The Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden is an eight-acre public garden, built between 1997 and 2001 as a project of Stephen F. Austin State University and the SFA Mast Arboretum. It is also an example of public/private cooperation to develop a garden for future generations. Private donors, the City of Nacogdoches, area nurserymen, volunteers, and the Azalea Society of America also joined in the effort to make the garden you see today. Each year the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden is featured during Nacogdoches Azalea Trail events and tours each March and April.The garden design was a joint effort of Dr. David Creech and faculty members of SFA Horticulture and Barbara Stump (M.S. Agriculture, SFA, 2001).
Situated in a 50-year-old Loblolly Pine forest, the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden is a delightful and restful azalea garden, which showcases collections of other new plants being introduced by growers in Texas and across the South. The sandy loam soil of the LaNana Creek floodplain makes this a prime location for display gardens of plants that thrive in acid soils: [read more]
Source: www.azalea.sfasu.edu