I am planting milkweed and other native plants to help butterflies and other pollinators.
2023 Native Plant Project
“In celebration of 50 years at Lions Park”
An effort to preserve our beautiful surroundings, the availability of our citizens to nature and outdoor activity, and conserve the natural habitats of plant life, insects, birds and animals. We’ve planted roughly 5,500 square feet of native trees, shrubs & perennials as well as a 2,000 square foot wildflower patch:
Main Street Community Garden
Main Street Community Garden began in 2017 as a place for Harrah citizens to grow food, but has blossomed into much more.
Phase I was a fenced, raised bed community garden for food production. Phase II added a wildflower patch, fruit trees and berries to the property. Phase III saw the dream of a working greenhouse realized. And Phase IV is the never ending effort to provide a beautiful setting of flowering shrubs and trees as well as pollinator attracting perennials.
This garden has something for everyone, and needs to be visited to truly appreciate its benefit to our community.
A partnership between the City of Harrah, the local non profit, Harrah Friends of the Park and a tireless volunteer gardening group.. this garden is a genuine example of community unity.
Pollinator & Monarch Butterfly Garden
I planted a pollinator garden then added 4 kinds of milkweed to attract Monarch butterflies. This past year I released 67 Monarchs!
St. Patrick’s Butterfly Garden
The Butterfly Garden is located on the south side of St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church. The garden has four raised beds, four surrounding beds, and two benches for enjoying the beauty of the garden. The project is a native pollinator garden to attract and support butterflies and bees. The garden is also used for teaching and education, reflection and relaxation, and enjoying the beauty of God’s creation.
Pollinator Sharing Library
Dig in deep to gardening with free books on gardening and wildlife, as well as free wildflower seeds! Located at the Central Park Community Garden in Oklahoma City. This library was made possible from support of the Oklahoma County Conservation District and local artist, Liz Mercer and volunteer, Katie Hawk.
Yellow Dog Coffee Pollinator Garden
The South side of our coffee shop and along the eastern front is planted in the Johnston Seed Company Friends of the Monarch’s Central Oklahoma Wildflower mix.
Pocket Prairie
Multi year effort to transform yard to native plant habitat
Toby’s Native Pollinator Garden
A 200 square feet plot within a larger yard in Suburban Tulsa, OK. It includes syriaca, incarnata, and tuberosa milkweeds along with native plants as nectar sources. Correopsis, monarda, and Helianthus included. Most of the plants are plugs from local nurseries, starting in 2018.
Urban Pollinator Garden
An 8×4 raised flower bed in an urban backyard with milkweed, black eyed Susans, golden rod, lantana, rue, coneflower, ironweed, and coreopsis.