Lia's Garden at CommonWealth

06/12/2026

What do Milkweed, Worm Castings & Green Posole have in common? You can find them all right here on Saturday!

Milkweed: while weeding the greenhouse, I found some vigorous Common Milkweed plugs that I'd overlooked. And a small handful of Butterflyweed & Whorled Milkweed plugs, too :)

Worm Castings + Homemade Pest Repellents: our talented friend, Travis Andrews, is teaching a Garden School this Saturday to help you take your gardening to the next level. Scroll down for details.

Green Posole + Navajo Fry Bread: a very special treat! Tori Andrews is making traditional Navajo soup (both chicken and vegetarian versions) and Navajo Fry Bread, available for sale from 10 am to 1 pm. Sales support the educational work of Native Farming Solutions & the Indigenous Youth Empowerment Project. Buy a ticket for Garden School and get a FREE bowl of soup!

🌽 🪴 Garden School Class: Sustainable Practices for Backyard Gardening

📍1016 NW 32nd St, Oklahoma City, OK 73118
🗓️ Saturday, June 13th, 2026
⏰ 11 AM - Noon

⭐️ There’s no need to sign up in advance for this class.
💲 Cost: $10 per adult / $15 per pair
✨ OR volunteer from 9–11 AM at our compost site on 1004 W Hill St., Oklahoma City, OK 73118, for FREE entry.
💳 Pay with cash or card via Venmo at the event.

⭐️ To make all this possible, the CommonWealth community depends on collective efforts and support. If you wish to contribute to our journey and goals of equipping urban gardeners while fostering connections amongst neighbors, please check out our Patreon link below and our linktr.ee for more ways to connect.

⭐️ http://www.patreon.com/commonwealthurbanfarms
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06/12/2026

ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕜
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) - $4 for 5" deep plugs. Drought tolerant and easy to grow milkweed.
Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata) - $8 for 4" pot. Purple flowers, attracts native bees and butterflies.
Rue - back in stock, $5 for 3" pot. Host plant for Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars.
Zaatar - $5 for 3" pot. Limited supply of this ancient mediterranean herb.
Giant Orange and Giant Yellow Marigolds - 1.5" plugs for $1. Excellent cut flower.
Shish*to Peppers - I found a whole flat that I'd forgotten about. I grow the variety 'Mellow Star' which produces great quantities of large shish*tos. Grilled shish*to peppers are a delicious appetizer and rather addictive :) On sale for $1 per 5" deep plug.

06/09/2026

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06/08/2026

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍!

Pollinator Garden Teams:

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help with our pollinator garden teams! We ask for a commitment of 2 hours per month from each volunteer. We’ll provide training and assistance. It’s a great opportunity for hands-on learning about pollinator gardens alongside other pollinator enthusiasts! Message us if you’re interested and we’ll get back to you asap.

CommonWealth's Rain Garden and Woodland Garden:

These two pollinator garden teams still have room for a couple more volunteers. The Rain Garden is dual purpose; it captures run-off during a rainstorm, slowing it down and letting it absorb into the soil while also catching trash and filtering out toxins that would otherwise go straight into the storm sewer and into our local creeks. We are filling the Rain Garden with pollinator plants that can handle wet feet as well as drought; resilient plants that also feed birds, bees, butterflies and other tiny friends. The Rain Garden teams meets Thursday mornings at 9 am.

The Woodland Garden is a long curbstrip that runs along Olie from our “Seedy Plot” to “Olivia’s Garden". Half of it is shady, and we’re taking our cue from the woodlands to fill it with plants like purple beautyberry, frostweed, blue mistflower and purple coneflower. The Woodland Garden team meets Thursday evenings at 8 pm. Message us if you’re interested in helping with either garden!

06/06/2026

Pollinator Garden Teams
We’ve had a tremendous response to our call for volunteers to help with the pollinator gardens at CommonWealth. Thank you! For those of you who are interested but still not sure where you’d best fit in, I’m going to tell you more about several of the options over the coming week. We ask for a commitment of 2 hours per month from each volunteer. We’ll provide training and assistance. It’s a great opportunity for hands-on learning about pollinator gardens alongside other pollinator enthusiasts!

