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The Gardens at Science Museum Oklahoma
Native Plants, Hands-On Gardening, and Outdoor Learning
The Gardens at Science Museum Oklahoma are living laboratories. Featuring a stunning collection of native Oklahoma plants, trees, and flowers, our gardens showcase biodiversity, sustainability, hands-on gardening, and outdoor learning.
Explore diverse spaces including:
- Flower Beds
- Kids Garden (including a Mud Kitchen)
- Monarch Waystation
- Vegetable Garden and Orchard
- And More!
The Gardens also feature lawn games, picnic tabkes, and even miniature excavators for hands-on fun.
Discover the Outdoors at Science Museum Oklahoma
This outdoor space offers a serene retreat, perfect for lunch, free play, or a quiet escape for sensory-sensitive guests. Easily accessible through Pavlov’s Café or the south-central Science Floor doors, the gardens provide a natural extension of the museum’s hands-on learning experiences.
Science Museum Oklahoma is the proud recipient of the OKC Beautiful’s 2024 Distinguished Service Mayor’s Award for our facility’s sustainability features, including grounds’ pollinator areas, composting program, water reuse system, recycling efforts, and more.
The Gardens are also available to rent for birthday parties from March 1 – October 31.
Kyoto Garden
A Kyoto garden reflects centuries of tradition and aesthetic principles rooted in harmony, simplicity, and reverence for nature.The Kyoto Garden at Science Museum Oklahoma 1984, a gift from Kyoto, Japan, Oklahoma City’s sister state. Built with 60,000 pounds of materials from Japan and crafted by six master gardeners, it features a stone lantern, rock bridge, and tsukubai.
After years of weather damage, the garden was restored in 2022, with one of the original gardeners leading the effort, and officially reopened to the public on October 29, 2022.
