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Texas Discovery Gardens

3601 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75210

214-428-7476 | Website

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The two-story conservatory with tropical plants, plus outdoor demonstration gardens of native and adapted trees and flowers, year-round exhibits on butterflies, bugs and botany in the historic Art Deco building.

  • Hours: Sun 1pm-5pm, Tue-Sat 10am-5pm

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  • Susan Lecky's Echoes of Remembered Gardens

    Susan Lecky's Echoes of Remembered Gardens

    Daily from Fri., January 27 until Sun., April 29

    Texas Discovery Gardens showcases acrylic and colored pencil works by Dallas artist Susan Lecky.

  • Texas Discovery Gardens Butterfly House

    Texas Discovery Gardens Butterfly House

    Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10:00am-5:00pm

    Butterflies, bugs and tropical plants are brightening up Fair Park. The conservatory will open with Texas butterflies then phase in tropical specie...

  • Love Bugs

    Love Bugs

    Tue., February 14, 6:00pm-8:00pm

    Entomologist John Watts offers a Valentine's Day talk on insect behavior and reproduction. Wine and cheese.

  • Valentine's Day with Bugs and Chocolate

    Valentine's Day with Bugs and Chocolate

    Tue., February 14, 6:00pm-8:00pm

    Get bit by the love bug recently? It’s nothing to lose your head over — unless you’re a male praying mantis. Ditch the clich&eacu...

Back to TopAwards | View the Best Of Website

  • 2010 | Best Place For A Kids' Party

    The Texas Discovery Gardens now include a new wonderful butterfly conservatory that is basically a rain forest in a three-story greenhouse brimming with exotic butterflies. Elevated walkways allow guests to follow the butterflies all the way up... More >

  • 2005 | Best Organic Garden

    At Fair Park in the building and area where the botanical society used to be, Texas Discovery Gardens is a year-round medley of all-organic garden themes, including a butterfly habitat (especially worth seeing during the State Fair), wildlife... More >

  • 2003 | Best Urban Waterfall

    Sit on the natural stone ledge and peer into the pondering pool at the base of the two-story waterfall, and you'll forget you're in a building at Fair Park in Dallas. Best of all, you'll forget the three hot checks that beat your direct deposit... More >

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Dallas Observer Reviews and News

  • Stop. Put Down the Tinsel.

    Stop. Put Down the Tinsel.

    By | Thu, December 15, 2011

    The days of hanging glitter-covered pinecones on your Christmas tree are long gone. If you want to find a new way of bringing the beauty of nature into your holiday decorating, then check out Garden Walk: Living Ornaments this weekend at the Texas... More >

  • Make the Neighbors Green with Envy

    Make the Neighbors Green with Envy

    By Jayme Rutledge | Thu, September 22, 2011

    The modern definition of "keeping up with the Joneses" is competing with the neighbors to be the most environmentally friendly. Vegetable garden? Check. Compost pile? Yep. Solar panels on the roof? Double check. The City of Dallas is touting green... More >

  • Come Out of Your Cocoon

    Come Out of Your Cocoon

    By Michelle Mathews | Thu, September 01, 2011

    While we're busy watching reruns on cable, a whole other world of butterfly survivalism is going on in our backyards. Take, for instance, certain types of butterflies that live by feeding ants with secretions and, in turn, receiving protection dur... More >

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