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Monday, August 21, 11:30am-2:30pm
Great American Eclipse
Sponsored by
Dean McGee Eye Institute
and Leadership Square Eye Care
Great Lawn and Bandshell
Special Eclipse Glasses available
FREE
The Gardens is throwing an OKClipse viewing party on the Great Lawn Monday, August 21, 11:30am-2:30pm. Enjoy “space” music, food and educational activities on this rare occurrence for all ages at no charge. Here's a list:
- Seating Area—Take a seat or bring a lawn chair or blanket.
- Eclipse Glass Stations: Pick up a pair of eclipse glasses on site the day of the event for safe viewing of the eclipse! $1 suggested donation. Must be used at the Gardens. Sharing is encouraged.
- Education Info Table: Speak with our education team on what is actually happening as you are watching it!
- Craft: Kids can create their own eclipse out of paper plates.
- Food for Thought: Make fruit rockets with Whole Foods and our friend Matt Joplin from Food for Thought.
- Space Food: Selling Moon Pies for $2 and star sprinkled popcorn for $1.
- Planet Bingo: Play planet BINGO with us!
- Imagination Playground presented by Express Employment Professionals: kids can create their own masterpiece with our over-sized building blocks
- Food Trucks: Grab some lunch while you’re out viewing history. Enjoy Kona Ice, Phill Me Up Cheesesteaks and Cutie Pies onsite for lunch hour
Metropolitan Library Downtown onsite with pop up library
Staff from the
Metropolitan Library's Downtown location the will have eclipse and other space related books for adults and kids to browse or check out with your library card. Don’t have a library card? Don’t worry, register for one onsite that day!
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Saturday, August 19, 1:30 – 2:30pm
Plant Part Snack Time
Terrace Room
Members $6; Nonmembers $8
Best for ages 4-8
Please read our age and refund policies
Register by Thursday, August 17
REGISTER HERE
Did you know that broccoli is a flower? And carrots are roots? Or that we eat bark when we eat cinnamon? Join us to learn all about the plant parts we eat in this interactive snack time. We’ll read a book, make a craft and snack as we go.
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September 10: A Day to Celebrate Animals
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NEW DATE: Sunday, September 10, 6:30pm
Cat Video Festival
Presented by
Tinker Federal Credit Union
Sponsored by
Midtown Vets and Platt College
Great Lawn and Bandshell
Pre-Show Fun starts at 6:30pm
Movie Screening at 8 pm
ICYMI Cat Video Festival was a rain out last Saturday. It was rescheduled for tonight BUT after much review of the forecast we decided to move it to Sunday, September 10 on the same day as Celebration of the Animals (see below). Thanks for your patience.
Film starts at 8pm but put on your whiskers and cat ears and enjoy pre-screening festivities complete with food trucks, live music with Jenkins Valley from 6:30pm – 7:30pm, drinks and more.
Food vendors include Hall’s Pizza Kitchen, Healthy Hippo, Brown’s Kitchen, Parking Lot Party, Katie Bugs Shaved Ice, Cute Pies, Fresh Ice and Pitchfork in the Park.
$2 imports, $6 wine and $9 cocktails available for sale from Holloway Restaurant Group.
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NEW DATE: Sunday, September 10, 6-8pm
Painting in the Gardens with
Wine and Palette: Pop-In Cat Painting
Great Lawn and Bandshell
4” x 4” canvas boards $5
5” x 5” canvas boards $10
Wine and Palette will set up on the Great Lawn and bandshell before the Cat Video Fest. Participants can choose between 4×4 canvas boards $5 & 5×7 canvas boards $10 featuring Cats.
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Sunday, September 10, 3-5pm
Celebration of the Animals
Sponsored by
Midtown Vets
Blessing happens at 3:30pm
Great Lawn and Bandshell
FREE
Do you love animals? Come celebrate them with an ecumenical ceremony to bless your pets at the Gardens. Extreme Animals will show off some of their rare wildlife in a petting area, local clergy will be onsite to bless your animals, the OKC Animal Shelter will have an adoption booth and we will even have a remembrance tree where you can celebrate your pets of the past. A $2 suggested donation is requested for the remembrance tree. Enjoy food from our line of food trucks or grab a bite from Pitchfork in the Park.
