The first area, commemorative in nature, is a Texas granite monolith surrounded by a serpentine pattern of walks and trails.

Visitors may listen to a recording made by Lady Bird Johnson at the entrance to the park facing The Pentagon.

Soon after, Johnson's admirers proposed constructing a statue in Washington, D.C., in his memory, but concern that it would be defaced led to rejection of that idea.

Landscape architect Meade Palmer designed the grove, which included a contemplative meadow and a small granite plaza among some trees.

A $500,000 footbridge between the memorial and a 30-car parking lot along Boundary Channel was constructed to make it easier to visit the Grove.

The bridge was designed by landscape architect Meade Palmer and dedicated by Lady Bird Johnson on October 12, 1977.