Two Hour Garden Tour
Overview
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2 hours
Mobile ticket
The ideal time of the year for comfort and flowers for such a tour is in the last half of February, March, April, and October. The environments are tranquil, relaxing, full of flowers and you will see ducks, koi fish, squirrels, and more and sit in one or more of the pagodas. These are good sites to take photos. Be prepared to sweat in May, June, July, August, and September and dress warmly from November through the first half of February.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
If parents or grandparents bring their own infant seats, the children can sit in them after they are secured.
If the customers want to walk to the top of the waterfall and take photographs, and or want to take many photos of the numerous statues and structures in the Centennial Garden, we will NOT have time to go to Rienzi.
What To Expect
Allow 25 to 30 minutes. Rienzi was built in 1952; however, we do not enter the house. Landscape architect Ralph Ellis Gunn designed the gardens in the 1950s. It has 4.4 acres. Two steep ravines that lead to Buffalo Bayou slice through the area that has a variety of native plants as well as a reflecting pool. A bayou is a slow moving river whose movement is so slow that it may be imperceptible to the eye. Closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Allow 30 to 45 minutes. The site is The John P. McGovern Centennial Gardens in Hermann Park. This redesigned area opened in December 2014. It has 8 acres. This includes seeing the statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr, Confucius, approximately one-dozen busts of Latin American revolutionary leaders, rock formations, fountains, a waterfall, a Chinese pagoda, and more. You can climb a ramp that wraps around a hill with the waterfall that you will cross 3 times to the top which serves as an observation deck.
Options
Two Hour Garden Tour
What‘s Included
Entrance fee
Guided Services
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Operated by Houston Historical Tours - Day Tours