"A Warm Day in February" Top 5 Page for this destination Botanical Garden Tip by grandmaR

Wednesday February 8th, we took our four year old granddaughter to the Dallas Arboretum. We started out to go to Fair Park, but it was such a nice day we went to see the gardens instead.

The Trammel Crow Visitor's Center is new and they have food service there, but we ate at home before we left. Admission for Individuals and Families was

* Adults, $8; Seniors, $7; Children ages 3-12, $5; Children 2 and under and members are free. Parking $5 per vehicle. We drove, but the garden is also available by bus - the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Bus stops direct in front of The Arboretum. To determine location and schedule, contact DART services and bus lines, call 214-979-1111.

Most of the flowers that were out were the early spring variety. Lots of daffodils and pansies.

We rode the tram which normally runs from March to December, and he let us off in front of the Groyler House (which our granddaughter didn't care for - she kept asking if we could leave).

They were shooting commercials of appliances and so some of the house was off limits, but we could see the libray with the hidden doors. Most unusually, they let you take non-flash pictures indoors. Also, they were working on the gardens and not all of them were open - the Infinity Pool didn't have all the water in it so that it wasn't quite infinite. Then went to Toad Corners where our daughter had a lot of fun running under the .water that the toads were spitting out.

Address: 8525 Garland Rd on White Rock Lake
Directions: Dallas:(I-45 S.) to I-30 Exit (toward Texarkana)
* Barry/East Grand Exit off I-30
* Stay on service road -cross Barry
* Left on E. Grand Ave. (Highway 78) for approx 3 mi. - becomes Garland Rd.
* The Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden is on the left.
Phone: (214) 327-8263
Website: http://www.dallasarboretum.org/