CommonWealth's Food Forest
Almost a decade ago, we began turning a small back yard into a diverse food forest. Our goal is to combine food production and pollinator habitat in a beautiful space that nurtures our souls. We’ve created circles with low-maintenance fruit trees in the centers and are gradually filling in each circle with pollinator plants, nitrogen-fixing plants, herbs, vegetables and other edible plants. The trees that we planted 9 years ago are now producing fruit (persimmons, figs, mulberries!) We’ve made lots of mistakes and we keep trying out new things and learning. It’s been a great pleasure to watch it grow to this stage, and with new people involved, we’re excited to take it to the next level. Volunteers have the opportunity to be involved with planning and research as well as planting and maintenance.
The Food Forest team meets Saturday mornings starting at 8:30 am. If you’d like to join the team, or learn more, message us and we’ll get back to you asap.

06/05/2026

𝓟𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓴
Keystone Plants

The National Wildlife Federation had its biggest month ever in April for Certified Habitats! If you are in the process of transforming your yard from a landscape into habitat, here is a list of native plants available now that are classified as Keystone Plants and will provide the most value for the space, along with how many pollinator species they will support. Keystone plants are the most ecologically valuable native plants within a particular ecoregion. Just as a keystone supports an arch, these plants support entire food webs.

Goldenrod, Solidago supports 71 caterpillar species (nectar for 56 specialist bees)
-Goldenrod, Elm-leaved Solidago ulmifolia
-Goldenrod, Old Field Solidago nemoralis
-Goldenrod, Showy Solidago speciosa
-Goldenrod, Sweet Solidago odora
Sunflower, Helianthus supports 58 caterpillar species (nectar for 89 specialist bees)
-Maximilian Sunflower, Helianthus maximiliani
-Prairie Sunflower, Helianthus petiolaris
Asters, Symphyotrichum support 7 caterpillar species (nectar for 43 specialist bees)
-Aromatic Aster, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
-Drummond's Aster, Symphyotrichum drummondii
-Heath Aster, Symphyotrichum ericoides
-Willow Aster, Symphyotrichum praealtum
Rudbeckia, Rudbeckia supports 10 caterpillar species (nectar for 32 specialist bees)
-Black Eyed Susan, 'Goldsturm' Rudbeckia fulgida
-Black-Eyed Susan, Sweet Rudbeckia subtomentosa
-Brown-Eyed Susan, Rudbeckia triloba
Golden Crownbeard, Verbesina encelioides supports 8 caterpillar species (nectar for 34 specialist bees)
Goldenaster, Heterotheca nectar for 50 specialist bees
Both Crownbeard and Goldenaster are available in the Buzz & Bloom seed mix! -Keri

06/05/2026

ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕎𝕖𝕖𝕜

Native Perennials - $5 for 3" re-used plastic pots unless otherwise noted
Purple Coneflower - $8
Passionflower Vine
Elephant's Foot
White Beautyberry
Heath Aster
Ozark Bluestar
Indiangrass - $2 for 5" deep plugs

Native Annuals - $1 for 1.5" plug
Plains Coreopsis & Dwarf Plains Coreopsis

OPEN HOURS - Rain or Shine!!
Thursdays: 4 pm to 6 pm
Saturdays: 10 am to 2 pm
1016 NW 32nd, OKC OK 73118

06/05/2026

𝓝𝓮𝔀 𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓴
- $5 for 3" re-used plastic pots unless otherwise noted

Purple Coneflower - $8
Passionflower Vine
Elephant's Foot
White Beautyberry
Heath Aster
Ozark Bluestar
Indiangrass - $2 for 5" deep plugs

OPEN HOURS - Rain or Shine!!
Thursdays: 4 pm to 6 pm
Saturdays: 10 am to 2 pm
1016 NW 32nd, OKC OK 73118