San Antonio Botanical Gardens

The San Antonio Botanical Gardens is a great place for a relaxing time, a nice romantic date, wedding or graduation photos, or just to have some photography fun. 

1. Its located at located at 555 Funston Pl San Antonio, TX 78209 and has flowers and plants from all over the world on 38 acres. They have plants and flowers from the Tropical Rainforest, Deserts of Mexico and South Africa, Cycads from the time of the dinosaurs and more, in their own themed environment. 

2. They have a pond that consists of plants and trees found all over Texas. It has a trail that goes all the way around that makes you feel as if you’re in the hill country and not in the city. It even has benched to sit relax and take a break from walking around.They also have reconstructed early homestead (little farms) of the first people to settle in Texas on this trail.

3. They have a lot of different garden sections:

• ·         Old Fashion Garden – consists of older flowers
• ·         Rose Garden – consists of different colored roses
• ·         Sensory Garden – smell and touch your way through
• ·         Kumamoto En Garden – consists of flowers from Japan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

4. They always have some sort of event that takes place throughout the year.

• Connecting with Legos, where they have Lego sculptures throughout the garden. (September 6, 2014 to January 4, 2015)

• Art in the garden has 9 metal sculptures scattered through the garden. (Through January 2015)

• Brews and blooms, you can sample different types of beer and enjoy a food truck and music in the garden. (September 13, 2014, 5:30 - 10 pm)

• Starlight movies you can enjoy a nice free movie under the sky night. They also offer wine and light concessions for sale. (September 19 Movie – An Affair to Remember and September 26, 2014 Movie – High Society)

• Gardens by moonlight have 5 stages of live music set up in different areas around the garden. (October 11)

•  Family flashlight night have a light maze and activities for children. (November 7, 2014, 6 – 8:30pm)

5. You can always find more dates for these and other events on their home page at the bottom of this post.

They have bird watching, dirt trails, different shaped bird houses and sculptures you can go inside. They have plenty of things for kids like sand pits, little houses and more.

6. They have education classes for adults and children. You will be able to learn about different plant life and their origins. They're opened year around 9am to 5pm. They are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. Have fun and enjoy!

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San Antonio Botanical Website: http://www.sabot.org/

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