Color Oklahoma has had a busy year with two of thirteen sites planted for 2025. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) should have all 13 sites planted by mid-December this year. The two completed sites are exit 16 off of US-69 in Durant, and US-70 south of Archard Road in Madill, in front of the new Expo Building and OSU Extension office.
Both sites that are planted are new sites for 2025, with other new sites in Tishomingo, Walters and Marlow. Sites that were previously planted and are either expanding or re-seeding are Waurika, Duncan, Rush Springs, Okemah, Cheyenne, Pryor, south of Stroud at the Sac and Fox Nation, and Bristow Parks. $23,659 was spent on seeds this year.
Color Oklahoma also provided support for the ONPS project Celebrate America 250 with Wildflowers by providing creative support for applications, signs and the logo, as well as delivering and assisting with planting of seeds for much of the lower half of the state. Color Oklahoma worked with the Oklahoma Garden Clubs and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Oklahoma to get support for the project at the state levels for both organizations.
Our budget is set for 2026 and we look forward to another strong year of working with ODOT to Color Oklahoma. Our funding is provided by the proceeds from Service Oklahoma for purchasing and renewing the Wildflower license plate. Color Oklahoma has stepped up our presence on Facebook and Instagram to get the word out to more Oklahomans on how they can help sow more seeds by purchasing and renewing the license plate. The Service Oklahoma code for the Wildflower license plate is OCN.
2025 plantings
Plantings in Madill and Durant. Too many people to name, but the project partners in Durant are the City of Durant and the GFWC-OK Durant Fortnightly Club, and in Madill it’s the Madill Rose Garden Club.