The first time someone told me that there was an international waterlily garden in San Angelo, Texas, I didn’t believe them. And you probably don’t believe it, either.

But sure enough, there is a waterlily garden right there in town. It’s located in what previously was a reflecting pool in the city park. (What, exactly, the pool reflected was not noted in the article I read.) A San Angelo man, Kenneth Landon, spent over 20 years collecting rare and endangered waterlilies and this passion was the start of the garden.

It’s on my regular rotation of things I like to look at when I go to San Angelo.

International Waterlily Collection
San Angelo, Texas
photographed 4.10.2026