Myriad Botanical Gardens: Hours, Tickets and How to Plan Your Visit

You're downtown with an afternoon to fill, or the kids need somewhere to run between the Memorial and dinner in Bricktown. The Gardens sit right there, across the street from the Convention Center and a short walk from the arena. Most people wander in without a plan. This guide gives you one, from what's free to what's worth the ticket.

We manage furnished homes around Oklahoma City, and the Gardens come up constantly with guests who are staying downtown or bringing kids. The questions are always about the glass building, the ice rink and whether the dog can come. Here are the answers.

What Myriad Botanical Gardens Is

Myriad Botanical Gardens covers 15 acres between Reno Avenue and Sheridan Avenue in downtown Oklahoma City, with the Crystal Bridge Conservatory as its centerpiece. The grounds hold a lake, a children's garden, a dog park, a carousel, event lawns and the seasonal rink.

Think of it as two experiences. The outdoor park is free and open long hours, so you can walk it at 7 AM with a coffee or at 10 PM after a show. The Crystal Bridge is the ticketed indoor conservatory, a glass cylinder full of tropical plants that works in January just as well as July.

The address is 301 W. Reno Avenue, and the phone number is 405-445-7080. The Gardens' own site is the place to confirm anything that changes with the seasons.

Myriad Botanical Gardens Hours and Admission

The grounds are free from 6 AM to 11 PM every day, and the Crystal Bridge keeps shorter, ticketed hours. Here is the full picture.

Crystal Bridge tickets are sold at the door, and families and individuals do not need a reservation. Groups of 10 or more book ahead by emailing the education department.

Memberships start at $45 for an individual, $65 for two people and $85 for a family, and they include Crystal Bridge admission plus 10% off in the gift shop. If you're in town for a month on a work assignment and plan to walk through the conservatory more than four times, the individual membership pays for itself.

Inside the Crystal Bridge Conservatory

The Crystal Bridge is 224 feet long and 70 feet across, a cylinder of 3,028 translucent acrylic panels laid over a steel frame. It closed in 2021 for its first full interior renovation in more than 30 years and reopened in fall 2022 with new water elements and a reworked plant collection.

Inside you move between two climates. The Tropical Wet Zone is the humid, dripping side. The Tropical Dry Zone at the north end feels like a different continent, with plants that store water instead of shedding it. Together they fill about 13,000 square feet of display space.

Take the stairs or elevator to the second-level terrace. From up there you see the whole length of the bridge, the canopy below you and the downtown skyline through the panels. Kids like the terrace more than the plants, and that's fine.

Plan on 45 minutes to an hour inside. It's warm and humid on the wet side, so leave coats at the entrance in winter and bring water in summer. Only service animals are allowed in the conservatory. Your dog waits outside with whoever drew the short straw.

What's Free on the Grounds

Most of what families do at the Gardens costs nothing. The lake path, the Children's Garden, the great lawn and the dog park are all open without a ticket, and the grounds stay open until 11 PM.

• The Children's Garden has climbing structures, water play in warm months and plenty of shade. Bring a towel if the water features are running.
• The dog park is off-leash and fenced. Everywhere else on the grounds, dogs stay on a leash.
• The lake and the walking loop around it are the quiet part. Early morning and the hour before sunset are the best light.
• The great lawn hosts free concerts, movie nights and festivals through the warm months. Check the events calendar for the week you're in town.

Mo's Carousel is the one small-ticket item, at $3 a ride for any age. It runs daily from 9 AM to 8 PM and sits near the Children's Garden, so budget for a ride or two if you walk past it with a four-year-old.

For the rest of the no-cost downtown stops, our guide to free things to do in Oklahoma City rounds them up, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial visitor guide covers the site a few blocks north.

Seasonal Events: Pumpkinville and the Devon Ice Rink

The two events that draw the biggest crowds are Pumpkinville in October and the Devon Ice Rink from November into the new year.

Pumpkinville

Pumpkinville ran October 1 to 25 in 2026, with a Route 66 theme. That year it was open Thursdays, Sundays and Mondays from 10 AM to 5 PM and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 AM to 8 PM, and closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The displays are thousands of pumpkins arranged into scenes, plus pumpkin painting and crafts.

Tickets are sold two ways. The All-Inclusive Pass is $15 online or $16 at the gate and covers Pumpkinville, the Crystal Bridge and unlimited carousel rides. The Pumpkinville Only ticket is $9 online or $10 at the gate, with carousel rides extra at $3. Children 2 and under are free. Paint-a-Pumpkin is $5 per pumpkin on top of either ticket.

Friday and Saturday evenings are the busiest. A Thursday or Monday morning gives you the same pumpkins with a fraction of the strollers.

Devon Ice Rink

The outdoor rink opens in November 2026 on the Gardens' seasonal plaza. In the 2025-26 season it ran from November 14 to February 1, with hours of 3 to 9 PM Monday through Thursday, 3 to 11 PM Friday, 11 AM to 11 PM Saturday and 11 AM to 7 PM Sunday. Expect a similar shape this year and confirm the exact dates on the Gardens' site before you plan an evening around it.

