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Gardening and Environment
The stunning Honor Heights Park is just one of the many beautiful parks you’ll find here in Muskogee. Home to the famous Azalea Festival in the spring and the Garden of Lights during the holidays, Honor Heights Park is a wonder of nature. You can also wander through the Farmer’s Market for local produce and unique finds.
Honor Heights Park
The crown jewel in the extensive park system of Muskogee is Honor Heights Park. Home to the famous Azalea Festival each spring, as well as numerous other events, Honor Heights Park is a gorgeous oasis in the midst of Muskogee. With over 30,000 azaleas, the Park bursts into life each spring and summer with a spectrum of color. The park also includes numerous other flowering plants and trees, as well as walking trails, ponds, picnic areas, playgrounds and sports courts. The park is the perfect place to stroll and enjoy the beauty of nature, see butterflies in the perennial gardens, bird watch, fish and more. Annual events include the Azalea Festival each spring, Symphony in the Park in June, and the Garden of Lights during the holidays.
Location: 837 East Okmulgee, Muskogee
http://www.cityofmuskogee.com/images/uploads/dept_012/honor_heights_brochure1b.pdf
Garden of Lights Festival at Honor Heights Park
The beautiful Honor Heights Park comes alive with lights in the evenings. From Thanksgiving through New Years Day, visitors can enjoy a stunning drive through a holiday delight. The drive-through display includes over 1.2 million shimmering lights, enhancing the natural beauty of the park’s gardens, waterfalls and ponds with holiday displays the whole family will love.
Location: Honor Heights Park
Hours: Gates open at 5:30 pm
Admission: Free
http://home.okstate.edu/Okstate/dasnr/hort/hortlahome.nsf/toc/honorheights
Azalea Festival
Honor Heights Park is a stunning 132 acre oasis atop a hill overlooking Muskogee, and home to the well known Azalea Festival each spring. The park comes alive as over 625 varieties of azaleas burst forth with a stunning spectrum of color in one of the most beautiful displays of flowering tress and shrubs in the world. Over 500,000 people come to Honor Heights Park each year to enjoy the over 30,000 blooming azaleas, as well as dogwoods, redbuds and other blooming plants. Held during the month of April, the festival also includes entertainment, arts and crafts, food, carriage rides and more.
Location: Honor Heights Park
Dates: April 1-30, 2008
Admission: Free
http://home.okstate.edu/Okstate/dasnr/hort/hortlahome.nsf/toc/honorheights
Farmer’s Market
There’s nothing more flavorful than fresh, locally grown produce. At the Muskogee Farmer’s Market, you can pick from the best of the crop. Saturdays and Wednesdays from 8am to 1pm at the Muskogee Civic Center, browse the stands and enjoy fresh, ripe produce, as well as plants, herbs, flowers and bakery goods. Considered the “best kept secret in Muskogee”, the Farmer’s Market bustles with people, eager to enjoy the best and freshest fare in Oklahoma.
Location: Muskogee Civic Center
Hours: Saturdays and Wednesdays 8am-12pm, third Saturday in April through October
http://www.okfarmersmarket.org/muskogee.htm
