Have you met our new friend, Beau the Bison? He’s rather spectacular and is quite the ham. Need a selfie… Beau is your perfect selfie mascot. He’s always smiling and ready…
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Sharing Library
Dig in deep to gardening with our free books on gardening and wildlife, as well as free wildflower seeds! This library was made possible from support of the Oklahoma County Conservation…
Chesapeake joins Community effort
Thanks to the 15 employees from Chesapeake Energy Corp. who volunteered in our community garden and medians on June 10th. Allen and Lia and four Closer To Earth youth led the…
Wildflower Path
Our wildflower path is in full bloom now, and beautiful! The show began with white ox-eyed daisies, followed by yellow coreopsis, blanketflower, crimson and pink poppies, bachelor buttons and blue larkspur…
Working Together
This spring ’09, we’ve had lots of volunteers come to help us in our gardens and medians during our work/learning events. The science class from Harding Fine Arts Academy came weekly.…
Living Willow Cove
In early spring, we dug up seven local willow saplings and transplanted them to this location. As the willows take root and break dormancy, we are weaving the branches together to…
Spiral Wildflower Path
This photo shows our spiral wildflower path after we had cut the sod (later used to build earth chairs) and planted seeds. This path is the backbone of the living art…
Earth Chair
First in a series of earth furniture! Years ago, Allen saw an earth chair at a community garden in Portland, Oregon. He told me about it, and I’ve remembered it ever…
Recycled Metal Edging
Our artist/welder friend and neighbor Bill Byrd is making the most artistic edging a garden could ask for. We picked up some rusty metal at the scrapyard, and Bill is bringing…
A Community Garden is Born
The Central Park Community Garden began in the mid-90s when Elia Woods, Allen Parleir and Brian Hearn, all residents of the Central Park neighborhood in Oklahoma City, decided to start a…