Whether you’re new to Broken Arrow or a longtime resident or business, it’s easy to see that we take great pride to keep our city clean, safe and beautiful.
Keep Broken Arrow Beautiful is dedicated to improving the quality of life in our community through year-round programs and activities that inspire and educate the young and old alike. We encourage those who call Broken Arrow home to join our efforts by participating, volunteering,and demonstrating their commitment to keep us a top destination city.
Our City’s Colorful (and Fragrant) History in Brief
Once proclaimed The City of Roses and Sparkling Spring Water, Broken Arrow is magnificently appointed with numerous residential, business and public rose gardens. We are now known as “The City Where Roses Bloom.” Every year, as May slips into June through October, the delicate scent of rose perfume the air and delight the eye with impossible shades of color.
In the early years of our community, The Broken Arrow Ledger-Democrat in 1922 noted, “Perhaps no other town of its size in America can boast of as many rose gardens as Broken Arrow. Almost every home whether it be humble or aristocratic has its own rose garden.” Main Street hosted a Rose Grocery and Rose Café. An annual Rose Carnival featured a short but proud parade of a float, a rose queen, and rose princesses culminating with its own rose show, which is believed to be the first rose show in the state of Oklahoma.
Since then, Brokens Arrow’s “City of Roses” history has continued to evolve and expand in ways those who preceded us could never have imagined.
Our City Today and Tomorrow
Broken Arrow continues to populate our community with commemorations of our rich rose heritage—and the legacy we work to ensure.
Our city’s Rose District, located in Broken Arrow’s historic downtown, is a bustling hive of shopping, dining, live music, unique taverns and popular entertainment venues.
The Rose Festival is a full weekend of family friendly fun. Friday evening & Saturday feataure a Rose Show, Rose Art Contest & Exhibit, children’s activities, professional rose gardeners, live music, food trucks, Artist & Marketplace Vendors, and Sunday’s “Rose Kites Over Broken Arrow.” Beginning 2018, we partnered with Art’s OK Chalk It Up Art Festival adding their amazing chalk artists to the fun. The Annual Art Contest & Exhibit are held in the beautiful new Arts at 302. 2024’s attendance was 26,800! Rose Kites over Broken Arrow continues to have free kites for kids plus a big Historical Kite Exhibit and kite artists from several states.
Since our beginning in 2011, we have dreamed of a special garden in Broken Arrow. In 2014 the City of Broken Arrow set aside 6.5 acres in Central Park for our Keep Broken Arrow Beautiful Garden. Aug 2018, citizens voted yes for $500,000 for Phase One of the new Gardens in Central Park. Fall 2024, construction began, to be finished in Spring 2025. The Gardens will include roses, pollinators gardens, sensory garden & a prairie garden with a pergola & water feature. Phase 2 will be on the 2026 Bond Vote. We are so very grateful to The City of Broken Arrow, especially City Manager Michael Spurgeon, and the citizens of Broken Arrow who have made this dream a reality.
Our annual Trash Bash & Recycle Rally has grown to provide both Spring & Fall dates. These amazing events give citizens a place to recycle even the most difficult items such as ammunition, batteries, electronics, needles & medications. Various groups, supplied with vests, gloves & trash equipment clean up areas around the city. Truly the event helps us keep Broken Arrow clean, safe & beautiful.
Meet Our Family
The members of Keep Broken Arrow Beautiful are strong civic and business leaders devoted to preserving our city’s colorful (and fragrant) history while helping shape our economic and quality-of- life future. Our mission, quite simply, is to keep Broken Arrow clean, safe and beautiful through projects and initiatives that spur economic development and drive our purpose forward.
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- 2025 Board Members
Chairman: Sharon Atcheson
Vice Chairman: Dale deReign
Secretary: Gary Percefull
Treasurer: George Forester
Action Center: Peggy Glenn, Julia Rogers
Rose Committee/Rose Festival: Felisa Hilbert, Patricia Foster, Beverly Forester
Pollinator/Monarch Gardens: Julia Rogers, Phil Hink, Beverly Forester
Trash Bash: Gary Percefull, Mandy Cole, Jerry Schuber
Central Park Garden: Sharon Atcheson
Social Media: Jonica Hopper
We want to hear from you! Interested in volunteering? Want to spearhead one of our year-round programs in your neighborhood? Contact Us with any questions about Broken Arrow Beautiful, and our programs and initiatives.
