We got a little break ffrom our 100+ temperatures on Saturday so we loaded up and went to see the Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden about ten miles northwest of downtown Tulsa.
It covers about 170 acres located in the Osage hills with a variety of terrain from a small lake to meadowland to lots of woods.
We had never visited the gardens before. I had run a couple of trail races through it but I was more interested in not tripping and falling on my face than looking around and seeing what is going on.
It is a work in progress but they have built nice trails with benches, the lake and a small visitor center overlooking the lake.
The Gardens have been a long time in coming and I think it is already a great asset to Tulsa. As they install the gardens it will become even more valuable.
Meantime, I’ll just poke around way behind Sweetie and SuperPizzaBoy taking my pictures and seeing what’s what.
In deep summer the colors are mostly gone, except for the greens, but if you look you can color here and there.
It seems like you are never very far from an oil well in Oklahoma.
Right now it is only open on Saturdays from April to October. They will expand the hours as they expand the facilities.
It’ll be fun to watch this play grow as the years go by.
There are so many wonderful places to visit in Oklahoma and you are sure good at finding them!
My goodness, SPB is really getting tall.
These are some fine natural images.
Looks like a nice place to go for a walk. Glad the temps came down a bit.
What a lovely park — in spite of the oil well! Looks like a great place to spend a day and, as always, you got some wonderful shots! That boy is getting TALL!! Have a great week!
Sylvia
SPB sure is growing up! What a wonderful place to spend the day. I wish the heat would let up a little here!
looks like a very good start …. oh my SPB is towering over Sweetie ..
What a huge gardens! Love that mass of water too.
A great unspoiled place for a walk. Also, I think SPB is having a growth spurt!
Since the majority of us appear to be interested in SPB’s height, how tall is the tallest member of the family? It will be most interesting to see how tall he becomes.
What a lovely park and how nice to view it in its infancy.
This is new to me. It will really be something after the gardens are planted. I like the look of the hard surface trails but they don’t look like they would accommodate a chair. Wow, SPB is morphing into a giant!
With the trails overgrown with foliage, I can see why it’s a good place to stay out of the heat.
Well, cool. And I’m all for supporting your brand of denialism. And as those last bits of glacier slip into my glass of water, I am giving up the debate on watering the grass.
I like the look of the natural paths. It’s great that you are taking photos of it so you can see how it changes through the years.
Looks like a beautiful place. What most amazes me though is how tall my nephew is. Oh my!
I had no idea we had that!