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Our goal and mission is to produce plants native to Oklahoma and/or beneficial to wildlife. We have a special emphasis on plants which support butterflies, moths and other pollinators.

We are a small Oklahoma nursery and because we do not have a brick and mortar location, we sell through farmer’s markets and herb shows.

Special news: Douglas Tallamy, author of "Bringing Nature Home" was in Oklahoma August 18th and 19th. On the 18th he spoke at the OKC Zoo with close to 200 people in attendance. On the 19th he was at the Tulsa Garden Center where there were about 300 attending. Our thanks to the many people who assisted with this project. A special thanks to Alyne Eiland who made the Tulsa event not only possible but successful far beyond what we originally envisioned. And of course our thanks to Dr. Tallamy who did not disappoint. The message is crucial and he delivered the case for native plants in a clear, concise and interesting manner.

Other news: Marilyn was awarded the 2010 Bess Snodgrass award at the ONPS Wildflower Workshop in recognition in her work for the advancement of wildflowers in Oklahoma. This award is given by the Snodgrass brothers of Ardmore who provide the award picture and plaque as well $400 for the purchase of wildflowers at a site chosen by the recipient. They do this to honor their mother and her work in preserving wildflowers in Oklahoma. ( Don't tell her I posted this. She's really modest. She also doesn't have time to read our site)

Schedule for 2010

February 6^th ^(Sat) ONPS Indoor Outing Norman (no plants)

March 3rd ^(Wed) Midwest City Garden Club, Marilyn is speaking

March 6^th ^(Sat) Ardmore Garden Show - Marilyn is speaking and selling,

Ardmore Convention Center

April 3^rd (Sat)Norman Farmer’s Market 8:00-12:00, Cleveland County Fairgrounds

April 10^th ^(Sat) Herb Day in Brookside 9:00-4:00 41^st & Peoria, Tulsa

April 17^th ^(Sat) Sand Springs Herbal Affair* 9:ish - 4:00

April 24^th ^(Sat) Jenks Herb "N" Plant Festival* 9:00 - 5 :00

May 1^st ^(Sat) Norman Farmer’s Market 8:00-12:00 Cleveland County Fairgrounds

May 7^th ^(Fri)Wild Flower Workshop* - Lawton Centenary United Methodist, Church Activity Center,704 SW D Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma

May 15^th ^(Sat) Edmond Farmer’s Market 8:00-1:00

May 22 & 23rd^{(Sat & Sun)} Audubon Garden Tour, Tulsa

May 29^th ^(Sat) Edmond Farmer’s Market 8:00-1:00

June 9th ^(Wed) Speaking only @ OKC Water Gardens, Will Rogers Park 7:00PM

June 12^th ^(Sat) Will Rogers Park Oklahoma City* 9:00-3:00 Marilyn is speaking at 10:00

August 13th ^(Fri) Speaking Only @ Cleveland County Master Gardeners -

Cleveland County Fairgrounds

August 18th ^(Wed) Douglas Tallamy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Zoo 7:00 pm

Wild Things will be offering plants for sale in OKC

August 19th ^(Thu) Douglas Tallamy in Tulsa, Tulsa Garden Center 7:00 pm

Other vendors will have plants available in Tulsa.

August 26th ^(Thu) Speaking only @ Oklahoma Hosta Society OKC

September 18^th ^(Sat) OHS Garden Tour @ Stout Gardens, OKC

October 2^nd^(Sat) Monarch Migration & Butterfly Festival, (site to be announced) 10:00 - 4:00

If you are unable to come to an event, please call (405)382-8540 or e-mail us at wtnursery@yahoo.com and we will try to connect somehow.

* Also look for handpainted crockery and tiles from Marilyn Stewart planned for these shows.

Plant List for 2010. We can only bring some of our inventory to each market. So be sure to contact us in advance if you have a specific request for a particular event. Please try to get your special orders in by the Wednesday before an event to give us (Marilyn) time to pick the order and plan our loads. Thanks.

2010 Plant list PDF updated 03/13/10

Excel variation of the plant list. Available in Excel with filters set. Make selections based on our pre-existing columns or use the last column to filter your own selection. Also sortable if you are handy with Excel. Our Butterfly etc. symbols will show up as letters without the right fonts installed.

Here is some information for Butterfly Gardeners:

A few common Oklahoma Butterflies
Butterfly Tips
For information about native plant gardening click here

SIGNS. If you've been to our sales you know our signs. Follow this link to our Signs page.

Our friend Russell Studebaker was kind enough to mention us in his July 7, 2007 article in the Tulsa World. Also, we enjoyed your article on Baptisia Australis in the February 22, 2010 Tulsa World. We appreciate all the help we can get. Thanks Russell.

Our thanks to Betty Culpepper for the nice things she always has to say about us in the Norman Transcript.

Molly Day of the Muskogee Phoenix has published more articles about us. Click Here for articles published March 10, 2010 and September 10, 2009. Click here to see the article and comment on her blog. (February 22, 2007) She also mentions us in her June 4, 2008 article, "Go Native with Plants". Thanks.

Shawnee News Star article "Dancing for Nectar" March 10, 2006. Interview with Marilyn Stewart.