South Texas Botanical Gardens offering free admission for dads

The South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center is offering that special dad in your life free admission this Father's Day weekend.

Here's the catch: all dads must say "Reptiles and Snakes" at check-in to get in for free.

All dads receive free admission on June 15 and 16 at the South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center at 8545 South Staples Street from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Visitors have the opportunity to see the newly installed life-size bronze sculpture of two Sandhill Cranes near Gator Lake.

All memberships are on sale this weekend, with 20% off, and they include a year's worth of free admission, discounts at Turner's Gardenland, Feathered Friends and Co., Nature's Boutique, BIG BLOOM, Nature Camps, free Saturday classes, plus 350 free reciprocal gardens.

For more information on the South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, visit their website here.