We are excited to announce that the OSU-OKC Farmers Market will merge with Scissortail Park to create a new destination Saturday farmers market in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City in spring 2020!
For more information, visit
The growth in OKC over the last 5 years has been so exciting & evident in all of the great things happening downtown!
And speaking of growth, check out this cool side-by-side aerial view - our trees are definitely growing! 🌳🌲
Top 📸 by
@OKCTalk
Bottom 📸 by
@flighttimeokc
50 days from Grand Opening Sept 27-29! Looking forward to celebrations, family fun, music, local food & more. OKC undertook this historic greening of a space that used to exist under a highway & is now landscaped with trees, shrubs, grasses & flowers. This park is for you!
#1OKC
Scissortail Park this evening - before and after the storm.
📸 Before: Scissortail Park Director of Marketing, Stacey Aldridge
📸 After: Scissortail Park Ranger, Mark Cunningham
#okwx
#oklahomaskies
The holidays are officially kicked off at Scissortail Park!
Union Station Illumination - a new holiday music & lighting experience at historic Union Station showing nightly from 6-11pm through Friday, January 1st!
📷
@flighttimeokc
Scissortail Park is on its way to becoming a 1st-class shady oasis. We planted 112 Shumard Oaks (Quercus shumardii) along Robinson Grand Promenade. These are an Oklahoma native oak that reaches 75-80' tall & 50-60' wide at maturity. They have a brilliant red/red-orange fall color
JUST ANNOUNCED: “Live from the Lawn” a new concert series set to debut at Scissortail Park on Friday, June 19 with the Okie All Stars!
Features live music on the Park's 4.4-acre great lawn providing space to enjoy a free concert while practicing responsible social distancing.
Scissortail Park is proud to be home and caretakers to a Survivor Tree clone from the
@OKCNM
. You can find this beautiful American Elm on the south lawn in front of Union Station.
#scissortailpark
#urbanparks
#WeRemember
We're counting down the hours! Gates open at 5:00 p.m. Music starts at 6:30 p.m. And it's only beginning of the fun to be had at Scissortail Park!
#foreveryone
Happy
#FirstDayofFall
! Nearly 1,000 trees will be planted along with tens of thousands of ornamental grasses and flowering plants to create a lushly green oasis. We expect tree arrivals this fall! Of course we'll keep you posted. 🍂🍂
We've planted trees and Mexican Feathergrass all the way up to I-40! Those traveling especially west will see so much green from the highway when looking at this view of downtown. An excellent impression of OKC don't you think?
#SeeOKC
It doesn't look like it right now but this time next year you & the children in your life will be playing, laughing, screaming & running silly in our REALLY BIG water feature. Located on the southeast corner of the park. Hours of summer fun! Visualize yourself there! 🌞🌊😎
@Maps3
To celebrate the first day of spring 2020, enjoy Daffodil Hill at Scissortail Park! Take a virtual peek at some of the 40,000 daffodils planted this year!
The grounds are open if you get a chance to get some fresh air! 💛💚
#urbanparks
#VisitOKC
#SeeOKC
#daffodils
“Run, Run Rudolph” down to Scissortail Park this holiday season to see the lights at Union Station Illumination! We’re excited to have this fun new show for guests to enjoy.
Shows nightly 6-11pm now thru January 1 featuring an eclectic & diverse mix of music. Come check it out!
We are thrilled to be planting Mexican Feather grass on the south side of the mound and it's beautiful. It is Oklahoma weather proven. It's all over
@myriadgardens
and loves
#Oklahoma
summers!
Photo by Matt Janda
#FridayMotivation
NEW PHOTOS IN! The 240-foot pedestrian bridge spanning the lake will be a perfect place to enjoy amazing views of The Park and take photos with city’s skyline or Union Station in the background. Photos by
@Maps3
The babies have arrived! We’re so excited to see our growing families! 💚
*We know it’s tempting, but please do not feed the birds at the Park. Bread, chips & crackers are “junk food” that lack the nutrients the growing babies need to stay healthy.*
📸 Nick Tate, Park Ranger
A pair of scissor-tailed flycatchers were spotted at Scissortail Park this weekend! Great photo captured by Horticulturist, Deborah Blackburn!
#scissortailpark
#urbanparks
Our first ever Fall Market is in full swing! Come out to see us at Scissortail Park. Shop local, made in Oklahoma products each Saturday in October 9am-1pm.
Thanks to everyone who made it out to get a Garden-in-Place Seed Kit! The response was amazing!
Find assembly instructions and other fun activities at
#curbsidepickup
#scissortailpark
A 20-ton orb called "Taking Flight" will welcome visitors to the Park. At 19’ it will suspend a sphere from angled columns that stretch from the ground up & around the sphere, which will b made from 643,648 highly polished discs sized to OKC's population
A centerpiece for the park is the lake: 3-acres w/ a 240’ pedestrian bridge. The boathouse will offer peddle boat & paddle board rentals. Water is replenished through a French drain system that extends throughout the Park. It will be approx 10-12' deep.
❄️WEATHER ALERT!❄️
It might be a nice warm day, but sources confirm snow flurries at Scissortail Park on Friday, Dec. 13 from 5-9pm and Saturday, Dec. 14 from 11am-4pm. ❄️
Snow will be seen at The Promenade, Children’s Play Pavilion, Picnic Pavilion, and Scissortail Boathouse.
The new urban parks are like community super centers offering a 1 stop place for all ages to enjoy the outdoors & plants and gardens; play; relax; learn; exercise; socialize; be entertained; eat, drink, play with dogs, view art exhibits & celebrate the seasons & holidays.
