BRINGING THE GARDENS TO YOUR HOME

While Staying at Home Staff Created Opportunity for Hands-On Learning

Our in-person education programs and public events may have been on hold during March, April and May but our education, programming and horticultural staff at Myriad Botanical Gardens and Scissortail Park created free seed starting kits for local children and their families. The kits offered fun and educational activities about the art and science of growing plants.

The cleverly put together Garden-in-Place Seed Kits created by staff.

Three types of kits were made available with materials to grow three individual plants in each.

A springtime kit featured Easter eggs filled with seed paper. Tomato, cilantro and sweet pepper seeds were included in the salsa kit, and seeds to grow zinnia, marigold and fennel plants to attract pollinators were included in a third kit. The kits were offered on three separate Fridays in April and May. Videos with step-bystep instructions were on the Gardens website, along with related items.

Youth Educator Coordinator Lily Peppers waves hello during seed kit pick-up at the Gardens.

Photo by Doug Hoke

Seed paper from the Springtime seed kit.

“Although that was an uncertain time for all of us, we remained committed to our mission of offering quality programs to our community,” said Maureen Heffernan, executive director of Myriad Botanical Gardens and Scissortail Park.

“Nature is always there whether for sanctuary, health or plant cultivation. These kits were a wonderful way to introduce the simple process of starting seeds and growing plants at home. The fact that we ran out of kits is a testament to the support of the community during a time when we all needed connection.”

Thanks to the support of our sponsors Tinker Federal Credit Union and Gray Blodgett & Company, PLLC for making the Garden in Place program possible.

Happy children with their Garden In Place seed kit.

A pair of skates from the new Sky Rink outdoor roller skating rink at Scissortail Park, delivers a seed kit.

Photo by Doug Hoke