North Central Oklahoma Cactus Botanical Garden in Covington, Oklahoma, is a specialized botanical garden devoted to cacti and succulents. Its collection includes more than 1,500 types, characterized as rare and exotic, giving the garden an uncommon scale and focus for a small Oklahoma town. Rather than presenting a broad range of plant life, it centers on desert and drought-tolerant species, which makes it distinctive among botanical gardens. Its significance rests in the size and specialization of its collection and in offering an unusual horticultural attraction in north central Oklahoma.