GROW. Gardening by the Book. Vegetable Gardening. Contributions: January 8, 2015 February 7, 2015

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1 March 2015 GROW Tulsa Garden Center News Gardening by the Book Vegetable Gardening 2435 S. Peoria Ave Tulsa, OK Contributions: January 8, 2015 February 7, 2015 Tulsa Garden Center Brookside Cleaners, L.L.C. Panera Bread Linnaeus Teaching Garden J. Grant Easterling Tulsa Garden Center presents a Household Shredding Event! Like Tulsa Garden Center on Facebook If you are interested in growing your own vegetables, you have joined the blossoming ranks of DIY gardeners who place a premium on the idea of selfreliance and healthy eating. These titles make vegetable growing fun and pain free as they guide the reader. It is possible to have vegetable gardens that are designed and maintained for recreation and flavor. Backyard Harvest: A Year- Round Guide to Growing Fruits and Vegetables (DK Publishing, 2011) is a beautifully illustrated guide. Good for the new gardener, it is organized by month giving a list of what to eat, what to sow, what to harvest and what maintenance tasks need to be tackled. The at-a-glance section includes a vegetable chart planner. Gardening by Cuisine: An Organic-food Lover s Guide to Sustainable Living (Freading/ebook, 2013) is geared for low maintenance. Each of the author s raised bed and container garden plans contain key ingredients of popular cuisines - Italian, Asian, Latin-Caribbean, and others. Also included are simple delicious recipes and menus that make the most of the produce. Groundbreaking Food Gardens: 73 Plans That Will Change the Way You Grow Your Garden (Storey Pub., 2014) has two to four page plans for each of the variety of themes. These have line drawings, narratives, and charts. The contributors and their inspirations are given for each plan. Unique food gardens include growing 24 kinds of chile peppers, a cocktail garden and even a Chicago hot dog garden. Growing Vegetables and Herbs: Expert Advice Made Easy. (Hatherleigh, 2013) is a comprehensive primer for first time gardeners. The detailed illustrations and informative photographs help eliminate confusion. This guide takes the reader from planning out the garden to its planting then nurturing and eventually enjoying its harvest. Successful gardening is aided by knowing which plants grow well in your area. Southern Fruit and Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles (Cool Springs Press, 2013) is written exclusively for gardeners in Oklahoma and other similar states. Planting, care and harvesting details are given for more than 60 foods. Helpful color photographs show a variety of common and unusual fruits, vegetables, nuts and herbs. For sowing, growing and harvesting quick foods try The Speedy Vegetable Garden (Freading/ebook, 2013). Cultivation advice, recommended varieties and clear how-to photographs are for more than 50 crops. The suggestions would be helpful for anyone trying to get children interested in gardening. These quick maturing varieties will put food on your plate in record time. Mary Moore Tulsa City-County Library

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6 Affiliate News Tulsa Garden Club The Tulsa Garden Club will be welcoming Sheila Kanotz, Philbrook Garden Manager for its March 2, 2015, meeting. Her program will be A Retrospect of Last Year and a Glimpse of What s to Come. Please join us for morning coffee at 10:00am followed by the program and business meeting. After the regular meeting, there will be a Design Study Group program given by member Melinda McLane. Visitors are always welcome, so please come and join us! Contact: Judith M. Carter judithmcarter@valornet.com Tulsa Area Daylily Society The Tulsa Area Daylily Society is looking forward to a blooming Spring. The March meeting will be a Welcome Party with Barry Fugatt as the featured speaker. It will be held on Thursday, March 5, 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 Admission to all TADS meetings is free. Contact: Regina Jones Tulsa Garden Center News