Admission has historically included skate rental, with a lower price if you bring your own skates and a group rate for 10 or more. Weekend afternoons sell the most tickets. If you want open ice, go on a weeknight right at opening.

For the rest of the year's calendar, the Gardens list the OKC Flower and Garden Festival, the Tulip Festival in spring, Tree for All and Splendor in the Gardens among their signature events. Dates move year to year, so check before you book around one.

Parking and Getting There

The Gardens have no lot of their own, so you park downtown. Street meters are the closest option and are enforced 8 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday, which makes evenings and weekends free at the curb. Rates are posted on each meter and vary by block.

For longer visits, the nearby garages are the Century Center at 100 W. Main (Sheridan entrance), Sheridan/Walker at 501 W. Sheridan, the Arts District garage at 431 W. Main and the Convention Center garage at 15 Mick Cornett Drive. On Thunder game nights and during festivals, those garages fill and prices climb, so arrive early or walk from your hotel.

Vehicles with a valid disability placard or plate park free at any downtown meter for the posted time limit. Inside the Gardens, one wheelchair is available free on a first-come basis with a driver's license held as a deposit, and mobility scooters are welcome.

If you're staying in Bricktown, the Gardens are a walk of roughly 10 to 15 minutes west along Reno or Sheridan. From Midtown or Automobile Alley, the streetcar or a short drive gets you there.

A Hypothetical Family Afternoon, With the Math

Here is a made-up example to help you budget. Say a family of four visits on a Saturday in October: two adults, an 8-year-old and a 3-year-old.

• Two adult Crystal Bridge tickets: 2 x $10.50 = $21.
• One youth ticket for the 8-year-old: $5.50.
• The 3-year-old: free.
• Two carousel rides for the kids: 2 x $3 = $6.
• Conservatory and carousel total: $32.50, before any parking.

If they go during Pumpkinville instead, All-Inclusive Passes online run $15 for everyone age 3 and up, so all four need one: 4 x $15 = $60, with the Crystal Bridge and unlimited carousel rides included. For a family that wants the pumpkins and the conservatory, the All-Inclusive Pass is the cheaper route.

Everything else they do that afternoon, the Children's Garden, the lake loop, the lawn, is free. That's the real value of the Gardens for families: a full afternoon downtown for the price of one conservatory ticket per person.

Where to Stay for a Gardens Trip

For a visit built around downtown, anywhere within a short drive works, and Bricktown hotels are the closest. Our guides to Airbnb downtown Oklahoma City and where to stay in Bricktown compare the options block by block.

Families usually do better in a house. We manage 11 furnished homes around the Oklahoma City metro, sleeping 2 to 16 and up, with published from-rates of $165 to $425 a night and up to 35% off marketplace pricing on direct stays of four nights or more. Guests have rated us 9.5 out of 10 across 1,580 reviews on Airbnb and Vrbo. Check-in is 4:00 PM and checkout is 11:00 AM.

Bringing the dog to the dog park? Every one of our homes takes up to two dogs for a one-time $150 pet fee. The pet-friendly rentals page lists them, and our dog-friendly Oklahoma City guide has the other parks and patios. For the kids' side of the trip, things to do in Oklahoma City with kids sorts ideas by age, and the best time to visit Oklahoma City explains why April and October are the sweet spots for being outside.

When a Hotel Makes More Sense

If you're one or two people downtown for a conference or a single game, a walkable hotel near the Gardens beats driving in from anywhere. You can see the conservatory on a lunch break and walk the grounds after dinner.

A house starts to win with kids, a dog, or three nights or more. A kitchen for breakfast before Pumpkinville and a yard for the dog after the rink closes matter more than being able to walk to Reno Avenue.

How to Plan Your Myriad Botanical Gardens Visit, Step by Step

1. Pick the day by the calendar. Check the Gardens' events page for festivals, Pumpkinville dates or rink hours that overlap your trip.
2. Decide on the Crystal Bridge. Budget 45 minutes to an hour and buy tickets at the door unless you're a group of 10 or more.
3. Park smart. Use a street meter after 6 PM or on weekends, or one of the four nearby garages during the day.
4. Start outside. Walk the lake loop and the Children's Garden first while the kids have energy.
5. Go inside mid-visit. Do the conservatory and the terrace when you want shade or warmth.
6. Finish with a ride or a walk. Mo's Carousel runs until 8 PM, and the grounds stay open until 11.

These are the questions guests ask us most about the Gardens. Hours and prices change with the seasons, so confirm anything time-sensitive on the Gardens' own site.

Your Next Steps

1. Check the Gardens' calendar for the dates you're in town, especially if Pumpkinville or the ice rink is the draw.
2. Count your group and price Crystal Bridge tickets or an All-Inclusive Pass against a membership if you'll visit more than once.
3. Pick your base. Browse the neighborhoods we cover or call or text (405) 870-2146 to check dates.

Official details: the Myriad Botanical Gardens visitor page, the Crystal Bridge Conservatory page and the Pumpkinville page.