Why do we love Botanical Gardens? Why wouldn't we! Besides having beautiful flowers, we learn so much about native and nonative species. We look for birds. We get ideas for our own yard. We get great excercise! The San Antonio Botanical Gardens was very nicely done. Their conservatories of ferns, cactus, and palms were really attactive. The topography of the site was dynamic, and we had great places to see photograph the city and local birds and plants.
We saw many butterflies, and a few birds. We really enjoyed the section on landscapes for your lawn. They had build five little houses, and had modeled the front yards after different styles of yard. There was the typical american yard, the wildscape, the spanish garden, the xeroscape (little water), and cottage yards. Really can see them side by side and see which ones you like.
The central spot in the gardens had this lookout tower, where we could see the city and surrounding community. We tried our best to capture some images of the Black Swallowtail butterfly as he danced around us, with no luck.
Water is a precious commodity in Southern Texas. Though drought conditions are common, there are oasis of water for the life here. Of course this particular waterfall is inside the Fern Grotto conservatory, but we liked it anyway.
Why do we love Botanical Gardens? Why wouldn't we! Besides having beautiful flowers, we learn so much about native and nonative species. We look for birds. We get ideas for our own yard. We get great excercise! The San Antonio Botanical Gardens was very nicely done. Their conservatories of ferns, cactus, and palms were really attactive. The topography of the site was dynamic, and we had great places to see photograph the city and local birds and plants.
We saw many butterflies, and a few birds. We really enjoyed the section on landscapes for your lawn. They had build five little houses, and had modeled the front yards after different styles of yard. There was the typical american yard, the wildscape, the spanish garden, the xeroscape (little water), and cottage yards. Really can see them side by side and see which ones you like.
The central spot in the gardens had this lookout tower, where we could see the city and surrounding community. We tried our best to capture some images of the Black Swallowtail butterfly as he danced around us, with no luck.
Water is a precious commodity in Southern Texas. Though drought conditions are common, there are oasis of water for the life here. Of course this particular waterfall is inside the Fern Grotto conservatory, but we liked it anyway.
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