Oklahoma Gardening March 19, 2022

1:43 Coral Japanese Maple

Host Casey Hentges introduces us to a vibrantly colored tree that provides color to the landscape even in the middle of winter, the Coral Bark Japanese Maple. 

3:55 Oklahoma Forestry Seedlings

Forest Regeneration and Tree Improvement Manager, Jerí Irby, shows us the many variety of tree seedlings that they grow every year to help forest conservation across the Oklahoma state. 

You can call or visit the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Forestry website to view their tree seedling catalog and for more information:

405-288-2385

9:18 Arbor Week

Mark Bays, Oklahoma Urban Forestry Coordinator, tells us the importance of Arbor Week and the benefits to planting trees during winter.

Oklahoma’s Arbor Week is the last full week in March. National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April.

Visit the Oklahoma Forestry Services website for more information:

13:41 Update with the Stillwater Library Trees

Steve Dobbs, Landscape Service Director at OSU Campus, steps back in time with Mark Bays as they review some of the trees that were planted 28 years ago at the Stillwater Public Library.

Watch the original Stillwater Library Urban Forestry video that aired in 1994 on our OkGardening Classics Youtube channel.

Check out the iTree website for cool resources about tree planning:

Check out the Healthy Trees website for good resources on how trees benefit personal development.

https://healthytreeshealthylives.org/ 

21:16 Tree Trunk Cookie

Education Coordinator, Tony Pascall, creates a Tree Trunk Cookie curriculum material set to help teach about dendrochronology, the study of time using the patterns of growth rings in trees. 

To access the lesson materials, visit: bit.ly/CookieTrunk

For questions, please email: Anthony.pascall@ag.ok.gov

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