In 2021, our Founder, Henry Cisneros wrote an Op Ed in the San Antonio Report making the case for an Arboretum on the South Side of San Antonio.   As Henry describes it “An arboretum is a special category of park featuring the trees that grow in a region.  Trees are spaced along paths or encircle open meadows in ways that invite admiration, study, and repose”.   After a year of taking that mission under wing we have assembled both a highly engaged board of directors and an informed set of subject matter expert advisors that will guide us to the realization of a world class Arboretum for San Antonio.   This effort will be a long-term investment for the San Antonio region that will take some visionary investments as trees will take some time to grow into the flourishing museum of trees that we envision.