Exploring the San Antonio Botanical Garden
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The San Antonio Botanical Garden is a massive 38-acre oasis that proves the city has certainly made its nature and education priorities clear. Home to many different types of plants from all over the world, it’s a great place to be if you want to get lost in beauty. In addition to being beautiful and serene, the gardens also teach visitors about the plants they’re surrounded by. With sections like the sensory garden and Texas native plant area, you’ll not only learn something new but have fun doing it.
They take advantage of every season too with their special exhibits that transform the park into something you’ve never seen before. And because they think so highly of their teachings they offer programs for everyone! So no matter how old or young your brain is one of them will fit you.
Japanese Tea Garden
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A beautiful green garden turned an abandoned quarry into a lively sanctuary. Paths winding through gardens made up of stone connects various stone bridges laid across quiet waters colored blue.
This place used to be a rock quarry before it was given over to the city of San Antonio. In the early 20th century, city officials redeveloped this part into lily pond and garden whereby they had sought help from Japanese families known for their expertise in designing gardens. While serving tea and light refreshments inside premises that consists meandering paths, stone bridges as well as huge pagodas, they transformed it into beautiful former quarry collaborating with people representing local authority.
However, Pearl Harbor bombing led to displacement of their family like many other Japanese-Americans who were accused on mass level. This time around the name changed again temporarily but now it was referred to as Chinese tea garden during that era. Its original name “the Japanese Tea Garden” was returned after World War II ended.
World’s Largest Cowboy Boots
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In 1979, just three blocks away from the White House, Bob “Daddy-O” Wade initiated the creation of a striking pair of 40-foot-tall cowboy boots, crafted from concrete and fiberglass but designed to mimic the texture of ostrich skin. He believed this unique texture endowed the sculptures with an authentic Texan flair.
Bob Wade’s art has been exhibited at great places around the world such as in the Whitney Museum of American Art…
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