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria Ave., Tulsa, OK 74114.
Contact: Paul W. Gossett
918-853-6204
The Hosta Connection The Hosta Connection will meet on Tuesday, April 28th, at 6:30pm for hospitality followed by the evening’s program. The program will be given by Linda Vater, a garden writer and blogger. She is the gar-den contributor for KFOR TV and will share her insights on garden de-sign.
Contact: Carol Puckett—918-355-4281 [email protected]
Northeast Chapter, Oklahoma Native Plant Society The Northeast Chapter of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society will meet on Monday, May 4, in the Ballroom of the Tulsa Garden Center at 6:30 p.m. Snacks and desserts will be served at 6:30 followed by a brief busi-ness meeting at 7:00 p.m. The program, "Montana: History, Beauty, and Big Sky Country" will be presented by Dale and Sue Amstutz. The meet-ing is open to the public. Oklahoma Native Plant Society will join the Oklahoma Council of Garden Clubs in sponsoring the annual Wildflower Workshop on May 15-16, 2015. The event will be held at Southeastern State University in Durant, Oklahoma. Additional information, including registration, is availa-ble by visiting the ONPS website, oknativeplants.org.
Green Country Sierra Club Green Country Sierra Club will meet on April 30th, 2015, at 7:00pm in Tulsa Garden Center Ballroom. The program will be presented by Mike Langston, Assistant Director, South Central Climate Science Center, USGS. The South Cen-tral Center is one of eight regional Climate Science Centers funded by the Department of Interior through the U.S. Geological Survey. They conduct stakeholder-driven science in order to provide support for land managers and decision makers. The South Central Climate Science Center is host-ed by a consortium of institutions including the University of Oklahoma. Mike will discuss climate change and impacts specific to this part of the country.
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April 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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2 7:00pm
Cacti Society Regular Meeting
7:00pm
Tulsa Area Daylily Society Meeting
3 10:00am
Tulsa Council of Garden Clubs Regu-
lar Meeting
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5 Easter
6 10:00am
Tulsa Garden Club
Regular Meeting
7:00pm
Green Country Bon-sai Society Regular Meeting
7 9:00am Tulsa Herb Society Members Activities
12:00pm
“Let’s Talk Garden-ing”
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9 6:30pm
Tulsa Area Iris Soci-ety Regular Meeting
10 9:00am—6:00pm
SpringFest
Garden Market
and Festival
11 9:00am—6:00pm
SpringFest
Garden Market
and Festival
12 1:30pm
Tulsa Orchid Society Regular Meeting
2:00pm
Tulsa Rose Society Regular Meeting
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14 9:00am
Tulsa Herb Society Regular Meeting
12:00pm
“Let’s Talk Garden-ing”
6:30pm
Green Country Wa-ter Garden Society Meeting
15 12:00pm
Brown Bag Seminar ”Roses” by
Karen Gardner
16 7:00pm
Tulsa Perennial Club Regular Meeting
17 1:00pm
Nat’l. Assoc. of Parliamentarians
Regular Meeting
18 9:00am—4:00pm
Tulsa Orchid Society Spring Show and
Sale
19
10:00am—4:00pm
Tulsa Orchid Society Spring Show and
Sale
20 7:00pm
African Violet Soci-ety Regular Meeting
21 9:00am
Tulsa Herb Society Members Activities
11:00am
Anne Hathaway Herb Society Regu-lar Meeting
12:00pm
Book Discussion Club
“Farming in a Flow-erpot”
7:00pm
Tulsa Audubon Soci-ety Regular Meeting
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25 10:00am—5:00pm
Tulsa Garden Club
Garden Tour
9:00am
Green Country Bon-sai Workshop
12:00pm—3:00pm
Tulsa Area Iris Soci-ety Show & Sale
26 9:00am
Green Country Bon-sai Workshop
11:00am—3:00pm
Tulsa Area Iris Soci-ety Show & Sale
27 6:00pm
Calligraphy Guild Regular Meeting
28 9:00am
Tulsa Herb Society Members Activities
12:00pm
“Let’s Talk Garden-ing”
7:00pm
The Hosta Connec-tion
29 9:00am
Linnaeus Monthly Meeting
30
7:00pm
Sierra Club Regular Meeting
