Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 South Peoria, Tulsa

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The Tulsa Garden Center is housed in an Italian Renaissance style villa designed by Tulsa architect Nobel B. Fleming in for affluent entrepreneur David Travis. The "oil boom" during this era created fabulous wealth for many Tulsans, and as a result, many grandiose mansions with elaborately landscaped gardens were built throughout the city. The City of Tulsa acquired the property in and over the years, it has developed into a great historic, cultural, and educational resource for the people of Tulsa. History: Part of the historic Woodward Park Complex, the Tulsa Garden Center was founded by the Tulsa Garden Club and the Tulsa Council of Garden Clubs in In the Garden Center made its headquarters in a stunning mansion acquired from Mr. Skelly.

The mansion was designed by Tulsa architect Nobel B. Fleming and was originally built from to for Mr. David Travis, who owned an oil field equipment salvage business. The estate included the main mansion (21 rooms and 10 bathrooms), two five-room cottages, two barns, two greenhouses, a solarium, and a swimming pool. The overall site was designed and constructed in an eclectic naturalistic style which harmonizes with the surrounding park. Not long after its completion, J. Arthur Hull purchased the property in and added the 'Lord and Burnham' Conservatory and a sunken garden. In Mr. George Snedden and his wife Geraldine bought the property and renovated the interior with help from interior decorator Louis Perry. The Snedden's were the last residents of the mansion.

In they sold the property to Mr. Skelly who never resided there and sold it to the City of Tulsa in Today, the Tulsa Garden Center serves as an educational facility and resource for those interested in horticulture. In the Linnaeus Teaching Garden was added. It provides free demonstrations and lectures about gardening to the public.

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