Forbidden Gardens, Katy, TX

[wclavey]

I know that some of us have been there multiple times - - I have been on some of the group shoots. This thread reports their closing and I saw a similar story on TV news last week, as well.

Since the rain was put off in yesterday's forecast, I decided to pay what will probably be my last visit there. The light was not great and there were more people there than I have ever seen at one time visiting the place.

I took quite a few pictures and will be posting more in my gallery over time as I work on them. Thanks for looking.

[venchka]

Shucks. No way I can get there before the closing.
Are they relocating?

It appears that you had a tripod. Or you are getting on with IS. Either way, these are nice close ups.

[wclavey]

Thanks, Wayne. These 2 pictures used tripod IS, but I also shot hand-held with the internal camera IS turned on. LOL!

I have seen or heard several sources of information about the future of the gardens, none of it consistent, and the people there yesterday had nothing to say about the future plans. I have even heard the the stuff could be boxed up and sent back to China.

Frankly, there are some warrior statues, roughly 3' tall, that actually are made of that orange terracotta, rather than the composite material the large life size figures are made of, that I would not mind having one of, if they decided to sell some of them off...

[wclavey]

I started adding some color images to the B&W collection I had... here's a sample...



While I have been there many times, this was my most successful visit.

[Steelsun]

There's some people from the Flickr group Assignment:Houston planning to meetup Sat morning for a last visit.:
Flickr: Assignment: Houston

[revjvegas]

Of course I can't make it this Saturday, and Sunday is calling for 50% chance of rain.

Fingers crossed that they'll be there for another weekend or two.

[groovyone]

Looks like I won't make it either. Totally bummed I didn't get there sooner.

[Steelsun]

And Sunday is the Marathon - should be interesting in the rain.

[revjvegas]

fyi...information taken from the Forbidden Gardens website.

Sunday, Feb 13th will be the final day to see the museum in it's entirety. Beginning Monday, Feb 14th exhibits will begin to be removed from our facility. The final day of operation is Monday, Feb 21st.

[zachary]

Im gonna try to make it out there saturday, I have to photograph this before it closes.

By the way, on their website is says their final day of operation is in mid-February, so hopefully you all will have some more time. Im going to try to make it out there this weekend as I have never been and I MUST photograph this place.

[zachary]

Just got back from the forbidden gardens a few hours ago. Just enough time to develop one roll and scan them. Man, it was really cool. Im so glad I went.

[Steelsun]

Yeah, it was a blast. Got crowded around 11, I guess everyone getting a last minute visit in.

Here's a few on my favorites from today:

[zachary]

Such a cool place, a great shame to see it close.

[revjvegas]

There was an interesting write up in the Sunday paper:

The strange last days of Forbidden Gardens | Arts columnist | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

[ryno]

I live less than 2 minutes from this place and never been! I think will need to go!