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From YouTube: From City Hall - Ward 6 - June 2014
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Oklahoma City Ward 6 Councilwoman Meg Salyer talks with Maureen Heffernan the Executive Director of the Myriad Gardens Foundation about the gardens.
A
Hello,
I'm,
Meg
Salyer
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
ward
6
council
show
I
have
with
me
today
a
great
friend
of
oklahoma
city
and
she's
semi
new
arrival,
maureen
Heffernan,
who
is
the
executive
director
of
our
magnificent
myriad
gardens
Maureen
welcome.
Thank
you
very
happy
to
have
you
here
tell
us
a
little
bit.
First
of
all
about
your
background
and
and
how
long
you've
been
in
Oklahoma
City
and
what
you've
discovered.
That's.
A
B
A
good
trade
off,
but
my
background
is
in
horticulture.
I
grew
up
on
a
very
small
family
farm
in
Northeast
Ohio,
so
it's
kind
of
in
my
blood
I
guess
to
really
love
plants
to
gardening.
I
went
to
school
in
New,
York
City
worked
at
the
New
York
Botanical
Garden,
we're
just
fell
in
love
with
Joe
Black
are
simply
fabulous
one
of
the
best
gardens
in
the
world.
So
that
really
launched
me
on
my
career
and
I
worked
at
public
gardens.
B
My
entire
life
I've
worked
at
the
Cleveland
Botanical
Garden
American
horticultural
society
in
Washington,
so
I've
been
lucky
to
have
exposure
to
a
lot
of
top
gardens
around
the
country.
Programming
and
I
am
just
thrilled
to
be
here
and
help
relaunch
the
myriad
botanical
gardens
after
all
of
its
redo
several
years
ago.
Well,.
A
We
are
so
incredibly
fortunate
to
have
you
here.
It's
a
wonderful
thing
and
again
it
doesn't
seem
possible
that
it's
two
and
a
half
years,
but
I,
want
to
certainly
remind
all
of
our
viewers
who
haven't
been
down
to
see
the
spectacular
renovation.
That's
been
done
to
the
gardens.
It's
a
different
place.
It's
really
created
a
living
room
for
downtown
that
we
didn't
have
previously.
That's.
B
What
I've
heard
I
know
it
was
there,
but
because
of
the
design
and
so
on,
it
was
hard
to
get
into,
but
the
renovations
been
amazing,
just
the
civic
leadership
that
went
into
creating
it,
and
it
was
so
smart
because
it's
just
transform
that
area,
obviously
and
I
think
it's
helping
with
all
of
the
redevelopment
of
the
downtown.
So
we
at
the
gardens
all
of
us
who
work
there
and
our
boards
and
all
the
supporters.
A
Think
I
want
to
remind
everybody
that
the
gardens
are
kind
of
unique
there
really
a
public-private
partnership.
It's
not
a
city
park
in
that
sense,
and
we
need
to
thank
our
partners
at
Devon,
particularly
for
providing
the
dollars
through
the
development
of
their
campus
and
the
tax
increment
financing
district.
That
was
created
that
actually
provided
the
revenue
to
do
that
work.
So
it's
very
unique
structure,
but
it
speaks
a
little
bit
too.
Why,
unlike
a
regular
city
park,
there
are
charges
for
events
and
why
why
certain
things
have
a
ticket
price
associated
with
them
exactly.
B
And
that's
such
a
I'm
trend
because
it
works
a
public-private
partnership.
So
that's
what
the
gardens
are
I'm,
the
head
of
the
foundation,
which
is
the
nonprofit
arm
that
now
manages
and
operates
everything
and
we're
charged
with
over
the
next
few
years
that
we
need
to
earn
two
thirds
of
our
annual
operating
budget
through
fundraising
donations
through
earned
revenue
things
that
people
pay
for
to
do
something
at
the
gardens.
So
between
those
two.
A
B
Can
just
go
to
our
website
there's
a
donation
area
and
you
can
learn
it's
just
different
ways
to
donate.
You
can
send
in
money,
come
to
our
events,
but
especially
become
a
member
$65
for
family
membership.
Lots
of
benefits
throughout
not
only
at
the
gardens,
but
in
the
community,
lots
of
discounts
and
fun
things
and
you'll
get
to
know.
All
of
our
events.
Will
we
send
mailings
and
regular
communications.
So
it's
a
great
way
to
support
the
gardens
and
get
a
lot
of
benefits
right.
A
B
B
B
B
Know
it's
been
so
wonderful
because
people
to
so
many
people
have
said.
That's
my
favorite
book
and
it's
such
a
powerful
book
about
how
a
garden
can
transform
lives.
It
can
take
people
who
are
in
that
story
broken
in
some
ways
and
through
the
healing,
wonderful
discoveries
of
gardening,
it
it
just
wakes
them
up
and
makes
them
more
alive.
And
so
what
we've
done
in
the
children's
garden
is
bring
parts
of
that
book
to
life,
and
so
it
really
helps
if
you've
read
the
story
when
you
get
there.
