Christian Flores, 24, proposed to his partner at the Japanese Spring Festival at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.
“We’d just been planning on going to the festival for a while and it seemed like a pretty place to do it,” Flores said.
Workers, dressed in traditional Japanese clothing, walk around April 22 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Japanese Spring Festival. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
A crane sits on an island in a pond on April 22 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Japanese Spring Festival. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
A family takes a photo on a bridge on April 22 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Japanese Spring Festival. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
A child stands close to a crane on April 22 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Japanese Spring Festival. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Guests feed koi fish inside a pond on April 22 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Japanese Spring Festival. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
A drummer performs on April 22 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Japanese Spring Festival. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Perfect 70-degree weather provided the right atmosphere for the activities, vendors, performers and guests at the festival on April 22.
From a photogenic crane to a proposal, guests had plenty to keep them entertained.
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden estimates 9,800 people attended the spring festival on April 22-23, compared to last year’s 7,043, Chris Smith, a spokesperson for the garden, said.
The proposal, by the way? She said yes.
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