Hi Pat,
The San Antonio Botanic Garden also has an interesting walled in garden for
the sight impaired. They have an unusual glass house for the Tropical
plants, and have re-constructed a couple of historic buildings, (log cabin
type if my memory is working), in a Texas prairie setting. There is a nice
meditation garden and nice Herb garden as well. The Gardens are worth a
visit.
Peggy Palmes
Becker County
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth Jarvis" <brjarvis@umn.edu>
To: <mastgar@extension.umn.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Mastgar] Texas
> Hi Pat,
>
> I haven't been to Texas, yet, but I looked up the cities you listed in in
my
> National Geographic Guide to America's Public Gardens. I've used it for
my
> travels in Washington state, British Columbia, Virginia, Pennsylvania &
> Maryland.
>
> Fort Worth has a botanic garden--109 acres, roses, Japanese garden,
irises,
> daylilies. San Antonio has a botanical garden, also. It's 33 acres of
roses, old
> fashioned flowers, Japanese garden, children's garden and native plants.
>
> Oklahoma City has the Myriad Botanical Gardens, 17 acres of tropical and
> subtropical plants, natives and a conservatory. There's the Hambrick
> Botanical Gardens there as well. That's 2 acres of desert plants.
>
> In Lincoln, there's the Sunken Gardens, a reclaimed dump that's now 1.5
> acres of pools, aquatic plants, perennials and annuals. It's supposedly
open
> May thru October.
>
> All these have websites. Happy hunting!
>
> Beth Jarvis
> Yard & Garden
>
>
> > We are leaving for a vacation to Brownsville, Texas on November 10th for
3
> > weeks. I was wondering if anyone would know of some interesting gardens
either
> > there or on the way down that we could visit. We will be going through
Lincoln,
> > Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, San Antonio, then Brownsville. Thank you. Pat
EOT
> > County
>
>
>
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