Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) planted 2 large pollinator gardens in front of their Oklahoma City headquarters. During the 2018 season, many monarch eggs and larvae were collected from these gardens, raised to adults, tagged, and successfully released.
The Rodkey house is a 1901 Victorian home of the family of Rodkey Flour Mill in Edmond. We planted milkweed in the flowerbeds near the large front porch this year–and hope to add more pollinator plants in the future. Children who attend camp at the house, which is now an educational and rental facility, will learn more about the pollinator garden.
20 acres dedicated to restoring the natural prairie. Fields are no longer mowed, but paths are mowed in and around prairie for ease of viewing native grasses and flowers.
The mission of the Gardens at Science Museum Oklahoma is to fan the horticultural spark in all of the museum’s guests. In the SMO Gardens guests can experience and learn about successful gardening through sustainable techniques that support native wildlife.
Our small front yard is a garden of perennials and annuals benefitting butterflies and other insects, birds, toads, frogs, turtles, and other wildlife. Many plants such as rue, fennel, milkweed and native trees host caterpillars. Flowering is constant from early spring to late fall. A birdbath with a dripper and a bubbling fountain provide fresh water. Monarch butterflies visit throughout the season. Anyone walking by on Peters Avenue can view our garden.
Small raised bed garden. Boxes were made and planted by Girl Scout. Open to public
Pollinator garden, with emphasis on hand rearing and tagging monarch butterflies in cages for protection against parasites and disease. Mix of native perennials and non-native annuals for nectar which includes native and non-native host milkweed plants (Asclepias incarnata, curassavica, speciosa, syriaca, viridis). Monarch Watch Registry ID#18201
The Cherokee Nation Heirloom Garden and Native Plant Site was initially created to preserve Cherokee heirloom seeds unique to the tribe. After the preservation of heirlooms was underway, it was natural to start adding a variety of culturally important native plants to the site as well. This provides a great opportunity for Cherokees to continue the traditions of our ancestors and elders, as well as educate our youth in Cherokee culture. These plants represent centuries of Cherokee cultural/agricultural history.
With the addition of native plants at the site, many varieties of native flowers and a few species of milkweed have been added to the site. New plants are added every year and the diversity of the garden just continues to grow. There are rock beds throughout the garden displayed in culturally relevant shapes. If you look closely, you may even spot the butterfly.
I have a medium sized pollinator garden and certified Waysation through Monarch Watch in the heart of mid-town Tulsa. I have three different species of milkweed (Swamp, Butterflyweed, Tropical) and numerous amounts of native flowers and plants that bloom throughout the year. Things such as sunflower, purplecone flower, mexican hat, beebalm, golden rod, salvia, butter daisy and many more.
Gardening for pollinators, guerrilla style! Not Really, but the best gardener has always been Mother Nature! So 2 years ago I decided to stop mowing the grass in my back yard. Wow! the amount of different species that were there, just needing a chance to bloom, was mind blowing!
Milkweeds, coneflowers, Gallardia, partridgepea, native lespedezas, Salvia, Liatris, the list goes on! The native grasses were given a chance to grow, providing nesting cover for songbirds and even quail!
The icing on the cake was having a monarch visit a patch of cowpen daisy last fall on its return migration, my first sighting (that I have been paying attention).
