The Parks & Recreation Department works regularly with neighborhood and other community groups who offer their volunteer time and services to keep our parks looking green and beautiful.
Adopt-A-Park
Created in 1981, the Adopt-A-Park program is a citywide
volunteer program that enables individuals, neighborhood associations, civic
groups, and businesses to assist in the general care and maintenance of
parks and other green spaces in Oklahoma City.
Adoptions may involve twice monthly litter control,
supplemental mowing, flower bed planting and maintenance, or minor landscape
improvements and year-round care. Participants are recognized, if they wish,
with attractive signs. Every year, adopted sites are evaluated and awards
are given to the adopters with the highest scoring areas. Currently,
approximately 100 areas are adopted with over 900 volunteers participating
in the program.
We work closely with
Oklahoma City Beautiful, Inc.
(a
non-profit organization) to enhance the appearance of City parks and street
medians.
Visit the Oklahoma City Beautiful website 
to get more information or sign up.
Community Beautification Watering Program
The Community Beautification Watering Program began in 2012 to
assist neighborhood associations by providing water for beautification
projects. The purpose of the program is to improve the quality of planting
beds and new trees in City parks and street medians by assisting volunteer
neighborhood associations who want to care for these landscaped areas in
their neighborhoods.
Qualified Neighborhood Associations may
apply to the City to receive up to $1,000 in annual water credit to be
used toward watering planting beds and/or newly planted trees in
neighborhood parks or medians.
Neighborhood Associations may also apply for installation of water meters,
backflow preventers and hydrants.
The program is only open to incorporated voluntary
neighborhood associations that are listed with Oklahoma City Neighborhood
Alliance. The credits pay only for water, and not any infrastructure or
installation costs associated with the watering project. Neighborhood
entrances or street rights-of-way are not eligible under this program.
Interested neighborhood groups may call the Parks and
Recreation Business Office at 297-3882 for more information, or download
this
FAQ page, which provides details on the program. An application form can
also be downloaded
HERE.
Landscape
Improvement and Maintenance Agreements
For organizations, individuals or companies that wish to make
beautification improvements on City parks or medians that require
construction and/or on-going maintenance, the Parks & Recreation Department
offers Landscape Improvement and Maintenance Agreements.
The agreements outline the responsibilities of the requesting
organization and permit the organization to make improvements and maintain
them for a specified period of time. This is the ideal program for active
neighborhood associations or community groups that want to make a
significant impact in their neighborhood. Call the Parks Department Business
Office at 297-3848 for more information, or email
wes.gray@okc.gov
Qualified neighborhood associations who have a
Landscape Improvement Agreement may also apply for water credit grants
through the City’s Community Beautification Watering Program.
For more information, download a copy of the “Landscape Improvement Partnership Process.”