Take Time To Smell The Flowers

Map Of The Garden
This shows the basic layout of the garden. You can see the trails that lead out of the garden at the 11 and 4 o'clock positions.
User: Blaze - 2/9/2013

Location: Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens

Rating: 1star
Difficulty: halfstar  Solitude: 1star
Miles Hiked: 3.00 Miles  Elapsed Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Comments:

Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens is a neat place to visit, especially with family.  The ladies will love it.  It is a fairly small complex of gardens, ponds and sitting areas.  Lots of beautiful plants, flowers and trees.  It is a photographer's dream.  I recommend you visit in the Spring when the flowers bloom.  The complex sits adjacent to (south of) Cypress Creek.

There are two dirt trails that lead out of the main complex in opposite directions to other areas.  The trails are all flat and easy to walk.  At one end, there is a really nice pond and bamboo tree park.  Sadly, they had some fake, plastic, painted ducks floating in the pond... c'mon!

Although tranquil, it does not provide much solitude.  It sits off a busy road (Aldine-Westfield) and is close to Bush Intercontinental Airport.  Still, it would be a nice place to sit, relax or spend time with a romantic partner.

If you love plants, this is the place for you. If you are an avid hiker, it's not.



Log Photos
Entrance
Map Of The Garden
Lily Pond
Bamboo Collection
Scenic Ponds
Area around Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens