Smither Park

Great artwork. Awesome place to take pictures. Love the creativity and energy. Nice place to sit out and enjoy w/​the family.

Beautiful treasure in our big city. Love the fact that it’s still a work in progress. Beautiful and interesting uses ceramics, glass, mirrors, aluminum to create short stories. Nice quiet street, easy parking, swinging benches. A must visit!

Interesting concept for the park, but it’s incomplete and needs quite a bit of work to get to good place. Quirky, but unfinished. If you’re driving past, it’s worth a look, I guess, but I would not go out of my way.

this was a really cool place to visit. definitely worthy of its local flavour category. just take a stroll and see all the hard work that went into these artworks. it worked as a nice attraction to take guests for us followed by the orange show next door. fun way to burn a few hours! when we were here there was a crew adding to the mural. looked like backbreaking work but they were out in the heat having a good time! I’ve certainly never seen anything quite like this, and it’s always growing, so check out his ever changing attraction!

I love love love this place! I’ve been wanting to go for so long and finally got the chance to stop by. The art is beautiful and so colorful. I wanted to get up close and take some pictures, but the grass was still wet from the rain. I’ll definitely be making another day time trip here. There are some spaces that are empty and I’m assuming they’re gonna add more pieces to those spaces. I’m super excited to see the final product.
I love these little parks. It’s definitely a place to come visit if you want to see something a little different than graffiti walls or murals. The drive is a bit far, but it is worth it if you value and appreciate art.

I had originally added this listing to Unilocal when it first broke ground. I visited in a couple of times since, but the review had been sitting in pending/​purgatory for over a year now. This place is a great park to explore while you’re checking out the Orange show next door. There is a wall of art along with a stage? area. Also, there are swings to sit on too. Definitely, something to check out while doing a mini tour around Houston.

This is such a unique park that is wonderful to explore! Saturdays at the park are great to go have a picnic and watch the artists work! Definitely worth checking out!

As I’m taking pictures of the artwork, a lady next to me looks at me and says, «I love stuff like this, it makes me happy.» Well, that pretty much can easily sum up my experience here. I’ve been wanting to check this place out for awhile now and today I decided to crawl across the city and feed my curiosity. Now, this is a constantly evolving concept of visionary art and some pieces are not quite yet complete. Cool concepts put together with simple items such as house dishes, seashells, bottles, jewels, and etc, etc and out comes beautiful sculptures! There’s a fish shaped dome that is pretty dope to check out. Three swings are situated close to the art wall and I did test them out and each was quite smooth (yea I know it looked weird seeing a random guy swinging alone but, it had to be done! Lol).
I will definitely be returning here soon and regularly to see the evolution of the park. It is also a great place to have a lunch break and just eat and relax. Things like these are needed and welcomed. Keep them coming Houston and don’t let creativity die.

Good park to take kids! Not sure about the neighborhood! Better go with a small group! Very cool local art.

This is a REALLY small park… You can literally walk across the entire park in less than a minute. But size doesn’t matter, right?
Lots of cool things to see here, even at it’s unfinished state. The fish inspired band-​shell is by far the coolest as it serves two purposes — It allows bands to play under an acoustic roof and it serves as a beautiful piece of art!
The curvy wall that runs along a perimeter of the park is called the Memory Wall. It’s a collection of different artistes creative input using all sorts of materials like old license plates, ceramic tiles, door keys, glass bottles, and more. It’s still currently in progress as of (11/​30/​2014). Some sections of it don’t interest me much, but others are really worth taking a gander. The wall also provides a good back drop for photos.
I would recommend visiting this place only if you were already in the area or close by. It might not be worth making the drive if you live somewhere far like Sugarland or Woodlands. If you are still interested in checking this place out, stop by The Orange Show too which is right next door. It’s free entry! Sometimes events are held at the park and The Orange Show so perhaps schedule your visit during one of them and knock three birds with one stone!

Smither Park is decked out in local folk art and is situated in a half acre of land next to the Orange Show Monument. The folk art makes up the memorial wall on the backside of the park where you may find a art made up of everything from old locks to legos making up characters such as a swanky armadillo musician or a dragonfly lady. The local artists transformed their panel as a tribute and memorial to John Smither.
The park also has big red swings, a shady pavilion, meditation garden and grotto. Entrance is free.