Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R5856 AMB-D
2	2	By: Shofner H.C.R. No. 93
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7	7	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
8	8	WHEREAS, The Lone Star State is renowned for the beauty and
9	9	diversity of its many public gardens and parks and for the
10	10	dedication its residents have demonstrated to preserving and
11	11	sustaining these oases of greenery; and
12	12	WHEREAS, While outstanding gardens can be found in many
13	13	communities throughout the state, the city of Nacogdoches has
14	14	distinguished itself for the number and variety of its green and
15	15	flowering public spaces; and
16	16	WHEREAS, Nacogdoches is located on a site once occupied by
17	17	members of the Nacogdoche tribe, a group of the Caddo people whose
18	18	culture was based on farming; a Spanish mission was established
19	19	there in 1716, and the town has been a civil settlement since 1779;
20	20	as early as 1853, the city's gardens were noted in the diary of a
21	21	famous visitor, Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who
22	22	later designed New York's Central Park and numerous other iconic
23	23	public spaces around the nation; and
24	24	WHEREAS, Today, Nacogdoches helps to preserve the state's
25	25	horticultural heritage through re-creations of traditional gardens
26	26	at the Durst-Taylor Historic House and Gardens, the Sterne-Hoya
27	27	House Museum and Library, Millard's Crossing Historic Village, and
28	28	the Old Nacogdoches University Building; and
29	29	WHEREAS, The city's splendid green spaces also include
30	30	Eugenia Sterne Park, Margil Park, Zion Hill Baptist Church
31	31	Cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery, and the Pocket Park and the Plaza
32	32	Principal in the historic downtown; moreover, Liberty Memorial
33	33	Garden commemorates with dignity and grace the lives lost during
34	34	the tragic events of 9/11; and
35	35	WHEREAS, Nacogdoches is home to Stephen F. Austin State
36	36	University, which is landscaped with overstory and ornamental trees
37	37	to maintain the Pineywoods ecosystem and the natural beauty of the
38	38	campus; the university's 138 acres of gardens include the SFA Mast
39	39	Arboretum, the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, the Gayla Mize
40	40	Garden, the Jim and Beth Kingham Children's Garden, the Plantery,
41	41	and Jimmy Hinds Park; in addition, the Baldcypress Collection and
42	42	the Crape Myrtle Collection are renowned for their impressive
43	43	display of those species; each year, SFA Gardens hosts programs
44	44	that provide information on sustainable gardening and the
45	45	preservation of native plants, while the Nacogdoches Independent
46	46	School District supports initiatives that encourage students to
47	47	maintain and study gardens on the grounds of their schools; and
48	48	WHEREAS, Home of the annual Nacogdoches Azalea Trail each
49	49	March, the community was the first to be recognized as part of the
50	50	Azalea Society of America's Azalea City Program in 2004 and was
51	51	recertified in 2012; the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden on the SFA
52	52	campus is the largest such garden in the state, with more than 7,000
53	53	evergreen and native azaleas on display; another of the city's
54	54	notable sites is the Nacogdoches County Master Gardeners
55	55	Demonstration Garden on the former site of Aqua Vitae Park, which
56	56	was developed by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in
57	57	cooperation with the city and Nacogdoches County; and
58	58	WHEREAS, The thoughtful cultivation of the splendor of nature
59	59	is one of the most sublime expressions of the human spirit, and the
60	60	skill and devotion with which the city of Nacogdoches has showcased
61	61	its lovely trees and flowering plants is indeed deserving of
62	62	special recognition; now, therefore, be it
63	63	RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas
64	64	hereby designate Nacogdoches as the official Garden Capital of
65	65	Texas; and, be it further
66	66	RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of
67	67	Section 391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remain in
68	68	effect until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is
69	69	finally passed by the legislature.