The Wisteria Arbor
On the back of the Wisteria arbor, you will find a date marking 1933. The entire structure was built by the original owner, Leon Bandy. As a result of his not being a skilled mason, the stone work has deteriorated. The wood on top of this arbor was replaced by Weston Gardens landscape crew in 2002. It was important to the Weston’s to keep the Bandy’s original intent of this focal piece in the gardens.
Chinese Wisteria, planted by the Bandy’s, covers this arbor. It is a rare site to see because Wisteria only blooms for a week, usually in March. Most people say it looks like purple snow!
Our Chinese Wisteria typically blooms end of March to the beginning of April.
Original owner, Mr. Bandy enjoying his garden.
Mrs. C.D. Whitehead created the landscape plan for the middle section of the gardens. She was the first licensed, woman landscape architect in the state of Texas. Mrs. Whitehead went by initials rather than her complete name because women were not fully accepted in the industry yet. She is responsible for the landscape plan for the San Jacinto Monument and the University of Texas at Austin.