Tulsa Botanic Garden

Habitat Helper - Make A Birdbath
2015-08-28 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
Summer is hot for everyone, including the animals in our yard. Visit the Botanic Garden to learn how plants and birds are adapted to survive in hot weather. Kids can decorate a bird bath to put out at home. ($1 donation for materials).

The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Fall Vegetable Gardening
2015-08-22 10:00 - 11:00
Join Kenda Woodburn, Tulsa County Extension Horticulture Educator, to learn about starting and growing a fall vegetable garden. Fall is a great time to grow seasonal vegetables, without the heat of the summer. Talks begins in visitor center at 10 a.m.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Rocks, Dirt & Soil
2015-08-21 09:00 - 16:00
Come learn about the world under our feet as we investigate rocks, dirt and soil! Learn about different types of rocks and create a piece of art to take home. Bring the little ones to some digging fun!
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Papermaking
2015-08-14 09:00 - 16:00
Back to school time means getting supplies like pencils, paper and more. Enjoy a day at the Botanic Garden exploring trees, leaves and learning how paper is made by making your own piece to take home. Drop-in activities.

The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Fun and Exciting Plants for Oklahoma Gardens with Steve Owens
2015-08-08 10:00 - 11:00
We’re excited to have Steve Owens, owner of Bustani Plant Farm in Stillwater, join us to share his wealth of excitement and knowledge of plants! Enjoy air-conditioned comfort in the visitor center and get inspired to get back out in your garden as we learn about some of Steve’s favorite plants. Attendees will be entered in a drawing for door prize.
Steve is former host of “Oklahoma Gardening” show on the OETA Network. Bustani Plant Farm is a specialty nursery known for offering unique and hard-to-find perennials, tropicals, vines, and Oklahoma natives.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults, 50¢ for children 3-12 yrs. Free for Botanic Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Dog Day at the Botanic Garden
2015-08-01 11:00 - 13:00
Bring your four-legged friend for a stroll around the Garden’s Lake. The Dog House Food Truck will be at the Garden from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with their award-winning menu. Pups won’t be left out – there will be treats and pools to keep them cool.
(Dogs must be on leash and up-to-date on all vaccinations.)
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for children 3-12 years. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Toad Abodes
2015-07-31 09:00 - 16:00
Toads are great for gardens – they eat slugs, grubs and many other garden pests. Kids can make and decorate a toad abode to provide shelter and shade in their own backyard and learn about some of the toads of our area. $2 donation for materials. Drop-in activity.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults and 50¢ for kids 3-12 years. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions click here.

Family Activity Day: Gardens in Glass
2015-07-25 09:00 - 16:00
Bring the family to make a terrarium together ($3 for materials), then explore the Garden to see progress of construction of the Children’s Discovery Garden and the A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Floral Terraces.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults, 50¢ for kids 3-12 years. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Garden Homes
2015-07-24 09:00 - 16:00
Take a closer look in the garden and see what insects, spiders and other animals call it home. Stop in the visitor center to pick up an insect hunt card to explore a whole new world of the garden. Drop-in activity.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults, 50¢ for children 3-12 years. Free for members. For more information call 918-289-0330. For map/directions click here.

Gardening for Health & Healing
2015-07-18 11:00
Join Dr. Gerry Holland for a discussion on the health and therapeutic benefits of gardening. Gerry is a hyperbaric specialist focusing on wound care. She lives and practices in Oklahoma City and raises orchids as a hobby.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults and 50¢ for children 3-12 years. Free for members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions click here.

Integrated Garden Systems
2015-07-11 13:00
Learn from a well-rounded, longtime, Tulsa gardener and biologist. Karen Harris is owner and operator of Bad Dog Farm, a one-acre garden inside Tulsa where she grows strawberries, tomatoes, sweet peppers and more, that she sells at Tulsa Farmer’s Market – Cherry Street. Karen will share what she’s learned in her years of experience gardening WITH wildlife – both the challenges and benefits of attracting wildlife while growing crops. Karen has a master’s degree in biology and has taught in Tulsa area schools for over 30 years. Talk begins at 1 p.m. in visitor center.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults, 50¢ for kids 3-12 years. Free for members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Reading the Clouds
2015-07-10 09:00 - 16:00
We see them every day, but do you know what the clouds can tell us? Stop in the visitor center to make a cloud identifier. Drop-in activity.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults and 50¢ for kids 3-12 years. Members are free. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions clilck here.

