When exploring new places, I love exploring its botanical garden. Most botanical gardens follow the same premise, rose garden, plants indigenous to the area, bird watching, and other common plant and flower gardens.
Zilker Park is a vast 351 acre metropolitan park located in Austin, TX. It consists of the Green Belt, Botanical Garden, Sculpture Garden, Natural Spring Pool, and numerous open areas that families can enjoy any day of the week. I encourage anyone visiting this awesome city to take a trip there and enjoy. Trust me its worth it on a nice sunny day.
Visiting Zilker Park Botanical Garden
Located in the center of Austin, the Zilker Park is a good place to enjoy the peace and tranquility of the garden. Admission is $3.00 per person. (So Cheap!) Definitely a good family trip idea for the weekend. Its most notable gardens are the Isamu Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Hartman Prehistoric Garden, and Pioneer Village. Bring your camera, there are some really photo-worthy opportunities. All of my photos were taken with my Nikon D60. (I know, I know! Ancient!) Okay enough talking… enjoy!
The Gardens
It was discovered in 1992 that dinosaurs walked around Zilker Park. Paleontologists discovered reptile tracks, even bones of ancient turtle were found. Through out the prehistoric garden you can find plants indigenous to Austin during that era.
The Gardens were a lush green, with sprinkles of colorful flowers through out. Displaying the flowers and plants indigenous to the area and the state of Texas.
Pioneer Village
Pioneer Village sits near the entrance of the Botanical Garden. It consists of the Swedish Pioneer Cabin, Esperanza Schoolhouse, the Wishing Well, and Pioneer Blacksmith shop. They each provided a display of the items needed to live in the 1800’s. Sorry for the lack of photos on the inside, bars and plexiglass made it difficult to snap some photos. It is worth viewing though.
History surrounds this cupola that rests in the Mabel Davis Rose Garden. It topped the first public school built in Austin in 1894. The building has since been demolished and this little piece of history serves as a reminder of Austin’s early history.
Japanese Garden
Japanese Gardens are always so peaceful and tranquil to me. It’s the whole ambiance that I love, from the plants to the ponds filled with beautiful Koi fish that seem to have no care in the world. Swimming around brightly colored. It’s so funny that when I was capturing the Togetsu-kyo Bridge or the “Bridge to Walk Over the Moon”, I met one of Austin’s many notable photographers. After chatting for a bit, he gave me one of his signed photos of the Togetsu-kyo Bridge for free. He provided some pointers and proceeded to watch the many people snapping the same beautiful shot.
Hope you enjoyed,
Nadia
6 Comments
That looks like such a cute place! I love the Botanical Gardens in Portland.
It is. Gardens? Seems like there are quite a few in Portland.
This is so pretty! I love visiting my local botanical garden which is in Atlanta! Hopefully you have been there. I’m actually a member of the gardens because I visit so often! I’ll have to check this place out if I am ever in the Austin area!
I have never thought about becoming a member. I need to look into that. Its been so long since I’ve been to Atlanta. I will have to add that to my list.
Absolutely love botanical gardens!! There is a beautiful one in Atlanta! But it looks like I need to add this one to my list!
That place looks amazing. Well, it’s true that if I could I would spend as much of my time as possible in the middle of nature. So I gotta love any botanical garden. Thanks for the post & the amazing photos.
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