Wildflower Workshop Information

31st Annual Wildflower Workshop

September 26-27, 2008

Museum of the Red River

Idabel, Oklahoma

Friday, September 26, 2008

8:15 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. Welcome

9:15 a.m. ”Ecologies of McCurtain Co.” by Dennis Wilson, Research Specialist, OSU Field and Research Service

9:45 a.m. “Oklahoma Champion Trees of McCurtain County” by Berlin Heck, Retired Director of the Little River National Wildlife Refuge

10:15 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. “Wildflowers of the Wetlands” by Kim Shannon

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:20 p.m. “A Vision of Nature” by Quintus Herron, Dean of McCurtain County Foresters

1:50 p.m. “Those Darn Composites”

2:20 p.m. Break

2:40 p.m. “Wildflowers of McCurtain County”

3:10 p.m. Free Time to Visit the museum or other area attractions

6:30 p.m. Dinner. Our Dinner speaker will be Michelle Finch-Walker, Communications Specialist, Oklahoma Forestry Service. She will speak to us on “Oklahoma’s Forestry History.” The Photo Contest winning photos will be shown and the winning photographers announced.

Saturday, September 27, 2008

7:30 a.m. Meet at the Museum of the Red River parking lot

8:00 a.m. Buses depart for field trip sites: The Quintus Herron Nature Center, and the Tiak Southern Coastal Plain Natural Area and others. A box lunch will be provided.

Displays will include a wildflower market with vendors offering many native plants and seeds. There will also be samples of the beautiful different woods in designs by the local woodturners organization. The Forest Heritage Center will have a special display. Come browse the books, crafts, gifts and clothing that pertain to native wildflowers. View the winning photos from previous years’ Photo Contests. A specimen table will include many of the local plants. If you have an unidentified specimen, bring it along and get an expert’s opinion. Keep your specimen fresh and moist in a plastic bag.

Sponsors of the 31st Annual Wildflower Workshop include: Oklahoma Garden Clubs, Inc., and this year’s hostess district, the Southeast District, Oklahoma Native Plant Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

Hotels in the area should be contacted directly for information on lodging. You may also contact the Idabel Chamber of Commerce for more information on local lodging.