One of Nature's Finest Spectacles
2015-06-27 11:00 - 12:00
A very unusual and rare plant landed in John Hawkins’ home several years ago. As John learned the storied history of the plant and saw the stunning bloom, he generously decided to share the wonder of the plant with friends and neighbors. The blooming of this plant has assumed the stature of a neighborhood event, neighbor calling neighbor to report the expected opening. John will recreate the experience of seeing and enjoying this extraordinary plant with you – a botanical happening not to be missed!
Marie Antoinette commissioned paintings of this fascinating plant. Mary Todd Lincoln’s family organized soirees that featured the blooming of this extraordinary flower. Join us to learn about one of nature’s loveliest spectacles. Presentation by John B. Hawkins.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults, 50¢ for children 3-12 yrs. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For a map/directions, click here.

Pollinators - Nature's Super Heroes
2015-06-26 09:00 - 16:00
Did you know:
In the United States, pollination by honeybees and other insects produces $40 billion worth of products annually.Foods and beverages produced with the help of pollinators include: apples, bananas, blueberries, chocolate, coffee, melons, peaches, potatoes, pumpkins, vanilla, almonds, and tequila. (Imagine a world without some of these things!)
Kids can decorate a pollinator mask and then take our “pollinator challenge” – bee-come a pollinator and find the flowers you would pollinate. Drop-in activities in the visitor center.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults, 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Fun for Father's Day
2015-06-19 09:00 - 16:00
Kids can decorate and plant a grass head for their dad for Father’s Day. Luckily dad won’t have to mow this grass – the kids can cut it with scissors! ($1 donation for materials). Drop-in activity in visitor center.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Photographing Nature
2015-06-13 09:00
Sharon King Grimm will give a photographer’s perspective on how to capture what we see in nature. She’ll start with a brief presentation in the visitor center followed by a walk through the Garden to help you see light in a whole new way.
Sharon King Grimm believes in photography’s unique ability to capture a fleeting moment of real life and to preserve that instant for all time. When that is achieved, a photograph becomes timeless.
Sharon earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Tulsa. She has been a nature, sports and portrait photographer for over forty years. Sharon’s photographs have been published on numerous occasions, have been on display at the National Basketball Hall of Fame and have been shown at the Thomas Gilcrease Museum. Her work can be found locally for sale at the M.A. Doran Gallery. The artist lives and works in Tulsa.
Whether you are a novice or a more seasoned photographer, Sharon will suggest ways that your photographs can more fully come to life. Meet in visitor center at 9 a.m. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults, 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

National Get Outdoors Day
2015-06-12 09:00 - 16:00
We’re celebrating National Get Outdoors Day one day early! Stop in the visitor center for a map and pick up a photo scavenger hunt list to complete on your walk. Test your observation skills and have fun! Drop-in activities.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults, 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Plein Air Painters
2015-06-06 09:00 - 16:00
Artists of all skill levels and ages are encouraged to bring their supplies and join plein air painters for a day of painting in the Garden. Starting at 9 a.m.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults, 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions, click here.

Visions in Containers - Botanicals, Butterflies, Birds and Bees
2015-05-30 11:00
Karen Horton, owner of Avant-Garden Designs and Master Gardener, will demonstrate how she creates exquisite containers using select plants from Bustani Plant Farm. Karen has designed landscaping for numerous residential and commercial properties in Tulsa and the southwest. Her work at Clarehouse in Tulsa was particularly satisfying to her as she carried out a plan that is lovely, soothing and peaceful.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for children 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions click here.

Make a Nature Journal
2015-05-29 09:00 - 16:00
Summer is here! Stop in the Botanic Garden’s visitor center to make a simple nature journal to record all your exciting summer nature adventures. Take it with you to draw, color, sketch or record some of your Garden sightings. Drop-in activity in the visitor center.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults, 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions to the garden, click here.

Feathered Friends
2015-05-15 09:00 - 16:00
Kids and families can drop in the visitor center to learn some basic bird silhouettes and other tips to begin watching birds.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for children 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For map/directions click here.

National Public Gardens Day
2015-05-09 09:00 - 14:00, 2015-05-08 09:00 - 16:00
Tulsa Botanic Garden is collaborating with Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa Zoo and VisitTulsa to shine a spotlight on the beauty and diversity of gardens across Tulsa in celebration of National Public Gardens Day.
FRIDAY, May 8
Tulsa Botanic Garden:9 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Free admission. Drop-in activities in the visitor center – make paper wildflowers and go on a floral scavenger hunt. Tulsa County Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your gardening questions.10 – 11 a.m. – Garden tour with horticulture staff.
Philbrook Museum:10 a.m. – 5 p.m. – Free admission. Activities and scavenger hunt until 4 p.m.12-1 p.m. – Garden tour.
5:30 – 7 p.m. TALK WITH THE GARDENERS – Moderated Talk at Philbrook Museum with Dr. Todd Lasseigne, CEO, Tulsa Botanic Garden, Shelia Kanotz, Garden Manager, Philbrook; and Jay Ross, Horticulture Curator, Tulsa Zoo.Free admission, plant door prizes, cash bar and time after talk to explore Philbrook’s gardens (until 7 p.m.).

