{"id":1492,"date":"2025-10-14T00:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T00:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/1492\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T00:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T00:30:07","slug":"south-texas-botanical-gardens-closes-early-oct-10-for-annual-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/1492\/","title":{"rendered":"South Texas Botanical Gardens closes early Oct. 10 for annual fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx \u2014 The South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center will close to the public at 3 p.m. on Friday, October 10, as staff complete final preparations for their signature fundraising event.<\/p>\n<p>South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, located at 8545 S. Staples Street, will host &#8220;MOONLIGHT &amp; Mariposas in the GARDENS&#8221; on Friday evening. Organizers say reservations are already closed for the sold-out event, which is being presented for the 11th year by CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery.<\/p>\n<p>Event attendees should enter through the S. Oso Parkway and Staples Street entrance, where they will find a new gate and valet parking services.<\/p>\n<p>The evening will feature nine restaurant stations throughout the gardens, along with wine, beer, and margarita bars. Entertainment includes live music by the Clarissa Serna Band, a butterfly release ceremony, and a silent auction.<\/p>\n<p>The annual fundraiser supports the South Texas Botanical Gardens &amp; Nature Center&#8217;s educational programs and conservation efforts in the Coastal Bend region.<\/p>\n<p>The gardens will resume regular operating hours following the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx \u2014 The South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center will close to the public at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[2106,155,157,156,2104,2105],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-botanical-gardens-schedule","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-moonlight-mariposas-in-the-gardens","tag-south-texas-botanical-gardens-nature-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}