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Informational Resources for Oklahoma Gardeners

Planted January 1, 2000
Last tended to on October 29, 2024
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Oklahoma State University Extension

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“Oklahoma Garden Planning Guide” – Spring gardening information. (PDF)

Fall / Winter Gardening in Oklahoma:

“Fall Gardening (PDF) - Fall gardening information.

Recommended Books:

“Midwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening is written exclusively for gardeners who want to grow edibles in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, or Wisconsin,” by Katie Elzer-Peters. Whether you live in the Badlands, the Dells, the Quad Cities, or anywhere else in the Midwestern United States, you’ll discover the best fruit and vegetable plants for your garden in this beautiful step-by-step how-to guide … and they’ll be on your table before you know it.
“Midwest Gardener’s Handbook: Your Complete Guide: Select - Plan - Plant - Maintain - Problem-solve - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin,” by Melinda Myers. Learn how to plant, prune, water, control pests, and continually care for your personal outdoor oasis. A helpful icon key highlights each featured plant’s benefits, along with its particular sun and shade requirements. Featured plant categories discuss annuals, bulbs, edibles, ferns and groundcovers, ornamental grasses, perennials, roses, shrubs, trees, turfgrasses, and vines. Each plant is showcased with specific advice on how, when, and where to plant; growing tips, such as watering requirements; and descriptions of routine care. Alongside these “nitty-gritty” aspects of planting and growing, Myers shares her inspiration for garden design, the various ways you can beautifully incorporate plants into your landscape, and her favorite cultivars and species. Even better, she provides twelve full months of when-to advice for each plant category, allowing you to successfully enjoy this peaceful pastime all year round.
“Oklahoma Gardener’s Guide” by Steve Dobbs. Gardeners can turn to this practical, informative guide for reliable advice on a wide variety of gardening issues. It will both inspire and educate new and more advanced gardeners alike, offering ideas for enhancing the beauty and enjoyment of their landscapes, as well as taking the mystery out of maintenance.
“Prairie & Plains States Month-by-Month Gardening: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year,” by Cathy Wilkinson Barash. Growing annuals, perennials, and edibles on the great plains or in windy prairie country can yield flat-out beautiful gardens – provided you know the best gardening tricks to tackle each month. The ideal guidebook for home landscapers and gardeners living in the Prairie and Plains states (Oklahoma, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa).
“Southern Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles - Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Tennessee,” by Katie Elzer-Peters. This book is written exclusively for gardeners who want to grow food in the deep South. The author equips you with all the information you need to design your edible garden, tend the soil, maintain your plants throughout their life cycles, and—most importantly—harvest the delicious foods they produce. So whether you live in the Ozarks, in the Delta, on the Cumberland Plateau, or anywhere else in the Southern United States, you’ll discover the best fruit and vegetable plants for your garden in this beautiful step-by-step how-to guide … and they’ll be on your table before you know it.
“Fresh from the Garden: An Organic Guide to Growing Vegetables, Berries, and Herbs in Cold Climates,” by John Whitman. Fresh is simply best. To get the tastiest, most nutritious produce, you have to grow your own, and in a cold climate this presents unique challenges. Fresh from the Garden will help you extend the growing season to produce the best vegetables, berries, and herbs, right in your own backyard. The guide includes more than 150 edible plants and helps you decide which varieties to choose; where and how to plant, tend, and harvest them; and what to do with your bounty. Fresh from the Garden is a clear, concise (yet comprehensive) guide, with nutrition information tables and hundreds of helpful color photographs. A gardening text book!
“Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times,” by Steve Solomon (founder of the Territorial Seed Company and self-sufficiency advocate, he is currently homesteading in Tasmania). This is a more advanced book for those who are serious about raising food. In this volume, Steve explains why intensive gardening methods are not natural and therefore require great amounts of energy and effort to maintain. A lot of information regarding soil health and cover cropping is included.

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Places to Visit:

Harn Homestead – 1721 N. Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Myriad Botanical Gardens and Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory – 100 Myriad Gardens (corner of Reno and Robinson), Oklahoma City, OK 73102
The Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University – Oklahoma State University, 139 Agricultural Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
The Tulsa Garden Center at Woodward Park – 2435 S Peoria Ave, Tulsa, OK, 74114
Tulsa Botanic Garden – 3900 Tulsa Botanic Dr, Tulsa, OK
Woolaroc – 1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road, Bartlesville, OK 74003

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