Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
By Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden‘s horticultural staff, with the help of up to 30 additional seasonal gardeners, are laying out and planting more …

Holiday at the Arboretum spotlights “The 12 Days of Christmas” with more than one million lights turned on each evening throughout the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas.
A dozen 25-foot-tall Victorian-style …

As the daylight dwindles, botanical gardens and other public outdoor venues turn on fanciful light shows to attract visitors. November and December are the prime months for such extravaganzas.
Now through December 29, the Royal Botanic …

“It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” is the theme for this year’s Autumn at the Arboretum fest, set for September 21 through October 31, 2019, in the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland Road, …

The annual Butterfly Flutterby takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October 19, 2019, in the Grapevine Botanical Gardens, 411 Ball Street, Grapevine, Texas.
(Photo courtesy of Grapevine Parks and Recreation)

Just a “heads up” notice (since your Road Trips Gardener has no details…yet).
June 26, 2019, is “Field Day” at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas.
More when it’s announced!
(Photo courtesy of …

Dallas Blooms, the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest, takes place February 23 through April 7, 2019, at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas.
Themed “Life’s A Picnic,” the spring …

“Christmas in the Gardens” features more than 350,000 sparkling lights in the Amarillo Botanical Gardens, 1400 Streit Drive, Amarillo, Texas.
Hours are 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday through December 23, 2018.
This …

A lush arrangement in lavender, white and yellow greeted guests in the lobby of the Overton Hotel in Lubbock, Texas, in June 2018.
(Photo ©2018 by Susan McKee)

The exhibition of “Wind Sculptures in Motion: The Kinetic Art of Lyman Whitaker” has been extended through August 31 at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas. During August, main garden …