At the George Bush Presidential Library & Museum

The nature trails that surround the Library and Museum on the south side of the main building, covers the area from North Central Expressway on the East to the George Bush Avenue on the western side, shows new trails that have been cut and some bridge work seems to have been done in some areas, along with a couple of new memorial areas where contributors have paid for new benches. The Rory Meyers Meditation Garden is a neat little area with twin benches.

The main things that is more important here is that after the hard freezes in February that have killed a number of plant species have done little or no damage at the trails landscape. Flowers were blooming; trees had blossoms and buds. Last fall was a stunning nature adventure in University Park. 

The Bush Center Opens Thursday

The West Side is the entrance to the Bush Institute. The North Side is the entrance to the library.  The tall building to the East and at the south end is the Merrill Lynch building just North of Mockingbird Station  on the East side of Central Expressway.

The landscaping is native Texas wildflowers. To the South there are several acres with winding paths that allow one to walk through the large garden.

From an architectural standpoint, the addition fulfills the general theme of SMU architecture.The red brick and white coping doesn't seem out of place with the construction of several new 5-story dorms across the street.

The George W. Bush Presidential Library and the Bush Institute open this Thursday on the eastern side of the SMU campus. Security was already tight today and the massive stage for the 15,000 guest only who are forecast to be in attendance were being set up.
It is being reported that there will be all five living US Presidents along with former British PM Tony Blair.The security will be tight and with invitation only for the guest, it's going to be difficult at best to even photograph from  Mockingbird.
Hopefully, later on in late Spring, maybe some images of the  large field of Texas Wildflowers will be able to be photographed.

The public will be admitted beginning May 1,2013.