Volunteers at the Bristow Museum, which is inside a 1923 FRISCO Train Depot, have added a beautiful butterfly garden for visitors (and Monarchs) to enjoy. Listed as a Monarch Watch Waystation in 2017, the volunteers have loved sharing in the beauty of the flowers while knowing they are assisting with the migration and survival of the monarchs. Stop by and visit the museum, enjoy the train depot, and visit the butterfly garden.
This garden will be in the Monarch migration flyway and provide the special habitat this species needs. Milkweed is the only plant that the Monarch caterpillar eats and because of habitat loss the numbers of Monarch butterflies are in steep decline. Leonardo’s Children’s Museum’s mission is the enrich and inspire children of all ages by creating fun learning opportunities. This garden is to help Pollinators, Monarchs and also educate. It also is an opportunity for families to learn together.
We have a garden project and greenhouse where we plant and sell bedding plants. We will encourage our customer with the bee and butterfly plants! And we are also planting a butterfly friendly bed!
This area is designed, built, landscaped and maintained by volunteers of the Master Gardener Association of Rogers County- in partnership with OSU Cooperative Extension (Rogers County) and the Claremore Parks Department. The Teaching Garden is located in Will Rogers Park in Claremore and is open to the public on assigned days through the week. There are several themed gardens including a large pollinator garden with plant varieties that attract monarchs-as well as other butterfly, bee and pollinator type insects.
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.
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.
We have 3 certified Waystations at the Tulsa Zoo with the largest being the Conservation Garden. This is a large pollinator garden and certfied Waystation with over 100 native Oklahoma plants, including multiple species of milkweed. The Garden showcases not only the native pollinator plants but also explains how to get started with planting a garden and it also shows the importance of native grasses in our state and there is a large rain garden which helps teach about water conservation and how native plants play a role against erosion with slowing down water and sinking it to help replenish the ground water.
