The Dallas Arboretum is nestled on the southeast shore of White Rock Lake in East Dallas. Home of the Southwest’s largest outdoor spring floral festival, Dallas Blooms, the Arboretum is a nationally recognized display garden featuring fabulous floral color in beds throughout the year.
Located on 66-acres on the historic Everette DeGolyer and Alex Camp estates, just minutes from downtown Dallas, the Dallas Arboretum is truly an urban oasis. Over the course of the year, the Arboretum will attract between 325,000 and 350,000 visitors to its finely manicured grounds. Whether visitors come for a weekly respite or from locations around the country, and often around the world, they will find the garden areas listed below resplendent with seasonal color. The Arboretum is a popular bridal photography spot and about 300 weddings are held in the Garden each year.
The Dallas Arboretum is known for two major annual festivals:
Dallas Blooms- This 6-week festival from early March until mid-April is the largest outdoor floral festival in the Southwest. The showcase of this event is over 400,000 spring-blooming bulbs; including tulips, as well as daffodils, Dutch Iris and hyacinth, flowering in symphony with over 100,000 pansies, violas and poppies and thousands of other spring-blooming annuals and perennials. The finale of this celebration of spring is the mass flowering of our collection of over 3,000 azaleas. May Flower- Starting on May 1st the Dallas Arboretum completely changes out the color beds of the garden with over 80,000 spring blooming annuals in full color.
Autumn at the Arboretum- The Dallas Arboretum is a rich tapestry of color for this tribute to fall. For six weeks the already lush plantings of over 150,000 summer flowers in full bloom is complimented by an additional planting of 6,000 chrysanthemums and thousands of other fall annuals. The centerpiece of this festival is the “Pumpkin Patch” filled with over 20,000 pumpkins and the striking “Pumpkin House”. This 15-ft. tall house is completely covered in over 200 pumpkins, and surrounded by a garden of over 40 varieties of pumpkins and gourds.
General Visitor Information for The Dallas Arboretum
Address: 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Tx on the southeastern shore of White Rock Lake, Mapsco 37U
General: Adults, $8. Seniors 65 and over, $7. Children, ages 3 – 12, $5. Children 2 and
Admission: under, free. On-site parking, $5.
Hours: The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is open to the public year-round 9am to 5pm except for Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.
Parking: On-site, $5. Free off-site shuttle during peak visiting seasons
Rental: Both the DeGolyer Home and the Camp House are available for rental. In addition, we have 11 unique garden sites that may be rented for weddings or other occasions.
OtherAmenites: Audio tours, Meadows Orientation Theater, Hoffman Family Gift Shop, Information Booth, One-Mile Fitness Trail, shaded porches, plazas and the Gisela H. Rodriguez Gazebo
Yearly Festivals: Dallas Blooms: March-April
Autumn at the Arboretum: September-October
Cool Thursdays Concert Series: June- July
Holiday at the Arboretum: November- December
Information: call 214.515.6500 or visit our website at www.dallasarboretum.org.