7 Affiliate News Tulsa Council of Federated Garden Clubs The Tulsa Council will meet on March 6th at 9:30am for hospitality and the meeting will start at 10:00am. The program will be presented by David Hillock who has been the Council s speaker every March for the past 17 years. David develops educational programming through Oklahoma Botanical Garden & Arboretum (OBGA) and Cooperative Extension Service. He is responsible for maintaining and developing fact sheets, videos, presentations, and workshops for the consumer or home gardener. In addition to assisting with the Oklahoma Gardening program, David is the State Coordinator for the Master Gardener Program and assists the County Extension Educators in developing and maintaining Master Gardener Programs and other educational needs of consumer horticulture. Since 2003 David has coordinated and conducted the Nursery/Landscape contest for State FFA Career Development Events held in Stillwater. After the program, there will be a potluck lunch. Contact: Marillyn Lay mnhlay@cox.net The Tulsa Rose Society The Tulsa Rose Society will meet on Sunday, March 8, 2015, at 2:00pm in the Ballroom of Tulsa Garden Center. The speaker will be Mike Shoup, owner of the ANTIQUE ROSE EMPORIUM. He will be bringing some roses for sale and will be doing a book signing for his latest book, ROSES ON THE SOUTHERN GAR- DEN. Mike has traveled the back country of the South exhaustively searching for those roses that have stood the test of time under decades of difficult conditions and selected the best of those for his collections and sale along with more modern varieties that show enduring traits. Mike has co-authored other books and is a member of multiple international horticulture organizations and contributor to numerous periodical publications. He is a fascinating speaker and will be able to answer questions of interest to both the casual rose grower and the serious hobbyist. The public is invited and refreshments are served. Contact : Dr. Don Johnson no1roseman@aol.com Tulsa Herb Society The Tulsa Herb Society will hold its March Tea Party on Tuesday, March 10th, at 9:00am. This a members ONLY event. Contact: Patsy Wynn patsywynn@cox.net Tulsa Area Iris Society The Tula Area Iris Society will be holding it s first meeting of 2015 on Thursday, March 12, We have refreshments at 6:30pm, followed by our program presented by Melinda McLane on Designing with Iris at 7:00pm. The business meeting will start around 8:00pm. COME JOIN US, WE WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU! Admission to all TAIS meetings is free. The meeting will be held at Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria Ave., Tulsa, OK Contact: Paul W. Gossett African Violet Society of Greater Tulsa The African Violet Society of Greater Tulsa will meet on Monday, March 16, Refreshments will be available at 7:00pm, the business meeting will start at 7:15pm and the program, will start at 8:00pm. Contact: Nancy Moerer nmoerer@cox.net The Tulsa Perennial Club The Tulsa Perennial Club will meet on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at 7:00pm, in the Tulsa Garden Center Auditorium. The program will be presented by Kathy Reid of Pryor Creek Nursery, a full service retail nursery which provides trees, shrubs, annuals, and perennials, including hostas. Join us as we enjoy an interesting speaker and continue our 20th Anniversary celebration. The Hosta Connection The Hosta Connection opens the 2015 year on Tuesday, March 24, The program will be a video presentation by Barry Fugatt discussing how to get the most out of your perennials. This video was taken during the Class 12 Linnaeus Training course. It is Barry at his best, talking about Linnaeus and beautiful flowers! It is time to renew your membership for the new year. We have an exciting year planned with great trips and speakers. Our 2015 calendar will be available if you did not get it at the InfoFair. Refreshments will be provided by the officers and, as always, our raffle prizes will be awarded at the end of the business meeting. Come join the fun. Admission to all Hosta Connection meetings is free. The meeting will be held at Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria Ave., Tulsa, OK Contact: Carol Puckett osu295@cox.net Green Country Sierra Club The Green Country Sierra Club will meet on Thursday, March 26, The program will be presented by Ann Patton, A Tulsa author and consultant specializing in disaster management, urban affairs and grassroots partnership building. A former newspaper reporter, she has published three recent books: The Tulsa River, a coffee-table-style community book about the Arkansas River at Tulsa; Dan s War on Poverty, A Grassroots Crusade for Social Justice, focused on local poverty and social justice issues; and Fifty Years Remembered, a coffee-table history of water resources in the Tulsa region. Ann will talk about her book and the history of the river. She has also invited another local authority to join the discussion The meeting will be held at Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria Ave., Tulsa, OK Admission to all TADS meetings is free. Contact: Bill McClelland billmc3@cox.net Tulsa Garden Center News 7

8 March 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat :00am Tulsa Garden Club 3 Election Day 4 5 7:00pm Cacti 8 1:30pm Tulsa Orchid 2:00pm Tulsa Rose 6:00pm Native Plant Society 7:00pm Green Country Bonsai Society 9:00am Tulsa Herb Society member activities 12:00pm Let s Talk Gardening :00am Tulsa Herb Mtg. 12:00pm Let s Talk Gardening 5:30pm TCC Class Home Landscape Design 7:00pm Tulsa Area Daylily Society :30pm Tulsa Area Iris 6 10:00am Tulsa Council of Garden Clubs Regular 7 6:30pm Oklahoma Horticultural Society Lecture The Southern Heirloom Garden :00pm African Violet Society Regular 6:30pm Green Country Water Garden Soc. 17 9:00am Tulsa Herb Society member activities 11:00am Anne Hathaway Herb :00am Spring Break Story Time Linnaeus Teaching Garden 12:00pmTulsa Garden Center Board 20 1:00pm Nat l. Assoc. of Parliamentarians Regular 21 12:00pm Book Discussion Club Cottage Gardens 7:00pm Tulsa Perennial Club Regular 7:00pm Audubon :30pm Tulsa Calligraphy Guild Regular 24 9:00am Tulsa Herb Society member activities 25 9:00am Linnaeus Monthly 26 7:00pm Sierra Club Regular :00am Veggie Extravaganza Seminar 12:00pm Let s Talk Gardening 5:30pm TCC Class Home Landscape Design 7:00pm The Hosta Connection Regular :00am Tulsa Herb Society member activities 12:00pm Let s Talk Gardening 4 Tulsa Garden Center News 5:30pm TCC Class Home Landscape Design