By: Elias Braden, Bristow 4-H Club Community Service Leader and Killian Baker, Bristow 4-H Reporter
On Nov. 25, 2025, the local Bristow 4-H Club had about half of the Club, sponsors and donors, Creek County OSU Agricultural Extension Educator, and a representative from the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, join together to help plant an Okies for Monarchs blend of native wildflower seeds from Johnston Seed Company at the entrance to the Bristow Nature Trail. We ordered eleven pounds of seed, but Johnston Seed Company sponsored one as well.
We planted twelve pounds of seed over half an acre of the park. Elias Braden, Community Service Leader for the Bristow Club, was the leader of this service project. He is continually making the best better for his community at such a young age.
We did this service project to make our environment more beautiful and better for people to live in.
We lined up side by side in a long line. You could walk forward or backwards, I walked backwards and we did a “feeding the chickens motion” where the seeds fell right through our hands.
People can see blooms from April to October in this space at the City of Bristow Park. People will see sunflowers, yarrow (which can stop bleeding), the state flower the Indian Blanket, and four or five varieties of milkweed for the Monarch butterflies. They will bloom better in two years from now. We are working with the CIty of Bristow to not mow until after the freeze of Oct. to Nov. of 2026. Waiting until after the freeze will ensure the flowers can reseed themselves.
Thank you to our sponsors for making this Community Service Project possible; Creek County Conservation District, Creek County OSU Extension, Farmers Feed Store Sapulpa, FIsher Ag & Eggs, JHJ Farm, Toothman Family Farm, Varner’s Pasture Spraying, and Witty Ideas.
For more information about Bristow 4-H, please contact one of our leaders.
Club Leaders: Becky Leigh and Jessica Baker, Email: beckyandtl@ aol.com, Phone: (918) 807-0090. Best Contact Method: Text Email: jessybaker76@ gmail.com, Phone: (918) 808-6118,Best Contact Method: Text Bristow 4-H meets the frst Tuesday of each month, 6 p.. at the Trinity Baptist Church Event Center, 420 W. 4th. Specialized project areas include cooking, crats, livestock, science, public community service and leadership. Follow the Bristow 4H on its Facebook page.