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Sunday, September 10, 3-5pm
Painting in the Gardens with Wine & Palette:
Celebrate the Animals
Great Lawn and Bandshell
Members $20/Nonmembers $25
Members register by calling (405) 227-0230
Wine and Palette is back in the Gardens celebrating the love of animals. Paint a “Safari Sunset.” kids can add their favorites to their safari adventure painting! 11x14 canvas
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Reading Wednesdays Returns to South Lobby of the Crystal Bridge
Every Wednesday, 10am
Crystal Bridge South Lobby
FREE
Best for ages 2-5
Bring your youngster for story time each Wednesday at 10am. Books are nature-themed and selected based on the season. Children will also enjoy creating a small craft after the story. For groups of 10 or more please call Kodi Clifford at (405) 835-6789.
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Bug Out: Works by Bob Sober
ENDS August 25
South Lobby, Crystal Bridge
Free. Open Crystal Bridge hours: Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday, 11am-5pm
Tulsan Bob Sober creates human-size images of insects through focus-stacking, in which he focuses on one section of an insect at a time and takes thousands of photos that are integrated into a final composite image, capturing the insect in exquisite detail. Displaying 29 digital images printed on aluminum, the intricate, microscopic details are visible using the layering of 700 to 2500 photos for each print. Sizes vary from 12” to 60.”
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Gardens Walking Tour
August 26, 10am
Last Saturday of Every Month
South Lobby and Garden Grounds
FREE
Walkups Welcome
Join us to expand your Oklahoma plant knowledge and get great ideas for your yard. In August we’ll highlight plants for color. Can’t make it for the guided tour? Pick up a self-guided handout in our South Lobby.
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Collecting Seed: A How-To Workshop
Saturday, August 26, 1 – 2:30pm
Terrace Room
Members $12; Nonmembers $18
Best for ages 14 and up
Register by Tuesday, August 22
Gathering seeds for next year’s crop is easier than it seems. Join us for an interactive workshop to discuss collecting seeds from edible and ornamental plants. You’ll learn how to properly store, treat, and sow seeds throughout the seasons and head outside to try your hand at gathering seeds from our edible raised beds and prairie garden.
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Paddle Boarding on the Lake
Sunday, August 27, 10:30am-2pm
East Lower Lake
Members $8; Nonmembers $10
Pay upon arrival
With help from our friends at the Boathouse District in Oklahoma City, come paddle boarding at East Lower Lake at the Gardens. $8 per member and $10 per non-member for a 15-minute session. Come and go event until 2pm.
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Dancing in the Gardens featuring 70s Disco Dancing
Presented by ADG
Friday, September 1, 7-10pm
Sponsored by ADG
Seasonal Plaza by Pitchfork in the Park
FREE, All Ages Welcome
Put on your boogie shoes and hustle on over to the Myriad Gardens on Friday, September 1. We’re transforming the Seasonal Plaza into an outdoor disco dance floor. Beginning at 7pm, instructors from 3Sixty Entertainment Powerhouse will give a dance demonstration followed by a FREE lesson for all. At 8pm, our DJ Brian Smith from muttradio.com will crank up the disco tunes to get the dancing started that is guaranteed to make you shake your groove thing all night long. Drink and food specials will be offered to highlight the night.
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Tuesdays, 5:45pm
Yoga in the Gardens
Sponsored by Tinker Federal Credit Union
No late arrivals after 5:50pm
Meet in the South Lobby for check-in
Members: $5
Nonmembers: $10
Must be at least 11 years old to participate
This is a great all-levels class led by Lisa Woodard, of
This Land Yoga. C
lass participants should bring a yoga mat and water. Classes will meet in the south lobby for check-in each week. Drop in for a session or two or enjoy the entire series.
