Wiggle Out Loud 2018: OKC’s Free Family Music Festival

• Sunday, September 16, 10:30am-4:30pm
• The Devon Lawn
• FREE

Join us at Wiggle Out Loud, Oklahoma City’s FREE, outdoor family music festival on September 16 at the Myriad Botanical Gardens Great Lawn from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.! Movin’ and groovin’ is what we do best, and we invite YOU to help us celebrate our sixth year of being active, healthy and creative!

The whole family will love dancing and singing along with featured top touring and local musicians! Check out the 2018 schedule:
10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Chasing James
11:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Tyson Meade
12:30 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. SaulPaul
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Sarah Lee Guthrie
2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Sugar Free Allstars

Activation Stations around the Great Lawn will allow kids to engage in fun activities and creative art experiences, and a variety of food trucks (with healthier options) will help to keep everyone wiggling! Plus a sun safety station thanks to our friends at Stephenson Cancer Center!

Wiggle Out Loud benefits The Children’s Hospital Volunteers and gives kids at OU Medicine‘s The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center access to creative arts programs, live music, and music therapy programs that help kids feel like kids, when they need it most! Please join us in this day of fun – we can’t wait to celebrate with you! Be active. Be healthy. Rock out. WIGGLE OUT LOUD!

Learn more at WiggleOutLoud.com!

Reading Wednesdays

• Every Wednesday, 10am
• Meet at the Children’s Garden Porch
• Starting October 2 moves to the Crystal Bridge (suggested $2 donation)
• FREE
• Best for ages 2 to 5

Bring your youngster for story time each Wednesday at 10am. Books are nature-themed and selected based on the season. We’ll begin with an interactive song and children will enjoy creating a small craft after the story. Join us the last Wednesday of the month for reading and craft time with the Downtown Library. For groups of 10 or more please call Kodi Clifford at (405) 835-6789.

Yoga Tuesdays in the Gardens

Sponsored by Tinker Federal Credit Union and Stephenson Cancer Center
Giveaway Sponsor Athleta

• Tuesdays, 5:45 p.m.
• Late arrivals not accepted after 5:50 p.m.
• Meet in the North Lobby for Check-In—location varies, you must collect a wristband from the North Lobby in order to participate
• Myriad Gardens Members: $5
• Non-Members: $10

This is a great, all-levels class. Class participants should bring a yoga mat and water. Class participants will meet in the north lobby for check-in each week. Drop in for a session or two or enjoy the entire series!

Reading Wednesdays

• Every Wednesday, 10am
• Meet at the Children’s Garden Porch
• Starting October 2 moves to the Crystal Bridge (suggested $2 donation)
• FREE
• Best for ages 2 to 5

Bring your youngster for story time each Wednesday at 10am. Books are nature-themed and selected based on the season. We’ll begin with an interactive song and children will enjoy creating a small craft after the story. Join us the last Wednesday of the month for reading and craft time with the Downtown Library. For groups of 10 or more please call Kodi Clifford at (405) 835-6789.

Growing Your Fall Garden

• Thursday, September 20, 6-8pm
• Member $10; Nonmember $12
• Dale Spoonemore, From Seed to Spoon
• REGISTER HERE

In this class, From Seed to Spoon creator, Dale Spoonemore will guide you in growing the highest quality produce in cooler temperatures.  He will also demonstrate helpful techniques in growing and harvesting a backyard garden with ease.  Once you begin to immerse yourself in the joys of autumn gardening, you may extend your growing season every year.

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

• September 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 8pm
• Water Stage at Myriad Gardens
• Tickets range from $15-20. For ticket information visit here.
• Gardens members receive 2 non-transferable tickets to one showing. Show your membership card at the will call table. Tickets available at the box office only. Become a member today! 

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park returns to the Myriad Gardens’ Water Stage with RICHARD III, Shakespeare’s stunning portrait of Machiavellian genius spins a spider-like folktale web, full of rollercoaster lurches and plunges, about the murderous quest for absolute power and the moral demise and military downfall of England’s notorious Richard III. At the end of the bloody Wars of the Roses between the rival Houses of Lancaster and York, the victorious Yorkists look forward to a period of peace under the newly-crowned Edward IV. But Edward’s younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, has other ideas. Deformed and jealous, Shakespeare’s Richard is a villain who plans to get the throne for himself through seduction, betrayal, murder or any means necessary.

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

• September 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 8pm
• Water Stage at Myriad Gardens
• Tickets range from $15-20. For ticket information visit here.
• Gardens members receive 2 non-transferable tickets to one showing. Show your membership card at the will call table. Tickets available at the box office only. Become a member today! 

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park returns to the Myriad Gardens’ Water Stage with RICHARD III, Shakespeare’s stunning portrait of Machiavellian genius spins a spider-like folktale web, full of rollercoaster lurches and plunges, about the murderous quest for absolute power and the moral demise and military downfall of England’s notorious Richard III. At the end of the bloody Wars of the Roses between the rival Houses of Lancaster and York, the victorious Yorkists look forward to a period of peace under the newly-crowned Edward IV. But Edward’s younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, has other ideas. Deformed and jealous, Shakespeare’s Richard is a villain who plans to get the throne for himself through seduction, betrayal, murder or any means necessary.

Fall Fairy Fashion

• Saturday, September 22, 10-11am
• Member $4; Nonmember $5
• Best for ages 5 to 9
• REGISTER HERE

Fairies are known for their great style, and fall fairies are especially colorful! Join us on the Autumn Equinox as we create our very own fall fairies from natural materials. We will read a fairy book for fashion inspiration, then head out for a walk around the Children’s Garden to collect materials to create our fabulous fairies. Costumes welcome!

Harvesting and Preserving Herbs

• Saturday, September 22, 10am-Noon
• Member $14; Nonmember $19
• Lori Coats, My Raggedy Herbs
• REGISTER HERE

Have you ever planted a few herbs and then wondered what to do with them after they matured?  Join Lori Coats, Backyard Kitchen Gardener and owner of My Raggedy Herbs, and learn how stress-free it is to harvest and preserve your bounty.  No more wasting your precious produce!  Discover fun tips and useful techniques for drying, freezing and utilizing the herbs that you have grown.

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

• September 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 8pm
• Water Stage at Myriad Gardens
• Tickets range from $15-20. For ticket information visit here.
• Gardens members receive 2 non-transferable tickets to one showing. Show your membership card at the will call table. Tickets available at the box office only. Become a member today! 

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park returns to the Myriad Gardens’ Water Stage with RICHARD III, Shakespeare’s stunning portrait of Machiavellian genius spins a spider-like folktale web, full of rollercoaster lurches and plunges, about the murderous quest for absolute power and the moral demise and military downfall of England’s notorious Richard III. At the end of the bloody Wars of the Roses between the rival Houses of Lancaster and York, the victorious Yorkists look forward to a period of peace under the newly-crowned Edward IV. But Edward’s younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, has other ideas. Deformed and jealous, Shakespeare’s Richard is a villain who plans to get the throne for himself through seduction, betrayal, murder or any means necessary.