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    May 7, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    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 >>

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    December 8, 2011

    Arboretum Chases Away Holiday Blues

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    A Tree Grows in the Deck Park

    Photo by Willis Winters​Yesterday the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation sent word: The deck park would be receiving its first trees this morning, at 'round 10:30. I was told that despite the cold temperatures, the timing was good: "This season is the preferred time to plant because leaves are gone s ... More >>

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    October 6, 2011

    Get Off on Gourds

    Photo by Willis Winters​Yesterday the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation sent word: The deck park would be receiving its first trees this morning, at 'round 10:30. I was told that despite the cold temperatures, the timing was good: "This season is the preferred time to plant because leaves are gone s ... More >>

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    May 5, 2011

    Because Mom is a Lone Star Great Too

    Photo by Willis Winters​Yesterday the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation sent word: The deck park would be receiving its first trees this morning, at 'round 10:30. I was told that despite the cold temperatures, the timing was good: "This season is the preferred time to plant because leaves are gone s ... More >>

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    April 28, 2011

    Bunny Blooms

    Photo by Willis Winters​Yesterday the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation sent word: The deck park would be receiving its first trees this morning, at 'round 10:30. I was told that despite the cold temperatures, the timing was good: "This season is the preferred time to plant because leaves are gone s ... More >>

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    April 21, 2011

    Sip Into Spring

    Photo by Willis Winters​Yesterday the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation sent word: The deck park would be receiving its first trees this morning, at 'round 10:30. I was told that despite the cold temperatures, the timing was good: "This season is the preferred time to plant because leaves are gone s ... More >>

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    February 24, 2011

    Tea Time

    Photo by Willis Winters​Yesterday the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation sent word: The deck park would be receiving its first trees this morning, at 'round 10:30. I was told that despite the cold temperatures, the timing was good: "This season is the preferred time to plant because leaves are gone s ... More >>

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    December 2, 2010

    Santa's Garden

    Photo by Willis Winters​Yesterday the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation sent word: The deck park would be receiving its first trees this morning, at 'round 10:30. I was told that despite the cold temperatures, the timing was good: "This season is the preferred time to plant because leaves are gone s ... More >>

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    September 16, 2010

    This Patch Has Plenty

    Photo by Willis Winters​Yesterday the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation sent word: The deck park would be receiving its first trees this morning, at 'round 10:30. I was told that despite the cold temperatures, the timing was good: "This season is the preferred time to plant because leaves are gone s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    A Southerner's Revenge on Unloveable Kudzu

    The scourge of kudzu​Southerners rue, curse and unhappily abide kudzu, but few of them ever eat it. The Internet's awash in recipes for steamed kudzu leaves and powdered kudzu root starch, yet most folks who live where the Japanese vine's transformed once-recognizable landscapes into undulating h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    After Years of Letting Central Expressway's Green Go Brown, Council's About to Vote on Fix

    Texas Freeway​From the in-box, this from one good Friend of Unfair Park: "What the h is going on with the landscaping on Central? Is TxDOT letting everything die? It looks like crap."Good question(s). And I have the answer.First, let's flashback to a meeting of the city council's Transportation an ... More >>

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    August 12, 2010

    Flowers on the Cheap

    Texas Freeway​From the in-box, this from one good Friend of Unfair Park: "What the h is going on with the landscaping on Central? Is TxDOT letting everything die? It looks like crap."Good question(s). And I have the answer.First, let's flashback to a meeting of the city council's Transportation an ... More >>

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    May 27, 2010

    Rabbit's In The Garden!

    Texas Freeway​From the in-box, this from one good Friend of Unfair Park: "What the h is going on with the landscaping on Central? Is TxDOT letting everything die? It looks like crap."Good question(s). And I have the answer.First, let's flashback to a meeting of the city council's Transportation an ... More >>

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    May 6, 2010

    Native Texans

    Texas Freeway​From the in-box, this from one good Friend of Unfair Park: "What the h is going on with the landscaping on Central? Is TxDOT letting everything die? It looks like crap."Good question(s). And I have the answer.First, let's flashback to a meeting of the city council's Transportation an ... More >>

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    April 22, 2010

    Charitable Tea Baggers

    Texas Freeway​From the in-box, this from one good Friend of Unfair Park: "What the h is going on with the landscaping on Central? Is TxDOT letting everything die? It looks like crap."Good question(s). And I have the answer.First, let's flashback to a meeting of the city council's Transportation an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    What Is This? A Deck Park for Ants? No, Just the New Woodall Rodgers Model.

    ​We were all tied up yesterday and couldn't make it out to the unveiling of the new model for the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park -- a marked improvement over its bare-bones predecessor. Nevertheless, Joanna Singleton was kind enough to send over this photo of the model, which you're more than welcome t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Council Committee Approves New "Prairie Look" For Central Expressway

    ​Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council's Tra ... More >>

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    March 4, 2010

    Ferdinand's Utopia

    ​Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council's Tra ... More >>

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    December 17, 2009

    Drink Up, Pinky Out

    ​Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council's Tra ... More >>

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    September 10, 2009

    Garden Of The Grans

    ​Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council's Tra ... More >>

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    July 9, 2009

    Storybook Beginning

    ​Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council's Tra ... More >>

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    May 7, 2009

    The People's Gardens

    ​Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council's Tra ... More >>

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    April 9, 2009

    Bunnies And Blooms

    The Arboretum throws an Easter party

  • News

    March 19, 2009
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    March 5, 2009

    Here Comes the Sun

    The Arboretum welcomes spring with Dallas Blooms

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    December 11, 2008

    Christmas Chompers

    The Arboretum takes care of its nut problem

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    September 18, 2008

    Jack-Elitists

    Worship the pumpkin at the Arboretum

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    May 1, 2008

    Flower Power

    May is a bold month for the Arboretum

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    May 1, 2008

    Mustach-O-Retum

    May is a bold month for the Arboretum

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    April 3, 2008

    Garden State

    May is a bold month for the Arboretum

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    January 3, 2008

    Sweet Mulch

    May is a bold month for the Arboretum

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    December 20, 2007

    The Holly, the Tea and the Ivy

    May is a bold month for the Arboretum

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    Cultivating Carnivores

    Don't have a green thumb? Maybe a bloody red one is for you.

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    Jack-O-Retum

    Don't have a green thumb? Maybe a bloody red one is for you.

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    May 24, 2007

    British Tea Power

    Don't have a green thumb? Maybe a bloody red one is for you.

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    April 19, 2007

    Mad World

    Don't have a green thumb? Maybe a bloody red one is for you.

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    March 8, 2007

    Flowers on the Wall

    Don't have a green thumb? Maybe a bloody red one is for you.

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    November 23, 2006

    Holidays Are Here

    Don't have a green thumb? Maybe a bloody red one is for you.

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    July 13, 2006

    House of Leaves

    Sky-high architecture at the arboretum

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best Nature Outing

    Dallas Arboretum

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best Place for a Walk in August

    Dallas Arboretum Fern Dell

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003
  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003

    Best Urban Waterfall

    Texas Discovery Gardens conservatory at Fair Park

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003
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    April 3, 2003

    Busts and Buds

    The Arboretum shows off its chiseled slabs

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001
  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best interior restaurant garden

    Bread Winners Bakery and Café

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000
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