McGovern Centennial Gardens


McGovern Centennial Gardens is a collection of gardens in Hermann Park, in Houston, Texas, United States.

Description and history

"Previewed" in October 2014 and officially opened in December 2014, the park cost $31 million and took approximately eight years to complete. The park has a Garden Mount.

Public art

The Hawkins Sculpture Walk features sculptures of notable figures, including busts of Robert Burns, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Ramón Castilla, José Martí, Bernardo O'Higgins, José Rizal, and Vicente Rocafuerte, as well as statues of Simón Bolívar, Benito Juárez, and José de San Martín McGovern also features Dawn, which was previously installed inside the entrance to the Houston Garden Center, as well as statues of Confucius, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr..