Our Mission:
Keep
Ardmore
Beautiful.
"A beautiful city is good business."
Our Mission
The mission of the Ardmore Beautification Council is to develop, motivate, educate, and activate community partners to reduce litter, recycle, beautify, and sustain the environment for the benefit of the City of Ardmore and Southern Oklahoma.
ANNOUNCING Ardmore is Beautiful!!
PHOTO CONTEST
BIG BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS!!! Show off your skills as a photographer with pics of your beautiful yard, garden or landscape!! The Ardmore Beautification Council, a local 501 C 3 non-profit organization, announces the 2025 “Ardmore is Beautiful” Photo Contest! Photos may be submitted to the Ardmore Beautification Council office, 333 W. Main Street, Suite 160 (Neustadt Building) between September 8th to NOON September 12th. Photos may also be submitted via email at abc.ardmore@gmail.com! Winners will be announced on September 18th. All photos must be local to Carter County. Please, Amateur photographers only!
Please submit your COLORED photos with the following information: their subjects, dates, locations, and any digital adjustments made to the image. The judges use this information to help them select the winners. Not providing full information may disqualify your entry by the judges.
Photographs will be judged on originality, composition, overall impact and artistic merit. Photos need not be formatted but must be 8X10 when printed. Photographs are judged by a committee of the Ardmore Beautification Council.
Subjects may include(but not limited to):
Nature Landscape/Scenery Floral Garden
There will be an Adults category and a children under 18 category. Prizes Include Grand Prize $150, 1st Prize $100, 2nd Prize $75, and; 3rd Prize $50.
Our Impact
7 +
Million Dollars INVESTED
Our programs and projects impact the entire quality of life for the residents and visitors to our fair city. Our sunny side of the Arbuckles location is a delightful get away spot plus an important regional facilities hub for many industrial and warehouse companies.
35+
Years Serving our community and southern Oklahoma
Since 1989 the Ardmore Beautification Council has been investing community improvement dollars in to our public areas, our schools and our community. Through many many volunteer hours from our Board of Trustees to our event volunteers and litter pick up volunteers we have made Ardmore a quality living space.
1000 +
Flowers and Trees planted
Throughout our over 30 years of service to Ardmore, the Ardmore Beautification Council has planted over 200 Trees, thousands of annual flowers in our numerous flower beds, countless tulip bulbs and daffodil bulbs, including many crepe myrtles.
Our Programs
Recycling
The Ardmore Beautification Council advocates for recycling in our community. ABC joined with Replenysh Recycling, out of Southern California, to provide additional recycling opportunities to ALL of Southern Oklahoma residents. The 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month from 10 to Noon, ABC, along with volunteers, host an event where cardboard, Plastic #1, Plastic #1 Thermoforms, Plastic #2, Plastic #5, aluminum cans, and steel cans! Our glass recycling is available 24/7 at Thompson Square. Look for the big ugly container that says “Glass Recycling Bottles and Jars Only”! ABC is always looking for volunteers to help us in this endeavor to continue to provide this to our citizens. Join us!
Beautification
The Ardmore Beautification Council’s motto “A Beautiful City is Good Business!” truly reflects the kind of organization we are. Working diligently to bring beauty to our community is the key element in each program and project we undertake. Our landscaping projects continue to delight our visitors and residents! We continue to develop programs to ensure that the beauty of our southern Oklahoma town is enhanced! ABC encourages businesses and individuals, through the Daffodil Award to continue to look and be beautiful. One aspect of our beautification is murals facilitated by ABC and sponsored by various non-profits and entities in Ardmore. The Legal Aid building on E Street (across from Central Park), the mural located on the east side of the Ardmoreite Building, and our Lake Murray Drive Mural, located on the underpass on Lake Murray Drive and the Chickasaw Mural located on the corner of N. Commerce and Veterans Boulevard! These few examples encourage us to move forward and look toward how we can create a more beautiful Ardmore.
