Parks and Historic Sites

Here's the Six-Story Parking Garage Proposed for the Dallas Arboretum

Arboretum officials were understandably cautious when they unveiled early plans for a Garland Road parking garage last night. The memory of the public uprising and PR debacle that greeted a proposal to park cars on Winfrey Point is no doubt fresh on their minds, so they made clear that the parking g ... More >>

White Rock Boathouse Gets OK. Finally, Jim Can Join the 1 Percent.

Yesterday the Dallas Park Board approved plans for a new rowing club boathouse on White Rock Lake. It's going to be right in the way of my yacht when I'm trying to get in and out of there, and I'm worried about spilling my Champagne. See also: - Now We Have to Build a Boat House on White Rock Lake? ... More >>

In West Texas, a State Park Sends Horses to Slaughter

For years, Julie Caramante was a leader the fight to shutter Dallas Crown, Kaufman's infamous horse slaughterhouse. Dallas Crown closed in 2007, as did the Beltex slaughterhouse in Fort Worth, but Caramante, a lifelong equine welfare advocate, has continued to keep a close eye on the horse slaughter ... More >>

That Metal's Gotta Be Hot

The Dallas Arboretum No Longer Wants the City to Turn Winfrey Point into a Parking Lot

Update 12:45 p.m.: City spokesman Frank Librio sends word that, on second thought, there is plenty of parking available for the Chihuly exhibit at the Arboretum and no need to mow Winfrey Point. Attendance numbers for the current exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum appear to be within the facility's ab ... More >>

The Dallas Arboretum's Winfrey Point-Attacking Botanist Had a Rough Weekend

Late on Friday, we passed along a letter from the Dallas Arboretum celebrating an agreement with White Rock Lake neighbors that allows the city to turn the grasslands of Winfrey Point into a temporary parking lot. It was a strange missive to begin with -- a botanical garden celebrating its ability ... More >>

Dallas Arboretum and City Hall Want You to Know: Winfrey Point Ain't Paradise, And They're Not Paving it Anyway

After an agreement was reached earlier to let the city mow the wild grass at Winfrey Point, both City Hall and the Arboretum have come out firing PR-wise, trying to turn the tide of support for keeping cars off of the "prairie." Below you'll find releases sent by both City Hall, which swears it's g ... More >>

Grand Canyon Burger: The Latest in Japan McDonald's Ridiculous Big America Campaign

Burger Business​Earlier this year we approximated the possible future of Japan McDonald's bizarre Big America 2 campaign, which features four Hulk-fist sized America-themed burgers (the "Texas 2" burger featured "flavors of the Lone Star State with spicy chili beans"). Our own product pitches ... More >>

Because Mom is a Lone Star Great Too

Sip Into Spring

Santa's Garden

Swamp People

This Patch Has Plenty

Park and Rec Board Wants You to Attend First-Ever "Dallas Parks Stakeholders' Summit"

​An intriguing invite just arrived in the Unfair Park in-box: On November 6, the Park and Rec Board is hosting a daylong summit at the Fair Park Music Hall, during which Mayor Tom will deliver a keynote before the limited-to-500-attendees go in their separate directions to learn how to become "par ... More >>

Community Gardeners Pledge To Keep Growing Despite "Disappointing" City Regulations

Photo By Mark GrahamMariana Griggs vows to continue her renegade gardening.​The City's slow move against community gardening continues, as evidenced by the latest set of do's-and-don'ts -- the sixth try at this -- given the green-thumbs-up by the council's Transportation and Environment Committee ... More >>

Eat This, Not That

Don't Fear The Beaver

Rabbit's In The Garden!

City Hall Continues to Bury Community Gardens Under Permits and Procedures

​On this beautiful Saturday morning following National Public Gardens Day, here's the absolute latest concerning City Hall's  deeply felt desire to regulate community gardens.First, the recap: Back on March 8 Kris Sweckard, director of the Office of Environmental Quality put before the counci ... More >>

Schutze has seen the future and it is community gardens-and a bunch of angry neighbors frightened of them

When It Comes to Gardens and Markets, City Hall Has Right Idea ... and the Wrong Solution

​Now, it's on to that community gardens and neighborhood farmers market briefing. Follow along at home. Try to keep up.A city staff guy, Eric Griffin, is talking to the city council about community gardens. I interviewed Griffin for my story about how City Hall does everything it can to screw up a ... More >>

Digging Up Fun

Garden Of The Grans

Gang Green: The City Council's Looking to Spread the Seed of the Community Garden

The missus, in conjunction with the 5-year-old who lives in our house, recently dug up a hunk of backyard to grow a garden -- because, look, the boy will eat green only if he can personally yank it out of the dirt, whatever works. And a few other folks in the neighborhood have the hots for a communi ... More >>

The People's Gardens

Hats On To You

Don your finest headwear for charity

Here Comes the Sun

The Arboretum welcomes spring with Dallas Blooms

Flower Power

May is a bold month for the Arboretum

Mustach-O-Retum

Bloomin' Vaqueros

Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum

The Holly, the Tea and the Ivy

Jekyll Island and Trammell Crow

Inside Dallas County's "Safety Net"

Mad World

The Prestige

Copperfield makes money vanish

Taj Mahal

Wednesday, November 8, at the Granada Theater

This Gourd's for You

House of Leaves

Sky-high architecture at the arboretum

ESL

Lies, damned lies and misstatements

Save This City

Hat Tricks

Woodlawn Not Getting a Head

This Teardown Town

South Dallas' history is in danger of being demolished, so why are so few protecting it?

Painted Wings

Migrate to the gardens

Tree-rific

Arboretum's cool yule

Best Place for a Walk in August

Dallas Arboretum Fern Dell

Cool Down

Thursdays are cool this summer

After the fall

Heartbroken by the loss of his son on a DISD field trip, a father fights to prevent future tragedies

Events for the week

Temple fare

Basic Indian from the lofty Taj Mahal