North Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum
| North Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum | |
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Interactive map of North Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum | |
| Location | Tonkawa, Oklahoma |
| Owned by | Northern Oklahoma College |
North Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum is a botanical garden and arboretum on the campus of Northern Oklahoma College, located at 1220 East Grand Avenue, Tonkawa, Oklahoma.[1] It is an affiliate garden of the Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum and open to the public daily without charge.
The gardens were established in 1901 with the college's foundation, and were a top priority of the college's third president, Lynn Glover (1911-1916). The site includes an arboretum, butterfly display, and herb, perennial, rose, and sensory gardens.[1] In February 1993 a Quonset greenhouse (2016 square feet) was added, with a 7,500 plant capacity for growing annual bedding plants.[1] Since that time, 4,000 to 6,000 annual bedding plants have been planted each spring.[1] In 1995, a mass planting of 150 redbuds marked the first annual Redbud Festival.[1]