TX HCR37

Designates Nacogdoches as the official Garden Capital of Texas for a 10-year period from the date of passage

Nacogdoches was the first community recognized under the Azalea Society of America's Azalea City Program in 2004 and was recertified in 2012

Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches maintains 138 acres of gardens, including the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden, the largest azalea garden in Texas with more than 7,000 evergreen and native azaleas

The city features numerous historic gardens and green spaces including the Durst-Taylor Historic House and Gardens, Sterne-Hoya House Museum, Millard's Crossing Historic Village, and Liberty Memorial Garden commemorating 9/11

Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect of New York's Central Park, noted the city's gardens in his diary during an 1853 visit