Keep Broken Arrow Beautiful Plans Rose Garden
By EMILY RAMSEY
Managing Editor
DOWNTOWN OASIS: A rendering of the future Nelson Commemorative Rose Garden, a one-acre rose garden with water features, walking trails and an event building, to be located at 1500 S. Main St. in downtown Broken Arrow. The garden is a project of Keep Broken Arrow Beautiful. All proceeds from the organization’s Rose Gala, on April 9, will go toward phase one of the project.
Courtesy KBAB
In April and May, Keep Broken Arrow Beautiful (KBAB) will hold three events that continue to further the organization’s goal “to clean up the city” and, in effect, keep Broken Arrow beautiful, says Board Chair Peggy Striegel, while also raising money and awareness for the organization’s next large rose project.
On April 9, the Rose Gala will be held at the Main Street Loft, 200 S. Main St., at 6 p.m. The evening will include a live auction, silent auction and 1920s-themed entertainment with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets are $50 per person.
Proceeds from the Rose Gala will go toward KBAB’s Nelson Commemorative Rose Garden, a future rose garden to be located at 1500 S. Main St., next to the Central Park Community Center. The organization’s rose committee, which oversees, plans and manages rose projects in Broken Arrow, is in charge of the rose garden project.
Plans for the garden include water features and a one-acre rose garden, walking trails and benches. The park would also include a large glass building and gazebo, which would both be available for events, says Striegel.
Phase one of the park’s construction, with a cost of $4 million, would involve total infrastructure installation. The following construction phases are expected to each cost approximately $500,000.
For many years, members of the organization have had a vision for a rose garden in Broken Arrow, Striegel says.
KBAB is currently at the beginning stages of fundraising, with the design work recently completed by R.L. Shears Company, P.C., the landscape architecture firm chosen for the project.
Trash Bash will take place at the Central Park Community Center, 1800 S. Main St., 8-9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 30 with free coffee and snacks, trash bags, gloves and safety aprons. Keep Broken Arrow Beautiful volunteers will be on hand to help volunteers select their mile, trail or park to clean up.
Coming May 21 is the all-day Rose Festival, which will be held one block east of Main Street in conjunction with the Rose District Farmers Market. The festival is free and open to the public. The festival will also offer the opportunity for patrons to win ribbons and cash prizes in its rose art/photography contest. Individuals can also enter a rose from their garden for judging on the morning of the festival. Entry is free and cash prizes will be awarded. There will be live music and kids’ activities along with various vendor booths.
KBAB’s ongoing programs include Adopt A Mile, Adopt A Corner, Neighborhood Beautification, B.A. Helping Hand, Paint The Town Red and Beauty Patrol.
Updated 03-29-2016
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