Join Anne Elise Urrutia for a presentation of the dramatic story of her family’s journey from 1914 Revolutionary Mexico to the US and her exploration of her ancestor’s artistic creativity and messages of cultural heritage through landscape.  

Join us in seminar to illuminate the historical and cultural significance of Miraflores and to explore motivations and challenges for future restoration as a public, educational, and garden space. Followed by a Q&A session, FREE and open to all participants, Saturday, May 13, 2023, 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon, in the Seddon Recital Hall at the University of the Incarnate Word. Led by Anne Elise Urrutia, author of Miraflores, in conversation with Dr. Logan Wagner, co-author of “Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza” and Claudia Guerra, cultural historian for the City of San Antonio’s Office of Historic Preservation. Sponsored by the Conservation Society of San Antonio.

Anne Elise Urrutia is a writer and explorer of family history, especially the life, work, and legacy of her great grandfather, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia, a renowned surgeon who came to San Antonio in 1914 as an exile of the Mexican Revolution. Her book, San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory, was published in 2022.

Please join us on Saturday February 11, 2023 at 1 pm, when Anne Elise Urrutia, author of Miraflores, will speak at Period Modern, 4347 McCullough Avenue, San Antonio, Texas. Her talk, entitled “Jardín de Afuera,” will focus on the exclusively Mexican creative minds and hands that made Miraflores, the beautiful mid-century garden of her great-grandfather, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia. Ms. Urrutia will be available afterward for book-signing. Books are available for purchase from her website at www.quintaurrutia.com, and a limited supply will also be available at the event. You can also do your Valentine’s Day shopping at this lovely vintage modern furniture and art shop!

Join Anne Elise Urrutia, author of “Miraflores, San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory” at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, discussing Miraflores, del pasado al futuro. Miraflores was the historic garden created in San Antonio by Dr. Aureliano Urrutia, a noted physician who immigrated to San Antonio from Mexico in 1914. Free and open to the public.

A presentation by Anne Elise Urrutia, author of “Miraflores,” to the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, on the multi-faceted garden of Dr. Aureliano Urrutia. Urrutia was a prominent physician from Mexico City, who built Miraflores garden after immigrating to San Antonio from Mexico in 1914. Free and open to the public. Hosted by Dr. Glenn Martinez, Dean of COLFA, and Dr. Wendy Barker, Poet-in Residence and Pearl LeWinn Endowed Chair in Creative Writing. Free and open to the public.

Anne Elise Urrutia will read from and discuss her book, Miraflores~San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory. Includes time for Q&A. At the Landa Branch Library. Free and open to the public.

Anne Elise Urrutia will read from and discuss her book, Miraflores~San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory. Includes time for Q&A. At the LatinX Collection of the Central Branch. Free and open to the public.

An evening with Anne Elise Urrutia, author of Miraflores: San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory. During this talk she will discuss SAMA's Urrutia Arch, its relationship to Dr. Aureliano Urrutia's historic garden; Miraflores, and the arch's artists, origins, symbolism, and significance. Free and open to the public with registration.

Come on down to the Southside’s only book store for a reading and book signing at Dead Tree Books. Anne Elise Urrutia will read from her book, Miraflores~San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory, with a book signing to follow. Free and open to the public.

Join us before of after your morning brunch for a platica (and some beautiful art too!) at Ruiz Healy Art.

Anne Elise Urrutia will read from and discuss her book, Miraflores~San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory, with a book signing to follow. Free and open to the public.

Stop in for a reading and book signing at B&N San Pedro. Anne Elise Urrutia will read from her book, Miraflores~San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory, with a book signing to follow. Free and open to the public.

Tune in ONLINE for Anne Elise Urrutia’s interview with Randy Beamer on KLRN’s “On the Record.” A discussion of the book, Miraflores~San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory, as well as the actual site where Dr. Aureliano Urrutia began creating his garden of Miraflores in 1921. The 5-acre location is now owned by the City of San Antonio.

Join me for a reading, Q&A, and book signing.

Join us for the Maverick Book Club on Miraflores: San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory featuring Anne Elise Urrutia in conversation with John Phillip Santos as they explore the story of this disappearing garden.

A symposium. One hundred years ago, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia began creating his garden, Miraflores, near the headwaters of the San Antonio River. Today the the gates are locked, and the land is fragile. Come discover a multi-disciplinary story of this unusual garden and its significance. PLEASE NOTE the NEW LOCATION.