Festival Hill at Round Top: Stone Chapel and Plaza

A few weeks ago we toured Festival Hill at Round Top, a retreat and performance center for musicians just a few hours east of San Antonio.   After visiting gardens near the Menke House we drove over to the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Memorial Plaza to continue our tour.  The Herzsteins were philanthropists from Houston who supported Festival Hill through their foundation.

Visiting Festival Hill: Pharmacy Garden, Greenhouse and Lake

We recently toured the beautiful gardens at Festival Hill in Round Top, Texas.  The gardens have so many interesting features that I've divided the photos into several posts.  This post covers the Pharmacy Garden, Greenhouse, and Lake located just behind the Menke House featured in the last post.

The Pharmacy Garden is organized in raised beds of textured stucco or concrete.

Shakespeare Garden at Festival Hill

We're touring the gardens and grounds of Festival Hill, a performance and learning center for musicians, in Round Top, Texas.  In the last post I showed you the Roman Ruin garden and in this post we're touring the Shakespeare Garden.

Gardens at Festival Hill: The Roman Ruins Herb Garden

Over a recent weekend we headed east a few hours to visit family and tour some very special gardens.  Festival Hill at Round Top is a retreat for musicians from all over the world.  In addition to hosting a popular concert series, their beautiful grounds are open to the public.

We'll begin in the herb garden called The Roman Ruins built in 1993 to house the collection of well-known Texas herbalist Madalene Hill.  It is a beautiful tribute to her decades of work on growing herbs in hot, humid Texas.