GARDEN CLUBS:
Chrysanthemum Garden Club Info=Rita Robbins,
Four O'Clock Garden Club Info=Shery Muchmore, Carol Bouldin, Martha Jonees or Sue Kistler.
Red Rose Garden Club Info=Maxine Manering, Linda Sparks, Ann Strickland or LaW
anna Gann Meet 2nd Mondays of the month at 1PM.
Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Garden Club. Meets at 9:30AM in the Cann Memorial Home and Garden. For more information phone Betty Caveny at 718-0027
Master Gardeners First Wednesdays in the Cann Center, following the meeting of the Ponca City Council of Garden Clubs.
Northern Oklahoma Iris Society meets 2nd Friday of each month except Jan.,Aug,Nov. an d Dec. Open to the public Membership is $5 per household. Info=Bill Goldsberry at 765-2390.
Pioneer Water Garden Society 7Pm on 3rd Tuesdays. Information= Bill at 765-2390
Ponca City Council of Garden Clubs lst Wednesdays at 9:30AM 767-1076, 765-8500.
BOTANICAL GARDENS:
Cann Memorial Botanical Gardens FREE ADMISSION 1500 E. Grand Herb gardens, native grassses, arbors, sundials reflecting pond 1908 home, seasonal flowers and plantings, Information 767-0427.
GARDENING PROGRAMS, CLASSES AND INFORMATION:
Kay County Master Gardening Programs = http://countyext.okstate.edu/kay/master_gardener.htm
Oklahoma Wild Flowers Program: www.okladot.state.ok.us/beauty/index.htm. beauty@odot.org.
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Box 430, Courthouse, Newkirk, Ok. 74647 580-362-3194 http://countyext.okstate.edu/kay
Dept of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at OSU= http://www.mesonet.ou.edu/public
Seed Savers Exchange: http://wwww.seedsavers.org
American Iris Society= http://wwwirises.org
The Herb Society of America www.herbsoeiety.org.
North American Rock Garden Society= http://www.nargs.org
The Ponca City Library has many Books, Magazines, and audio visuals on gardening.
The Ponca City News has a Gardening Page in their Monday editons.
FESTIVALS AND TOURS:
Iris Festival Free Admission to most events. Last Saturday in April( 30-2005) in Ponca City, Oklahoma
Annual Ponca City Herb Festival Free Admission First Saturday in June(4, 2005) in the Cann Memorial Botanical Gardens.
Annual Ponca City Water Garden Tours Free Admission Second Saturday in June (11, 2005. Ponca City residents interested in sharing with the public their water garden on June llth, are asked to contact Bill Goldsberry at 765-2390.)
