The first roses, 2004
Tom and Lucia Avery opened the first Bellwether on a quiet lane near downtown Broken Arrow, after caring for Lucia's mother at home for six years. Lucia planted forty rose bushes before the building had a roof.
Our story
How we got here
The people, the place and the promise behind every day of care.
Our story
Twenty-two years of roses
A garden at the center
Every room was laid out around the courtyard so that every resident could see something growing from their chair. It was not the cheapest way to build. It was the way Lucia insisted on.
The Arbor, 2009
When residents with memory loss began to need a gentler day, the Averys built a small secured neighborhood around a second garden. They named it The Arbor, after the grape arbor Lucia's mother had in Okmulgee.
Owasso, 2014
Families on the north side of Tulsa kept asking for a Bellwether closer to them. The Owasso home opened with the same layout, the same menus and two of the original Broken Arrow caregivers.
Bixby, 2020
The Bixby home opened beside the river in the hardest year any of us remember. The garden there is the largest, planted by residents, staff and a lot of Bixby families who came to help.
The next generation
Marisol, who did her homework at the nurses' station, now leads all three homes. Her mother still visits on Sundays to check on the roses, and on whether the scones are warm.
- 2004the year the first roses went in
- 3homes around Tulsa, one family
- 148apartments and suites in all
- 6:1residents to caregivers in The Arbor by day
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Tulsa Readers’ Choice · Best Assisted Living
- Regional Senior Living Awards · Memory Care
- Garden Club Council · Community Garden Award
- Broken Arrow Chamber · Business of the Year
- Family Satisfaction Survey · 97% would recommend
- Regional Business Journal · Top Workplaces
- State Assisted Living Association · Member
- Dementia-Friendly Community · Partner
- Local Hospital System · Preferred Partner
Come sit in the garden with us.
Call or text Marisol's team to arrange a tour at any of our three homes. Tea is at three.