B
But
if
you
haven't
you'll
still
enjoy
it,
but
we
have
the
four
garden
where
it's
kind
of
neglected
and
vines
are
growing.
But
you
still
see
some
flowers
here
and
there,
and
then
we
have
the
after
garden
once
the
children
have
tended
it,
how
beautiful
it
is,
and
lots
of
things
in
between
we're.
Trying
to
encourage
reading
great
the
junior
league
of
oklahoma
city
gave
us
a
very
generous
grant
for
the
past
two
years
to
do
programs
that
encourage
reading-
and
this
is
kind
of
our
grand
finale
of
this
grant
good.
A
B
A
Does
it
make
you
feel
great
yeah,
that's
why
we
do
everything
we
do
I'm
a
meeting
body
at
Heron,
ville
elementary
school
and
I
was
there
this
morning
and
it
is
such
a
joy
to
see
them
begin
to
learn
how
to
break
words
apart
and
make
the
sounds.
It
really
is
rewarding
and
fulfilling
to
see
that
you've
got
a
fabulous
readers.
Chair
too,
don't
you
that.
B
Was
done
by
the
local
artist,
Don
narco
me
and
it's
a
fabulous
chair.
It's
made
out
of
old
wood
that
he
found
and
transformed
into
the
storyteller
chair.
So
we
have
lots
of
book
based
programs
in
the
garden,
but
the
secret
garden.
Hugh
Mead
is
another
wonderful,
up-and-coming
local
artist,
and
he
has
done
the
entry
keyhole
that
you
walk
through
and
there's
a
giant
key
at
the
entry
and
he's
also
done
some
silhouettes
of
the
children
featured
in
the
book
some
animals.
So
his
work
is
on
display.
There
too.
B
Yeah
and
I
think
every
year
our
spring
theme
will
change.
We
have
pumpkin
ville
in
the
fall,
which
is
very
popular,
but
we
have
lots
of
other
things
going
on
our
first
full
moon
bike.
Ride
is
starting
this
wednesday,
where
we
gather
at
the
garden
at
eight
pm
and
go
on
a
beautiful
evening
ride
throughout
the
city
in
the
river
trail.
Our
popular
movies
are
starting
up
this
summer
in
July,
Shakespeare
and.
A
A
B
A
B
Really
excited
about
that
they're
having
the
big
concert
right
across
the
street
from
us,
and
it's
called
ok,
Cephas,
safest
and
but
they'd
like
to
have
on
the
Saturday
during
that
weekend,
some
family-friendly
concerts
during
the
daytime,
so
our
Great
Lawn,
will
have
a
couple
of
performers
there
I
think
in
the
afternoon
this
schedule
is
still
being
finalized,
but
we'll
be
posting.
It
soon
wait
and
then
on
Sunday.
I
think
the
organizers
wanted
to
revive
the
Charlie
Christian
Jazz
Festival,
which
I
guess
had
taken
place.
A
B
I
think
we
make
a
great
home
for
it
I
think
again,
so
that
is
going
on
in
Sunday
different
performances,
they're
having
some
private
parties
and
things
there
at
our
restaurant
area,
which
will
be
great
for
the
sponsors
to
have
a
wonderful
place
to
thank
them
for
all
the
the
work
they've
done
to
make
this
possible.
But
a
full
schedule.
Look
for
our
website
and
you'll
see
all
the
groups,
it's
all
free
at
the
gardens.
So
there's
no
fee,
the
large
concerts
do
have
a
ticket
price,
but
the
the
gardens
ones
will
be
free.
A
A
B
B
Well,
we
really
aspired
to
be
a
world-class
garden.
That's
our
core
mission
is
to
be
a
beautiful
public
garden,
primarily
so
I
tell
the
staff
job
number.
One
is
our
gardens,
how
we
look
and
the
turf
when
it
was
put
in
with
a
big
project,
you're
going
to
have
some
problems,
and
so
we
decided
to
invest
in
making
it
a
much
better
lon,
because
that
is
kind
of
of
the
gardens
as
the
living
room.
B
This
is
like
the
main
living
room
and
we
wanted
to
have
a
nice
healthy
turf,
so
we've
just
invested
in
improving
drainage,
improving
soil,
having
a
new
kind
of
turf
that
can
withstand
all
the
use.
It's
getting.
So
that's
going
in
right
now
we're
asking
people
not
to
go
on
the
lawn.
We
won't
be
having
any
events
there
until
june
eight,
so
it
can
heal
in,
but
it
should
be
lovely
and
that's.
A
B
Just
add
to
we
love
when
we
get
comments
from
people,
whether
it's
good
or
bad,
or
an
improvement
or
I,
see
this
or
could
you
do
this
I
would
just
encourage
people
watching
to
please
feel
free
to
call
me
email
me
with
your
comments,
suggestions,
good
or
bad,
because
we
thrive
on
public
feedback.
We
really
want
to
hear
what
we're
doing
well,
what
we
could
do
more
of
and
that
really
helps
us
keep.