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will rogers gardens<br />
3400 NW 36th St 297.1392<br />
will rogers garden<br />
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Leaf Pendants<br />
Saturday, September 5 10am-noon<br />
Family<br />
Cost: $15 per person<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Make your own leaf pendants using polymer clay. We’ll collect<br />
leaves from the arboretum then shape and bake pendants for<br />
you to wear home. Materials supplied.<br />
Cool Season Gardening<br />
Saturday, September 12 10am-noon<br />
Family<br />
Cost: $5 per person<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Now that summer’s reached its end, what does your garden<br />
grow? Learn about the best bets for winter gardening,<br />
including how to grow a crop of frost-tolerant vegetables.<br />
Leather Leaf Masks<br />
Saturday, September 19 9am-noon<br />
Family<br />
Cost: $50 per mask<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Make a mythical Green Man mask out of leather. We’ll mold the<br />
mask to fit your face, paint it, then finish it for you to take home<br />
and wear. Materials supplied.<br />
Faerie Discovery Tour<br />
Saturday, September 26 11am-noon<br />
Family<br />
Cost: Free<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Join us for our monthly Faerie Discovery Tour in the Margaret<br />
Annis Boys Arboretum. We’ll learn about native trees while<br />
looking for our faerie friends. Join us afterwards for our monthly<br />
Faerie Gardening Workshop.<br />
Faerie Gardening Workshop<br />
Saturday, September 26 noon-2pm<br />
Family<br />
Cost: $25 per garden<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Discover the world in miniature as you learn to plant your very<br />
own faerie garden. A pot, starter soil, plants and an accessory<br />
are included. Bring your own specialty items to accessorize.<br />
Parent or guardian required to accompany children 10 and<br />
under.<br />
Nature Scavenger Hunt<br />
Saturday, October 3<br />
Family<br />
No registration required<br />
10am-2pm come and go<br />
Cost: FREE<br />
We’re celebrating “Take a Child Outside” week with this<br />
special two-park scavenger hunt. Pick up a scavenger hunt<br />
form at Will Rogers Gardens or Martin Park Nature Center<br />
(5000 West Memorial) and seek out natural treasures in both<br />
of these special places.<br />
Autumn Wreaths<br />
Saturday, October 10 1-3pm<br />
Family<br />
Cost: $30 per wreath<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
A festive wreath of amber and gold always serves as a beautiful<br />
<strong>welcome</strong> piece to your front door. Make one of your own using<br />
grasses, pumpkins, ribbon and other collected natural items<br />
found in the arboretum. A 12” wreath form, accessories and<br />
natural are materials supplied.<br />
Halloween Twig Art<br />
Saturday, October 17 10am-noon<br />
Family<br />
Cost: $5 per person<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Discover your creative side as you join us in using natural<br />
branches, fruits and dried flower spikes to make personal<br />
works of art.<br />
Faerie Discovery Tour<br />
Saturday, October 24 11am-noon<br />
Family<br />
Cost: FREE<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Join us for our monthly Fairy Discovery Tour in the Margaret<br />
Annis Boys Arboretum. We’ll learn about native trees while<br />
looking for our faerie friends. Join us afterwards for our monthly<br />
Fairy Gardening Workshop.<br />
Faerie Gardening Workshop<br />
Saturday, October 24 noon-2pm<br />
Family<br />
Cost: $25 per garden<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Discover the world in miniature as you learn to plant your very<br />
own faerie garden. A pot, starter soil, plants and an accessory<br />
are included. Bring your own specialty items to accessorize.<br />
Parent or guardian required to accompany children 10 and<br />
under.<br />
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Arts and Crafts<br />
Saturday, October 31 10am-2pm<br />
Family<br />
Cost: $2 per person<br />
Save $1 by registering in advance at okc.gov/active!<br />
Join us for this celebration of Día de Los Muertos, the Mexican<br />
tradition honoring those whose lives have passed before us.<br />
Face painting, decorating sugar skulls and creating<br />
Mexican-inspired folk art is part of the fun.<br />
Tropical Bonsai Basics<br />
Saturday, November 7 10am-2pm<br />
Family Cost: $15<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
After a brief introduction to the history of bonsai, learn how to<br />
start a bonsai using unstyled tropical nursery material. Select<br />
a design, then carry it out as we talk about plant and root<br />
structure, including wiring techniques. Demonstration plants<br />
will be raffled off to participants.<br />
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Tasty Teas<br />
Saturday, November 14 noon-2pm<br />
Family Cost: $25<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Make your own custom tea blend using an array of different<br />
herbs. You can make one-of-a-kind blended tea bags for yourself,<br />
or to give as gifts. We’ll share a light snack with tea during<br />
class.<br />
Faerie Discovery Tour<br />
Saturday, November 21 11am-noon<br />
Family<br />
Cost: FREE<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Join us for our monthly Faerie Discovery Tour in the Margaret<br />
Annis Boys Arboretum. We’ll learn about native trees while<br />
looking for our faerie friends. Join us afterwards for our monthly<br />
Faerie Gardening Workshop.<br />
Faerie Gardening Workshop<br />
Saturday, November 21<br />
noon-2pm<br />
Family<br />
Cost: $25 per garden<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Discover the world in miniature as you learn to plant your very<br />
own faerie garden. A pot, starter soil, plants and an accessory<br />
are included. Bring your own specialty items to accessorize.<br />
Parent or guardian required to accompany children 10 and<br />
under.<br />
Holiday Greens<br />
Thursday, December 3<br />
6:30-8:30pm<br />
Friday, December 4<br />
9-11am<br />
Family<br />
Cost: $50 per participant<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Create beautiful and fragrant natural décor for your home with the<br />
Will Rogers Gardens annual Holiday Greens class. Instructors will<br />
show you how to make traditional holiday wreaths from scratch<br />
using evergreen boughs. You can also incorporate greens and<br />
seed/fruit found in the Margaret Annis Boys Arboretum. Materials<br />
supplied. Two class times available.<br />
Gingerbread House Magic<br />
Thursday, December 5<br />
1-3pm<br />
Family (children 6 & up, please) Cost: $35 per house<br />
Register in advance at okc.gov/active<br />
Nothing brings holiday cheer like a hand-crafted gingerbread<br />
house. Bring your young holiday elves, or come on your own<br />
and join us for this gingerbread house class as you decorate a<br />
pre-assembled gingerbread house under the guidance of the<br />
Gardens’ staff. All supplies provided and the decorated house<br />
is yours to take home.<br />
Holiday Open House<br />
Thursday, December 12 10am-noon<br />
Family<br />
Cost: FREE<br />
No registration required<br />
Join the Will Rogers Gardens and the Oklahoma City Council<br />
of Garden Clubs for this holiday open house with holiday<br />
craft-making and refreshments. Several local clubs and garden<br />
groups will be on hand to ring in the holiday spirit.<br />
will rogers gardens
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