Parks in Oklahoma - Will Rogers Gardens, Turner Falls, Quartz Mountain Nature Park, Elden Lyon Park, Newblock Park, (Paperback)

Chapters: Will Rogers Gardens, Turner Falls, Quartz Mountain Nature Park, Elden Lyon Park, Newblock Park, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 19. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Will Rogers Gardens is a 30 acres (12 ha) park in Oklahoma City located at the corner of 36th Street and Portland Avenue. It is one of the city's historic parks and it open year-round. Will Rogers Gardens features the Charles E. Sparks Rose Garden, a 7 acres (2.8 ha) arboretum and a conservatory with one of the world's largest collections of cacti and succulents. It also features display beds of daylilies, iris, azaleas, herbs and peonies. Free classes and other events are often held in the Garden Exhibition Building, the main building at Will Rogers Gardens. Will Rogers Gardens is part of Will Rogers Park with features a family aquatics center, the 24-court Oklahoma City Tennis Center, a disk golf course, and one of Oklahoma City's two senior adult recreations centers. Will Rogers Gardens is listed on the National Registry of Historical Places. Originally one of the four "crown jewels" at the old outer edges of Oklahoma City, the site remains a community garden with historic dedication to horticultural displays and areas of formal design. The Ed Lycan conservatory was designed by architects Lord and Burnham and was first erected in Douglass Park in 1924. In 1936 the conservatory was moved to Will Rogers Park. The greenhouse was named after Ed Lycan, the first employee for the Oklahoma City Parks Department. He worked for the department from 1912 to 1954, spending much of his time at Will Rogers Gardens The Garden Exhibition Building in Will Rogers Park is home to the Oklahoma City Council of Garden Clubs. The council was organized in 1921 to promote horticulture, flower gardening and conservation. Classes and o...http: //booksllc.net/?id=21382078