Stephen F. Austin State University

The SFA Gardens is providing a free guided tour of the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden on April 12 in conjunction with the SFA School of Music's "No More Walks in the Wood" event. A concert featuring Rose Kearin, guest soprano, and Margaret Hinchliffe, SFA staff pianist, kicks off the weekend event on April 11 at 7:30 P.M. at the Cole Concert Hall. The concert features new songs about trees and nature in Texas. More information about the concert can be found on the School of Music's calendar.

The 11-acre Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden is located south of SFA’s Johnson Coliseum on N. University Drive. More than a mile of trails wind beneath towering loblolly pines that shade 46 beds containing more than 8,500 taxa of flowering plants and ornamental trees and shrubs. Limited parking is available in the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden and additional parking is available in the coliseum parking lot.