Surrogate gardeners in Joplin area asked to return flower bulbs for donation and planting in Oklahoma Posted on April 22, 2014 by KOAM TV 7 Last year, more than 150 Joplin-area residents agreed to serve as surrogate gardeners and “foster plant” 100,000 flower bulbs that would be eventually dug up and re-planted in the communities in central Oklahoma hit by tornadoes during early 2013.