Utica Square's Annual Spring in the Square
This free event celebrates the art of gardening with seminars and local vendor booths, where you can purchase items for your garden and get expert advice.
By: Sheryl Sowell | Category: Recreation/Leisure | Issue: May 2011
Property Manager Jessica Barr invites you to a day of fun and education at the third annual Spring in the Square at Tulsa’s Utica Square.
The third annual Spring in the Square will take place on Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m at Utica Square. This free event celebrates the art of gardening with seminars and local vendor booths, where you can purchase items for your garden and get expert advice. Be sure to tour the flowerbeds in full bloom, enter to win prizes from Utica Square merchants, take part in a photography contest and more! While you’re there, you can shop and dine at your favorite locally-owned and nationally-recognized merchants in Utica Square. “This will be a spring day full of fun! Bring out the whole family,” says Property Manager Jessica Barr.
Seminars will be held in the garden between The Wild Fork and Starbucks, and attendees are certain to learn a lot and get great advice from gardening experts. At 10:30 a.m., The Garden Trug will present “Fairy Gardening.” Southwood Landscape & Nursery presents “New Plants for 2011” at 11:15 a.m. At noon, Colebrook Nursery will discuss “Drip Irrigation For Pots & Containers.” Tulsa Herb Society will present a seminar on “Tussie Mussies” at 12:45 p.m. Check out “A Cutting Garden,” presented by Ted & Debbie’s Flower & Garden, at 1:30 p.m. At 2:15, Cohlmia’s presents “Introducing Tropicals Into Your Garden.” At 3 p.m., Stems will present “Designing With Garden Flowers.” The final seminar of the day will be “Pruning,” presented by Tulsa Master Gardeners at 3:45 p.m.
Be sure to bring along your digital camera to Spring in the Square – Utica Square is holding an amateur photography contest. Come and shoot pictures of the event, specifically the flowerbeds and newly planted flowers. Images should capture the spring ambiance at Utica Square.
To enter the photography contest, simply visit www.uticasquare.com, go to the Spring in the Square section, and submit your photographs along with the entry form. Each eligible entrant is allowed to enter up to five high-resolution images.
Winners will be selected by a panel of judges based on skill, composition, lighting and subjective judgment. The first place winner of the photography contest receives a $1,000 Utica Square gift certificate compliments of Commerce Bank. Visit the website for all rules and more information.
The 2011 Spring in the Square sponsors include: Linnaeus Teaching Gardens, Tulsa Master Gardeners, Southwood Landscape & Nursery, Riddle Plant Farm, Stems, Colebrook Nursery, Global Gardens, Ted & Debbie’s Flower & Garden, Tulsa Herb Society, Cohlmia’s, The Garden Trug, and Grogg’s Green Barn.
Utica Square houses more than 60 stores and restaurants in a beautiful outdoor setting complete with clock towers, old-time lamp posts, statues and, of course, stunning flowers. For the twentieth year, they are also hosting Summer’s Fifth Night, a series of free concerts every Thursday evening in the summer from 7 to 9 p.m. This month’s musical guests are Light Opera Oklahoma on May 19 and Bradio’s Beatles Night on May 26.
Be sure to mark your calendars now for a fun, informational day at Spring in the Square, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Utica Square is located at the southeast corner of 21st and Utica in Tulsa.
For more information, contact
Utica Square
(918) 588-5212
About Author Sheryl Sowell
Sheryl Sowell was born and raised in Tulsa, OK. She graduated from Will Rogers High School and received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Northeastern State University in 2007. She has worked for Value News as editor, writer and advertising copywriter since 2008. She enjoys meeting and interviewing people for Value News articles, learning about their backgrounds, and helping to promote their businesses and local events. In her free time, she enjoys reading, trying new recipes and crafts from Pinterest, attending concerts and sporting events, and spending time with family and friends. Sheryl lives in Tulsa with her fiancé Paul, their daughter Scarlett, and their two dogs, Gunner and Boo.
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