SATURDAY, May 9
Tulsa Botanic Garden:9 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Free admission. Stop in the visitor center where kids can decorate a pot and plant a seed to grow for mom. (Please note the Garden will be closing early on Saturday, at 2 p.m., to prepare for the Third Annual DIG: Day In the Garden event.)
Philbrook Museum: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. – Free admission and hands-on activities. Tulsa County Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer garden questions.
Tulsa Zoo: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. – Self-guided tree tour9 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Garden related activitiesRegular admission applies
For more information, call 918-289-0330. For directions/map, click here.

Eat Like a Bird
2015-04-25 09:00 - 16:00
Drop in the visitor center to learn about bird beaks and how they’re adapted for the habitat in which they live and eat. Make a bird feeder to take home.
Please note: Attracting and Feeding Birds in Your Yard presentation will be rescheduled for a later date.
The Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Group visits available during the week with an appointment.)
Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for children 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members.
For more information, call 918-289-0330. For directions to the Garden, click here.

Groundbreaking Celebration!
2015-04-18 09:00 - 16:00
We invite kids of all ages for celebration of the groundbreaking of our Children’s Discovery Garden on Saturday, April 18. The groundbreaking ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. with special guests and dignitaries, but the celebration will include activities throughout the day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Tulsa Wind Riders Kite Club will be on hand flying their colorful, unique kites from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors can bring a kite to fly or decorate and assemble their own at a kite-making station at the celebration. Kids can create art to help decorate construction fencing and make their own Spring Giant mask (a feature of the Children’s Discovery Garden). Families are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy around the Garden’s lake. Tulsa Girls Art School will be on hand plein air painting throughout the festivities.
The Children’s Discovery Garden will encompass almost two acres in a fantastical “wonderland” garden environment offering experience-based learning opportunities for children and families. The focal point of the garden will be the Stream Valley, with the water source emanating from the Spring Giant, a 15’ rugged stone face entered through a hidden grotto. The Meadow will offer exploration of trails through tall grasses and flowering perennials as well as larger-than-life insect whirligigs hovering above. A grove of post oaks, at the highest point of the Children’s Garden, will house the Tree Fort, offering vantage points through windowed portals set among the tree limbs.
The Children’s Discovery Garden is the second of four gardens to go under construction as part of a capital campaign announced in November. The A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Floral Terraces, a formal ornamental garden, is slated to open in October 2015. The Children’s Discovery Garden is expected to open in spring 2016.

Garden Imagination Day
2015-04-17 09:00 - 16:00
Families can stop by the visitor center to see plans of the Children’s Discovery Garden and kids can use their imagination to draw and design their own garden on paper.
The Botanic Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for kids 3-12 yrs. For a map/directions, click here.

Flower Power
2015-04-11 09:00 - 16:00
Come out to the Garden as we investigate flowers! Dissect a flower and then go on a walk to see what flowers and colors you can find in the Garden.Drop-in activities in the visitor center.
The Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Group visits available during the week with an appointment.)
Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for children 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members. For more information, call 918-289-0330. For directions to the Garden, click here.

Super Spuds!
2015-04-10 09:00 - 16:00
Learn about the potato – a popular vegetable. Check out the different varieties of potatoes that exist and learn the best potatoes to plant in Oklahoma. Use potatoes to make printed works of art to take home. Drop-in activities in the visitor center.
The Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Group visits available during the week with appointment.)
Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for children 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members.
For more information, call 918-289-0330. For directions to the Garden, click here.

Enchanting April with author Dee Nash
2015-04-04 10:00 - 11:00
Join native Oklahoman and author, Dee Nash, for a lively talk about all things growing. Dee will inspire you as she shares tips for blending edibles with perennials in any garden, as well has how to prep, plant and grow specimen shrubs, perennials and tropicals that thrive in Oklahoma’s challenging conditions.
To keep up with Dee online, check out her award-winning blog, Red Dirt Ramblings. Southern Living Magazine recently named Dee a “Blogger to Follow in 2015.” Better Homes and Gardens put Red Dirt Ramblings in their Top Ten in 2014, and she won the Garden Writers Association Gold Award for best writing in 2014
Dee is the author of The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: a No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff. She will have books available for sale after her talk.

Healthy Tulsa Trees
2015-03-28 11:00 - 12:00
11 a.m. – Join Mike Perkins, Urban Forester for City of Tulsa, for a talk on all things trees! Get tips on giving your trees the best care for a long, healthy life – from proper placement to planting and care. Learn about some of Tulsa’s longest-lived trees – state champions right here in our city!
Noon – 4 p.m. – Drop-in the visitor center for tree-related crafts and activities.
The Garden is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Group visits available during the week with an appointment).
Suggested admission is $2 for adults; 50¢ for children 3-12 yrs. Free for Garden members.
For more information, call 918-289-0330. For directions to the Garden, click here.
