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THE BIRDS ARE BACK! Beginning Thursday, July 4, our EXOTIC PARROTS return for your enjoyment mornings, 9-noon, after being off display more than 4 months to protect from Avian Flu!
Precautions have been installed in their surroundings for their security and protection from wild birds carrying virus.
Thank you for your patience.
South Texas Botanical Gardens in Corpus Christi blends its unique tropical Plumeria, Bromeliads, Orchids & Hibiscus with LUAU-inspired multiple food & beverage stations, live music, tiki torches, parrots, iguanas & optional luau attire for an enticing moonlit evening with a casual relaxed island beat! Presented by CITGO Corpus Christi for the 10th consecutive year, Kitty Hommer & Denise Housler chair this signature fundraiser.
We’ve all been waiting for the annual PLUMERIA SOCIETY OF SOUTH TEXAS Plumeria Sale, coming 10am-1pm, Saturday, July 27. This year, it’s at the Garden Senior Center, 5325 Greely St. Seminar is Saturday, July 20, at Botanical Gardens.
We’ve redesigned our PRIVATE ENCOUNTERS for longer time periods! Small groups can enjoy fun interactions with THREE reptiles (USDA regulations), with guests holding each animal, giving them snacks, taking photos in private setting. A great party, birthday, anniversary, or friend treat! Fees go to our Veterinary Fund!
For your convenience, we’re providing a schedule of SATURDAY MORNING Horticulture & Environmental Education classes! All begin at 9:30 am, Education Station classroom, with spaced seating for 40. Unless noted, all are covered by that day’s general admission, membership, or $5 each. Educational, fun, meet new friends. Make your reservation at 361- 852-2100.
Guests visiting Saturdays or Sundays are treated to REP-TALES,10:30 am, on the lawn area. “Kids” of all ages learn relationships between resident reptiles and adapted reptiles we’ve accepted as rescues. Never touched an Iguana? Now’s your chance! If you child isn’t shy, you won’t be either!
…bloom-filled conservatories, majestic rose pavilion,
butterfly house, architecturally-unique garden design, tropical plumeria grove—plus mesquite-lined nature trail, rustic Palapa Grande and wetland boardwalk. You’ll love the beauty-versus-beast contrasts at this 182-acre botanical and nature domain, like our parrots and reptiles.
…through field trips, nature camps, birdwatching, animal interactions, horticulture classes and workshops, winter lectures, “Blooming in the Gardens,” plant and landscape displays, family visits! Environmental education through nature tourism explains benefits of learning to better share our ecosystem with plant and wildlife.
…our urban oasis of native habitat and natural wetlands on Oso Creek. Our conservation programs involving plants, wildlife and water, include: Endangered Slender Rush Pea, Black-Laced Cactus colonies, Pockets of Wildlife Habitat along Oso Creek, Native Grasses: Highly Structured, Managed & Natural.
…both scenic floral, or more casual outdoor venues—
as well as comfortable indoor spaces are available for MEMBERS to rent throughout the year. Rental occasions have included weddings, bridal and baby showers, birthdays, grad parties, corporate or club meetings, team-building functions, local events, lectures or classes, memorial services, during or after regular hours!
A botanical garden cannot thrive or grow, without members!
Personal and corporate memberships
supply substantial annual operating funds.
In return, members get valuable benefits
which outweigh yearly dues contribution—
like RECIPROCAL FREE ADMISSION to 340 other gardens,
14 of them in Texas!
for Categories and amazing benefits!
There are many ways to donate and support your Botanical Gardens—
from Unrestricted Gifts, Current Needs, sponsoring an event,
funding an exhibit, a water feature—or even a building!
Most donations are given in the present; while some are planned
as a legacy gift, or “Planned Giving.”
No matter the size or timing, every contribution improves visitor experience, brings more visitors, more donors, and GROWS your Gardens!
easy ways to give; or donor suggestions to discuss
with your tax consultant, financial advisor or estate attorney.
