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1	1	By: Clardy, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.C.R. No. 24
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 3, 2013;
3	3	April 4, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Administration; April 15, 2013, reported favorably by the
5	5	following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
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8	8	HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
9	9	WHEREAS, The Lone Star State is renowned for the beauty and
10	10	diversity of its many public gardens and parks, and for the
11	11	dedication of Texans in preserving and sustaining these oases of
12	12	greenery; and
13	13	WHEREAS, While outstanding gardens can be found in many
14	14	communities throughout the state, the city of Nacogdoches is
15	15	deserving of particular recognition for the number and variety of
16	16	its green and flowering public spaces; and
17	17	WHEREAS, Nacogdoches is located on the site of a village once
18	18	occupied by the Nacogdoche Indians, a group of the Caddo people,
19	19	whose culture was based on farming and gardening; a Spanish mission
20	20	was established there in 1716 and continued in existence for the
21	21	better part of six and a half decades; the town has been a civil
22	22	settlement since 1779, and its situation at the crossroads of two
23	23	Spanish colonial highways, El Camino Real and El Calle del Norte,
24	24	made it an early center of multicultural exchange; as early as 1853,
25	25	the city's gardens were noted in the diary of a famous visitor,
26	26	Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who designed New
27	27	York's Central Park; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Today, Nacogdoches helps to preserve the state's
29	29	horticultural heritage through re-creations of traditional gardens
30	30	at the Durst-Taylor Historic House and Gardens, the Sterne-Hoya
31	31	House Museum and Library, Millard's Crossing Historic Village, the
32	32	Old University Building, and the Spanish Religious Plaza; and
33	33	WHEREAS, The city's splendid green spaces also include
34	34	Eugenia Sterne Park, Margil Park, along the Lanana Creek Trail, the
35	35	Zion Hill Baptist Church and Oak Grove Cemeteries, and the Pocket
36	36	Park and the Plaza Principal in the historic downtown; the Liberty
37	37	Memorial Garden, along Banita Creek, commemorates with dignity and
38	38	grace the lives lost during the tragic events of 9/11; and
39	39	WHEREAS, Nacogdoches is home to Stephen F. Austin State
40	40	University, which is landscaped with overstory and ornamental trees
41	41	to maintain the Pineywoods ecosystem and natural beauty of the
42	42	campus; the university's 128 acres of gardens include the SFA Mast
43	43	Arboretum, the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, the Gayla Mize
44	44	Garden, the Jim and Beth Kingham Children's Garden, the Sustainable
45	45	Community Education Garden, and the Crape Myrtle Garden, which
46	46	together feature the largest botanical collection in Texas of bald
47	47	cypress, boxwood, camellias, gardenias, hollies, hydrangeas,
48	48	magnolias, and maples; each year, the SFA Gardens hosts programs
49	49	that educate 17,000 people in sustainable gardening and the
50	50	preservation of native plants, while the Nacogdoches Independent
51	51	School District supports initiatives that encourage its students to
52	52	grow and study gardens on their school grounds; and
53	53	WHEREAS, Home of the annual 22-mile Nacogdoches Azalea Trail
54	54	each March, the community was named the first Azalea City of America
55	55	by the Azalea Society of America in 2004 and was recertified in
56	56	2012; the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden on the SFA campus is the
57	57	largest such garden in the state, with more than 520 species and
58	58	cultivars on display; the Master Gardeners Club Demonstration
59	59	Garden, on the former site of Aqua Vitae Park, was developed by the
60	60	Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service on behalf of the city and
61	61	Nacogdoches County; and
62	62	WHEREAS, The thoughtful cultivation of the splendor of nature
63	63	is one of the most sublime expressions of the human spirit, and the
64	64	skill and devotion with which the city of Nacogdoches has for many
65	65	years showcased its lovely trees and flowering plants is indeed
66	66	deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it
67	67	RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas
68	68	hereby designate Nacogdoches as the official Garden Capital of
69	69	Texas.
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