Thanks to the following individuals for their input, suggestions and contribution to this project:

Project Partners

Oklahoma City Community Foundation
Brian Dougherty, ASLA

Oklahoma County Extension
Paul Johnson, Extension Educator

Oklahoma State University, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Louis B. Anella, Associate Professor**

OSU Cooperative Extension
Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA

The Tree Bank
Mary Caffrey, Executive Director

Will Rogers Horticulture Gardens and Arboretum
Cathy Connell, Field Operations Leader
Louis Scott, Assistant Naturalist

City of Oklahoma City*

Planning Department Staff, with special thanks to
Lanc Gross, AICP, Planner III
R. Brett James, RLA, AICP

Public Works Department, Stormwater Drainage Division
Cathy Koelsch Evans

Parks and Recreation Department
Terry Ash, ASLA, Landscape Architect / Park Planner
Scott Copelin, Planner II
Ambika Narayan, ASLA, Planner I

Grant Provider*

USDA Forest Service

Oklahoma State Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Mark Bays, Urban Forestry Coordinator
Urban and Community Forestry Council

University of Oklahoma

Landscape Architecture Department
Georgia Muenzler, ASLA
Steve Hill, Adjunct Professor

Regional and City Planning Department
Robert Goins, AICP

Architecture Department
Nick Harm, AIA

Contributing Editors

Cleveland County Extension
Craig Evans, Horticulture Educator

*A very special thank you is extended to the State Department of Agriculture and City of Oklahoma City for providing funding for the printing of this book.

**Special thanks to Louis B. Anella and Jennifer L. Barnes at Oklahoma State University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture for providing all plant identification photos for this publication. These plants as well as many others can be found in OSU’s interactive plant database at http://okplantid.okstate.edu/.