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Sundays through August 27, 7pm
Arts Council of OKC's Sunday Twilight Concert
This Sunday, August 20, Willow Way
FINAL BAND: August 27, Tap Band
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Tallgrass Prairie Preserve and Pioneer Woman Mercantile Field Trip
Thursday, October 12, 7:30am – 7:30pm
Meet at Myriad Botanical Gardens Circle Drive at 7:15am
Members 60; Nonmembers $75; Optional $12 box lunch
Includes bus transportation
Register by Thursday, October 5
The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, in Osage County, Oklahoma is a true gemstone in our state. With 2,500 bison on the preserve, wildflowers and native grasses galore, it is a sight to behold. The Prairie has extended a special invitation to us for a visit and behind the scenes tour of how things work. We’ll spend most of our day at the prairie visiting the beautiful trails, bison corrals and research center. Then we’ll wrap up our day with a stop off at the Pioneer Woman Mercantile for snacks and a chance to shop.
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Cool off at Pitchfork in the Gardens
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Enjoy the
Creamy Strawberry Mango popsicle! It will cool you off!
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 11am-2pm; Friday-Saturday, 11am-8pm
Sunday, Noon-8pm; CLOSED MONDAYS
Menus available here.
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Pumpkinville in the Works
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Pumpkinville is October 6-22, 2017 this year. Here is some quick information with important dates:
Seeking contract artists
The Myriad Botanical Gardens is hiring area artists to create Halloween-themed installations for its sixth annual Pumpkinville Fall Festival in the Children’s Garden. Last year, more than 27,000 visitors enjoyed the fun and festive fall-inspired creations placed throughout the grounds for 17 days. Installation will be due by Monday, October 2. If you would like to be a part of this year’s Pumpkinville, scheduled for October 6-22, please send examples of your work to Ashley Elkins – aelkins@myriadgardens.org
Children's Garden Closing September 27
Children’s Garden is closing September 27 through October 5 for Pumpkinville setup. The Children’s Garden reopens October 6-22 for Pumpkinville with admission, FREE for members!
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As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, we depend on the generosity of our visitors and friends to maintain the Gardens and to fun the 400+ events held here every year like Reading Wednesdays featuring the Rolling Thunder bus (pictured above). We welcome gifts of all sizes.
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Rentals, Scissortail Gifts, Gardening Tips
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Now Booking Birthday Parties for Pumpkinville After Hours
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Let the Gardens help you plan the perfect birthday party for your child. In our Children’s Garden sits a private pavilion perfect for hosting a fun and unique birthday party for children of all ages.
Pumpkinville is October 6-22. Enjoy a fall birthday party among thousands of pumpkins after hours 6-8pm. Call soon! Weekends are filling up.
MEMBER DISCOUNT: If you’re a Myriad Gardens Family Member, you get a 10% discount off the regular rental rates. If you are a member at the Patron level and up you will get 10% off a private regular rental rate.
Contact: Grace Marcum,
Event Rental Coordinator
(405) 200-1547 or
gmarcum@myriadgardens.org
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Shop Scissortail Gifts at Myriad Gardens
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Bold Seasoning Crate Copper Top - Pepper Creek Farms
Enjoy a crate full of our wonderful seasonings that will leave your mouth watering for more. Bold Steakhouse Seasoning, Rustico Italian Seasoning, and Rotisserie Chicken Seasoning add zing to everything. Your family and friends will be amazed at the wonderful flavors.
MIO | Made in Oklahoma
Cost: $22.50
Scissortail Gifts is located in the south lobby of the Crystal Bridge. Members get 10% off.
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Towards the end of the month, divide and replant spring-blooming perennials like iris, peonies, and daylilies if needed.
Get the entire list of Horticulture Tips for July online here. August tips will be posted soon!
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The Myriad Gardens Foundation wishes to thank our sustaining partners,
leaders in providing major ongoing annual support:
BancFirst
The Chickasaw Nation
Continental Resources
Devon Energy Corporation
Gardner Tanenbaum Holdings
Herman and LaDonna Meinders
Jean and David McLaughlin
Robert H. Meinders
Newmark Grubb Levy Strange Beffort
OGE Energy Corp.
The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust
The City of Oklahoma City
Avis Scaramucci
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