There are many trails at the Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens and Nature Center that allow visitors to see a protected natural wetland and native habitat. There is the shaded Bird and Butterfly Trail, Birding Tower, Palapa Grande on Gator Lake, Wetlands Awareness Boardwalk, and the Oso Creek Loop Trail. The whole area is covered year-round with exotic birds, and is part of the Texas Coastal Birding Trail, a long winding route that stretches across the entire Gulf Coast where bird watchers can see 75% of the bird species in Texas. Corpus Christi, incidentally, has been named the "Birdiest City in the United States."
Major floral exhibits include the Orchid House, Exhibit House, Plumeria Collection, Sensory Garden, Hibiscus Garden, Arid Garden, Rose Garden with Rose Garden Pavilion, Water Garden, Hummingbird Garden and Landscape Demo Beds surrounding the Visitors Center.
A "Walk on the Wild Side" --through protected natural wetland and native habitat--features the shaded Bird & Butterfly Trail, Birding Tower, Palapa Grande on Gator Lake, Wetlands Awareness Boardwalk plus the Oso Creek Loop Trail.