Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Houston's Japanese Garden is a 5.5-acre (2.2 ha) Japanese garden in Hermann Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. The garden was designed by Tokyo landscape designer Ken Nakajima and opened in 1992. [ 1 ]
Hermann Park Conservancy: Status: Open year-round, except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day [1] Plants: 650 azaleas, 490 trees of over 50 species, 55,000 perennial bulbs, 760 hedge shrubs & 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) of grass [1] Collections 'Earth-Kind' designated antique roses [2] Parking: Street or HMNS's parking garage: Website: McGovern Centennial Gardens
Japanese garden pond in Hermann Park. Hermann Park is a 445-acre (180-hectare) urban park in Houston, Texas, situated at the southern end of the Museum District. The park is located to the immediate north end of the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Texas Medical Center and Brays Bayou, east of Rice University, and slightly west of the Third Ward.
The lake has been described as "the sparkling jewel that anchors the park and its surrounding attractions". [1] It has three islands, two of which are designated for migratory birds. Visitors can fish at Bob's Fishing Pier or ride pedal boats. [2] The lake was expanded and restored during 1999–2001, and was reopened by Mayor Lee Brown in ...
Dr. José P. Rizal is an outdoor sculpture of the Filipino nationalist of the same name by Lorena Toritch, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The bust was acquired by the City of Houston in 2006. [1]
Mahatma Gandhi is an outdoor sculpture of the Indian independence movement leader of the same name, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The statue was dedicated in Hermann Park on October 2, 2004. [1]
An outdoor bronze sculpture of the poet Robert Burns by Hungarian-American artist Ferenc Varga is installed in Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, United States. The bust was placed in Hermann Park in 2002. [1]
An outdoor sculpture of José de San Martín by Pedro Buigues is installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, in the United States. [1] The memorial, acquired in 1983, has bronze bust and a granite pedestal.