I was at the Tulsa Garden Center awating my assigned duties from Sweetie for carting stuff from the attic of the Center to the basement while I took this shots.
The Garden Center was originally built by an Tulsa Oilman back in the day who then donated it to the city.
Lots of events go on here but if nothing is going on they let the public wander through. It is quite interesting.
Sweetie is involved in their “Little Green Thumbs” children’s gardening program there. She was getting everything ready for the coming season. They don’t have their schedule set yet but check the link above periodically if you are interested.
The Tulsa Garden Center is part of a complex that includes the Linnaeus Teaching Gardens, a huge rose garden, an arboretum, green house, and Woodward Park. They also share a parking lot with the Tulsa Historical Society. If you visit Tulsa you have to come by. You just gotta!
I have some photos of the interior of the Garden Center someplace in my archives. That is, if I haven’t deleted them already. Love this place. There are some truly fine mansions in Tulsa. It must have been a very special place during the early days of the oil boom.
What a beautiful place and such terrific reflections for the day! Really superb captures! Hope you and Sweetie and SPB have a wonderful weekend!
Sylvia
I want to tack that curved space with windows on the back of my RV. What a great place for the garden center.
It’s so pretty!! Guess what? I’ve never been there. I know you’re surprised.
what a terrific space .. and place for photo ops!
Looks like a great building but a pity that it is empty.
Greetings,
Filip
I really like the pic of the checkered floor. 🙂
WOW! We don’t have any garden centres here anywhere near as spectacular! 🙂 Really nice and I think it’s great that the owners allow riffraff with cameras in to take photos. :))
That’s a beautiful place and how good that it has a garden centre attached to it. Grand houses and great gardens go together.
I might not get to Tulsa soon, so thanks so much for sharing these delightful rooms
I graduated from high school in Cleveland, OK, and remember visiting the garden center on several occasions. That was back during my salad days, when I was green and crisp!
Those are very shiny floors.
There’s nothing like a wonderfully preserved, historical building to capture reflections, it’s great!
A fabulous old mansion! That sounds like a great gardening program for children. Is SPB involved? (I seem to remember he’s not too fond of gardening.)
The Tulsa Garden Center looks beautiful! Iamgine trying t build sucha building in thsi day and age? It would be cost prohibitive.
Have a wonderful weekend!
This looks like it would definitely be worth the visit!
I must admit. They know how to let that floor shine. Nice reportage.
Wonderful interior.
Regards and best wishes
Wow! I can’t wait to see pictures of this when the season starts — can you be their official photographer?
Beautiful… love those windows!
Modest digs…! Ha. Hardly. That’s a beautiful place.
I wouldn’t mind living at that garden center. Does it come with a golf course and pool? 😀