HOUSTON – While the Olympics may be an ocean and a few thousand miles away from Texas, Houston has a unique gem to help Houstonians and visitors experience the beauty of Japanese culture. Not too far ...

HOUSTON – You live and learn. I wrote this story a few years ago and have learned much about plants in Houston, Texas. You can kill them. Even the ones that supposedly shouldn’t die in Houston heat.

The Houston Botanic Garden has a wide variety of plant life and ecosystems in the world-class gardens, according to its website. The Botanic Garden is located at 8210 Park Place Blvd. in Houston. "It ...

Lauren Simpson rejoiced in early October when she spotted a False Duskywing in her garden for the first time. Some folks might dismiss Gesta invisus as a "meh" butterfly, if they even notice the ...

It’s a loss for golfers but a big win for plant lovers. After decades in the planning stage, the Houston Botanic Garden finally opened September 18 on the former Glenbrook Golf Course in southeast ...

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Nancy Stallworth Thomas celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family at Houston Botanic Garden. Nancy spearheaded the creation of Houston Botanic Garden decades ago.

After two years of construction, Houston's first botanic garden will finally open Sept. 18. “The Houston Botanic Garden is a 132-acre living museum for plants that showcases the biodiversity that ...

For most of the pandemic, it was possible to stroll around outside and forget how terrible everything was for half an hour—for a whole hour, even, if you didn’t check Twitter. On a sunny Friday in ...