San Antonio Botanical Garden

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Garden Visit

spring

Here are a few of my favorite photographs from The San Antonio Botanical Gardens. 

At the entry, the spring, tulips and snapdragon (Antirrhinum sp.) bloom.  Sculptural artwork by Alejandro Martin is featured throughout the gardens. titled Geometric Harmony, the exhibit is designed for people to experience the beauty of life through nature and art.  Artwork title: Hashtag Orange.

CreditJeanette Hyden

Above:  The garden encompasses many design features including form, flow, funtion, and color. The blue agave complements the orange of the Alejandro Martin, Hashtag artwork. Beautiful harmony, yes.                Credit Jeanette Hyden

Architectural Digest magazine has listed the San Antonio Botanical Gardens as one of the top eight most beautiful gardens in the United States. The most awe-inspiring structure at the San Antonio Botanical Garden is the Lucile Halsell Conservatory. Unveiled in 1988 and designed by Argentinian architect Emilio Ambasz, the futuristic glass conservatory was the first of his projects ever built. The garden is home to several historic structures built in Texas in the 1800s, like the Daniel J. Sullivan Carriage House and the Auld House, moved to the grounds of the Garden so that the public can explore what life was like on the Texas frontier. For more information visit their website.

The  Lucile Halsell Conservatory complex entrance.  Sculptural artwork by Alejandro Martin, title: Dodecahedron.                                                             Credit: Jeanette Hyden

Sculptural artwork by Alejandro Martin, title: Dodecahedron.                                              Credit: Jeanette Hyden

The  Lucile Halsell Conservatory complex features an epiphyte exhibit room displaying orchids, bromeliads and other plants typically found in a tropical rain forest canopy.  Credit: Jeanette Hyden

Anthurium is native to the Americas, where it is distributed from northern Mexico to northern Argentina

Robert and Helen Kleberg Desert Pavilion

  Palm and Cycad Pavilion                                                                                   Credit Jeanette Hyden

Palm and Cycad Pavilion                                                                                                              Credit Jeanette Hyden

Palm and Cycad Pavilion                                                                                                                           Credit Jeanette Hyden

Sculptural artwork by Alejandro Martin, title: Geometric Harmony.                                                Credit: JeanetteHyden

Poppy     (Papaver)                                                                                                                                             Credit Jeanette Hyden

Morocco native, Linaria maroccana, commonly called linaria or toadflax.                                           Credit Jeanette Hyden