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Bathing, dressing and grooming
Private and unhurried, on each resident's own schedule.
IncludedResidential care · Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Five acres of garden, sixteen suites and a long golden porch.
A licensed residential care home on the east side of Pauls Valley, with a greenhouse, a sunflower field and caregivers who have been here since the first harvest.
- 16private suites with baths
- 5acres of garden, greenhouse and sunflowers
- 2008the year Goldenrod House opened
Rooted here
A care home that still grows its own tomatoes.
Lena Brockman was a home health nurse in Garvin County for twenty years. Walt farmed peanuts and wheat east of town. When Lena's patients kept telling her the hardest part of getting older was losing their gardens, the Brockmans turned their homestead into Goldenrod House: sixteen suites, a glass greenhouse, raised beds at wheelchair height and an acre of sunflowers along the drive.
The care is what you would expect from a nurse who has driven every county road: careful, unhurried and personal. The rest is what nobody expects. Residents start seeds in February, pick tomatoes in July and sit on the long porch in September watching the sunflowers turn their heads.
— Lena Brockman, RN, co-founder and administrator
What sets us apart
Where the seasons show up
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The greenhouse
Seed starting in February, tomatoes by May, open every afternoon.
Daily
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Three meals from the kitchen and garden
Fried okra, sliced tomatoes, peach cobbler and Sunday pot roast.
IncludedPhoto tour
A year at Goldenrod House
Sample family reviews
From Goldenrod families
Dad farmed for sixty years. Walt handed him a flat of tomato seedlings the first morning and he has not stopped talking about yields since.
Lena was Mom's home health nurse for years. When Mom needed more help, there was never another choice.
We got a jar of Mom's pepper jelly for Christmas, labeled in her own handwriting. I cried.
The sunflowers in September are something to see. Grandpa sits on the porch and counts the bees.
Carla called me before the doctor's office did when Mom's blood sugar ran high.
Gwen handled the VA application from start to finish and checked on us every week until it came through.
My parents share the couple's suite. They split one row in the garden and argue about it constantly.
The grandkids beg to go on garden days. They come home muddy and happy.
When Dad went on hospice, they brought him a sunflower from the field every morning.
Sixteen suites means the caregivers know Mom, not just her chart.
We drove all over southern Oklahoma. Nowhere else felt this much like home.
- 16private suites with baths
- 5acres of garden, greenhouse and sunflowers
- 2008the year Goldenrod House opened
- 4:1residents to caregivers by day
Rooms & suites
Suites along the garden
Sixteen private suites, each with its own bath and a window on the garden, the greenhouse or the fields.
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Garden suite
Opens onto the raised beds, with morning sun and a reading chair.
- Private bath
- Garden view
- Walk-in shower
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Sunflower suite
Faces the drive and the sunflower field, best in September.
- Private bath
- Field view
- Ceiling fan
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Greenhouse suite
Steps from the greenhouse door, for residents who never want to be far from it.
- Private bath
- Near the greenhouse
- Window seat
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Porch suite
On the long porch, with a sitting area for visitors.
- Sitting area
- Porch access
- Private bath
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Accessible suite
A roll-in shower and room for a wheelchair to turn.
- Roll-in shower
- Wide doorways
- Grab bars
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Couple's suite
Two connected rooms with a shared bath, for spouses who want to stay together.
- Two rooms
- Shared bath
- Garden view
Our team
The people who tend the place
Lena Brockman, RN
Co-founder and administrator
Walt Brockman
Co-founder, gardens and grounds
Carla Nez, LPN
Day nurse
Tasha Monroe, CMA
Lead caregiver
Most of our residents spent their lives working the land or feeding the people who did. We think the last years should still have something growing in them. So we planted a garden big enough for everyone, built the care around it, and let the seasons set the calendar.
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Garvin County Readers' Choice · Best Senior Care (sample)
- Pauls Valley Chamber · Business of the Year (sample)
- Family survey · 99% would recommend (sample)
- Licensed residential care home · Oklahoma
Admissions
Moving in, made easier
Gwen guides your family from the first call through the first month.
- One contact who answers every call
- Help with VA, insurance and paperwork
- A suite set up with familiar things before day one
- A row in the garden, if they want one
- Check-in calls after week one and month one
Now hiring
Caregivers who like a full porch and a steady team. Paid training from day one.
Visit
East on Grant, past the river
- 1830 E Grant Avenue
Pauls Valley, OK
Park along the circle drive by the sunflower bed. The front walk and porch are level, with a covered drop-off. - (405) 555-0189
- Text us
- porch@goldenrodhouse.example
- Goldenrod House Pauls Valley
Tour & office hours
- Tours, Mon – Sat9a – 6p
- Sunday tours1p – 4p
- Office, Mon – Fri8a – 5p
- Families visitAny time
The greenhouse is open to visitors every afternoon. Wear shoes you do not mind getting dusty.
Come see what's blooming.
Every tour ends on the porch with sweet tea and whatever is ripe. Call Lena, or choose a time below.