Pansy Garden Club members Sandy Alexander and Elsie Johnson attended the 32nd Annual Wildflower Workshop at the Cimarron Heritage Center Museum in Boise City on June 5 and 6.
The workshop, “Dinosaurs to Dust Bowl, included a welcome to Boise City by Associate District Judge Ronald Kincannon and a presentation on “Backyard Natives” by Laurie Effinger, environmental project manager at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
Other presentations and speakers included “Ferns of Western Oklahoma” by Bruce Smith, “National Grasslands” by Rita Blanca, “Fruits” by Amy K. Buthod and “Wildflowers of Cimarron County” by Bruce Hoagland.
After the dinner, Dust Bowl stories were told by survivors of that era.
The field trip included a tour of Autograph Rock, Santa Fe Trail, Black Mesa and other interesting sites. The workshop concluded with a meeting at the Hoot Owl Ranch for birding and plant sleuthing, and dinner.
The 2009 Wildflower Workshop was jointly sponsored by the Oklahoma Garden Clubs Inc. and the Oklahoma Native Plant Society and hosted by the Northwest District of Oklahoma Garden Clubs Inc.
