The Myriad Botanical Gardens (1977-1981, by Conklin + Rossant based on the urban renewal plan developed by the city and I M Pei in 1964) is essentially a four-square block area surrounded by city streets in Oklahoma City, OK.
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| The middle of the gardens is sunken and crossed by the Inasmuch Foundation Crystal Bridge Conservatory (1983-1985, opened 1988) as seen from the east |
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| A waterfall (at the corner of Reno and Robinson Avenues) is built to look like an Ozarks outcrop |
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| A variety of theme gardens included the Waterwise Gardens; there was also a dog park |
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| The Wave Fountain sends out gentle pulses of water that flow as white water over the layered edges |
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| The Devon Lawn and Band Shell |
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| Open but shady spaces accommodate the Oklahoma City Flower & Garden Festival today |
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| Gateway (1986, by Hans Van de Bovenkamp) |
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| View of the lake and conservatory from the west |
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| The Children's Garden includes Mo's Carousel (by Allan Herschell Company), which was donated by the owners of Crossroads Mall/Plaza Mayor Mall when it closed in 2017 |
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| Mo's Carousel |
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| Thunder Fountain is closed until June 23, when it will spout water from above and below, and occasionally have rain and thunder |
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| Orchids |
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| Ouch! the trunk of Ceiba speciosa/ Silk Floss Tree on the Bromeliad Terrace |
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| View through the Inasmuch Foundation Crystal Bridge Conservatory (KSS) |
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| The ground floor of the conservatory features the vertical lines of the Cloud Portal Sculpture (2022, by Scott Murase) |
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| Tamiko & Kent selfie |
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| Two-level waterfall cascades over natural stone |
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| The Survivor Tree, an Ulmus americana/American Elm that was in a parking lot filled with burning vehicles |
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| The Reflecting Pool extends down to the monumental 9:03 gate, the moment after the 9:02 explosion |
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| The monumental 9:01 gate seen from the street |
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| Looking from one gate to the other (KSS) |
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| Remnant wall of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building (1977-1995), a further section of the wall bears the names of the survivors of the bombing |
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| The Field of Empty Chairs: Each chair represents one of the 168 persons killed, and they are arranged in nine rows for the nine stories of the federal building; a group of five chairs represent those killed outside the building, and each chair bears a name |
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| There are smaller chairs representing the 19 children who were killed at the America's Kids day-care center on the second floor of the Federal Building |
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| The Oklahoma City Streetcar system (2017-2018) features the Brookville Liberty model, the first streetcar built in this country that can operate off-wire, yet it can also operate via pantograph off electric wiring |
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