#okc
Today, we officially opened the
#ReadOKC
Little Library at Scissortail Park! 📚
Special thanks to
@okcchamber
,
@okcthunder
and
@OKCPS
for establishing this library at the Park! Take a book/leave a book near the Children’s Playground Pavilion - the Little Library is open now!
One challenge to an outdoor event at night is getting a picture that captures the enormity of 28,000 people. This is the best crowd shot I’ve seen so far of our epic Kings of Leon concert to open Scissortail Park!
(Thank you, Silas Martin!)
Union Station Illumination
A new holiday music & lighting experience at historic Union Station begins tonight at 7pm.
Tonight, enjoy live music at 6:30pm, then we’ll flip the switch to start the light show at 7pm.
OKC, it’s time to stake our claim where it all began. 🏳️⚧️💜🏳️🌈
The inaugural downtown OKC Pride Festival will be hosted in
@ScissortailPark
June 25th - 27th, 2021.
This historic event will encompass music, film, and art in a way the state has never seen before.
#OKCPrideFest
New innovative
#parks
are not just green relief from hardscapes, they are spurring connections among residents promoting education, driving economic & community development & re-wilding nature in cities & ecological/horticultural aesthetics & information. Photo by
@Maps3
Scissortail Park is making a SPLASH! 💙
We won the USA TODAY
@10best
2023 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Splash Pad in the country!
Thank you to everyone who voted for us to win!
With the weather warming up, we are looking forward to opening the Scissortail Sprayground for the…
These "cheese grater" sculptures are going to be accent lighting that will change colors. More to come on this feature. Let's just say evening strolls will be lit!
Photos by
@Maps3
Today is the last day in our city’s history without Scissortail Park. It was 55 years ago that OKC leaders first articulated the need for a great urban green space. That idea was partially realized through Myriad Gardens, but the desire persevered.
ICYMI: Thank you again to
@GatherTulsa
for this wonderful gift of a seedling from your treasured Reading Tree. Thanks Mayor
@gtbynum
& Mayor
@davidfholt
. This tree will go in the children's play area for many to enjoy years to come! Video by
@cityofokc
Our first family of
#geese
and
#ducks
have already moved in! Some species can live almost 20 years, so we’re thrilled to welcome our new friends as long-term residents of Scissortail. Psssst ... will someone tell them it's still a hard hat zone?
#OKC
#SeeOKC
More babies are coming soon to Scissortail Park! We’ve got baby turtles on the way! 🐢
We appreciate everyone’s help with staying on the paths to keep the nests safe. 🐢
#scissortailpark
#urbanparks
#wildlife
#turtles
See the circles forming? They will become "lens gardens." Sitting areas adorned with Oklahoma weather proven plants and flowers. The colors will be stunning!
Photos by
@Maps3
This morning, State Senator Carri Hicks, co-chair of the Oklahoma Legislative Diabetes Caucus, OKC Mayor David Holt and OKC Councilman James Cooper announced “Diabetes Action Day” on November 12 at the Skydance Bridge which will be lit blue tonight to promote diabetes awareness.
Daffodil watch 2021 has started!
A few sprouts have started to peek up in the northwest planter beds along Oklahoma City Boulevard.
We can’t wait to see over 100,000 daffodils all over Scissortail Park in the next couple of months. It’s going to be spectacular!
As MAPS celebrates 30 years of transforming Oklahoma City, we're thrilled to reflect on the incredible journey and impact we've had on our community. Scissortail Park, a vision realized through MAPS 3 and managed by Scissortail Park Foundation, stands as a testament to the power…
Imagine what the park will look like a year from now! MORE TREES, SHRUBS & FLOWERS. Families walking, playing, running. Dogs running in the dog park.
@eatatspark
serving up burgers! Remember when this land used to be under a major highway bridge?
#ThrowbackThursday
#urbanparks
Our boathouse will include a concession stand for grab-&-go food, public restrooms & large shaded patio. Guests can rent pedal boats to enjoy the 3.7 acre lake. This area may be rented for parties and events soon!
Supervisory Park Ranger Laura Eckart is out on bike patrol in the Park.
Today the Scissortail Park Ranger Service launched it's bike patrol program so you’ll now see rangers patrolling on bicycles in addition to other modes of transportation.
#scissortailpark
#urbanparks
This is Salvia planted in the purple parterre. Each of the parterre compartment gardens are a color: red, white, purple, pink, green, yellow orange & blue. In the purple parterre expect more purple flowers such as asters, lavender, catmint, russian sage, verbena.
Today, the Park tested the new lit Scissortail bird logo to be raised on Thurs., Dec. 31 at 7pm.
As we count down to 7pm (our early bird “midnight”) the lit bird will be raised to the highest point on Scissortail Hill. Fireworks will immediately follow, rain or shine.
#maskupokc
I almost never leave the house other than to chair our virtual Council meetings from City Hall every two weeks. After today’s meeting, I drove by Scissortail Park. Wow, is it beautiful. Spring has arrived and our new park continues to mature.
💖 The LOVE’S Travel Stops Stage & Great Lawn is ready for our Live from the Lawn anniversary concert!
We’re showing our LOVE for OKC & making it easier to find socially-distanced seating for the
@johnrfullbright
w/
@pilgrimtulsa
concert Saturday, Sept. 26!
📸
@flighttimeokc
Thousands of trees are being planted at Scissortail Park. Many are planted now but there's more to come. A variety of ornamental grasses are getting planted. We are greening a space that used to exist under a highway thanks to the voters of OKC &
@Maps3
.
#EarthDay