Aferez Sculpture Garden opened with 15 original sculptures by Mexican artist Enrique Alferez. The garden was designed by Landscape Architect Robin Tanner, and is an amazing and appealing combination of landscape and sculpture. In October 2017 a contemporary entrance garden, designed by Carbo and Associates, with a living green wall and jumping water fountain opened to the public. In October 2019 the "Kitchen in the Garden", an outdoor demonstration kitchen located in the middle of the PLANO vegetable garden opened. Landscape Architect Robin Tanner has designed a group of 3 contemporary garden spaces in the old WPA cold frame area of the garden. The first garden called "The Chapel of the Rain" features a large concrete fountain and concrete benches. The second called "Garden of the Sun" dedicated in memory of Warren H.A. Backer will feature a large 5 foot wide bronze sundial and will be completed by the summer of 2020. The "Garden of the Wind" will soon follow. Components, design, and layout The Botanical Gardens as seen today is made up of several different miniature gardens. Each garden room, or section of the garden, showcases unique species of flora, and pathways and structures help to define and separate these sections. Grass runways dominate some sections of the garden, lined with hedges of camellia, and provide direction for those walking in the garden. In more formal areas one finds brick pathways, often with various objects constructed in thanks of donors. Zemurray Azalea and Camellia Garden Upon entering the Botanical Gardens at the south side of the Pavilion of the Two Sisters, visitors taking the right pathways, or easterly direction, enter the Zemurray Azalea and Camellia Garden. Housing azalea, camellia, and magnolias, this section provides a fragrant walk through some of the South's most famous flowering plants. At the western edge of the section lies the Pavilion of the Two Sisters, a recent building designed in the fashion of a European greenhouse and constructed to protect oranges, honors the Wordsworth sisters. This space is used as a multipurpose facility for everything from educational seminars to wedding receptions. The Pavilion also serves as a formal barrier between the Zeumurray Garden and the Original Garden. Original Garden To the west of the Pavilion of the Two Sisters sits the Original Garden. The Original Garden is named as such because it represents the original portion of the formal Rose Garden. This section has