Garden Tour
2023 was the beginning of our Garden Tour event! After a several year hiatus, Ardmore Citizens once again enjoyed viewing four, very different and unique, gardens! ABC looks forward to bringing this event back in 2025! If you have garden you’d like to share with others contact Julie at the ABC office! Be looking for news of our Garden Tour 2025 - Set your calendars for June 8 for this fabulous event!
Litter Prevention
As part of being an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful the Ardmore Beautification Council conducts a yearly litter awareness survey throughout our community. This windshield survey is conducted with parameters set by KAB. The Ardmore Beautification Council, through our affiliation with Keep American Beautiful, will hold 4 Community Clean Ups, in preparation of the 250th Birthday Anniversary of the United States! Many volunteers have spent hours picking up trash along our local roadways including waterways. Keeping litter awareness in the forefront of our minds is key to changing behavior about littering.
Central Park
The crown jewel of our local parks is Central Park. This park is a showstopper gateway in to downtown Ardmore. The Ardmore Beautification Council keeps this park looking lovely each season by planting and maintaining the annual and perennial flower plantings. ABC is responsible for the lush look of the flowers and ornamental trees. Working, in partnership, with the City of Ardmore, the Ardmore Beautification also maintains all of the Welcome to Ardmore signs, plus the I-35 Northbound Welcome to Ardmore sign. Other landscape projects that the Ardmore Beautification Council maintains is the Main Street raised flower beds. These flowers beds were installed in the early 1990’s and to this day showcase the streets and storefronts of our beautiful downtown. The newly remodeled median at 12th and Commerce is the beautiful entrance to a highly trafficked NW section of our residential and commercial area, with thanks to Citizens Bank and Mercy Hospital for their continued support of ABC and that beautiful median. ABC continues to maintain the I-35 interchanges, plant wildflowers, and maintain Crepe Myrtles along our entrance roadways.
Get Involved
Sign Up For a Program
Take a look at all of the great programs we offer and sign-up to be a part of Keeping Ardmore Beautiful!
Volunteer opportunities
Take a look at our Calendar and see upcoming projects and ways to get involved!
Make a Donation
Unable to make it to a project? Make a difference by simply donating to help Keep Ardmore Beautiful!
Our Partners
The City of ardmore
The Ardmore Beautification Council and the City of Ardmore complimentary organizations focused on creating and maintaining a beautiful environment for our residents and visitors.
Ardmore Chamber of Commerce
The Ardmore Beautification Council and the Ardmore Chamber of Commerce partner on project such as the maintenance of the Main Street Planter beds. These exceptionally bright and colorful sidewalk nodes say “Welcome to Downtown”!
Ardmore Main Street Authority
Ardmore Main Street Authority is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, established in 1989 by The National Trust for Historic Preservation as a commercial district revitalization program. The program is for the use and benefit of the citizens of the City of Ardmore and the surrounding trade area. The mission and vision of the AMSA is to preserve and protect an important part of our history by: Strengthening existing businesses; Identifying new business opportunities; Finding new uses for vacant buildings; Intensifying the uses of buildings; Improving business management.
goddard center for the performing arts
The mission of the Goddard Center is to inspire and foster participation, education, and enjoyment of the visual and performing arts for all, while advancing the excellence and cultural vibrancy of our community. The Ardmore Beautification Council partners with the Goddard Center for the Carter County Litter Poster contest and All Schools Art exhibit reception.
www.goddardcenter.org
keep oklahoma beautiful
Keep Oklahoma Beautiful's mission is to empower Oklahoma citizens to preserve and enhance the state's natural beauty and ensure a healthy, sustainable environment.
Keep america Beautiful
Keep America Beautiful's mission is to inspire and educate people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment. They envision a country where every community is a clean, green beautiful place to live.
Oklahoma forestry services
Oklahoma Forestry Services' mission is to conserve, enhance and protect the forests and natural resources of Oklahoma for present and future generations.
Arbor day foundation
The Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation and education organization. A million members, donors, and partners support our programs to make our world greener and healthier.