Viva Botanica

Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 9 am – 1 pm

Viva Fiesta! Bring the whole family to play, create, and explore within our 39 acres as we celebrate San Antonio tradition and nature. Viva Botanica is an official Fiesta San Antonio annual event at the Garden that offers guests a chance to enjoy concessions, performances, and activities. Some activities include creating paper flower crowns, making tree cookie fiesta medals, and butterfly catching!

Performances will take place on our Lucile Halsell Conservatory Lawn:

• Churchill High School Steel Drum Band | 9am – 10am
• Sustainable Fashion Show* | 10am – 11am
• Vivaldi Music Academy | 11am – 12pm
• Guadulupe Cultural Arts Dance Academy | 12pm – 1pm

This event includes a tree giveaway (while supplies last), generously sponsored by Cemex and Lou Celia and Don Frost!

Desert Willow — Chilopsis linearis
Red Mulberry — Morus rubra
Chitalpa – x Chitalpa tashkentensis
Arizona Walnut — Juglans major
Texas Buckeye (Western Buckeye) — Aesculus glabra var. arguta
American Elm — Ulmus americana
American Sycamore — Platanus occidentalis
Bur Oak — Quercus macrocarpa
Live Oak — Quercus virginiana
Montezuma Bald Cypress — Taxodium mucronatum
Arizona Cypress — Cupressus arizonica
Flameleaf Sumac — Rhus lanceolata
Mexican Plum — Prunus mexicana
Eastern Black Walnut — Juglans nigra
Texas Ash — Fraxinus texensis

*The Sustainable Fashion Show is proudly sponsored by the City of San Antonio Office of Sustainability.

Fee: Free with Garden Admission and Membership

Lou Celia and Don Frost