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3601 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Dallas, TX 75210

214-428-7476

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Best Place For A Kids' Party
Award Winner 2010

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

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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.

Texas Discovery Gardens Butterfly House

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.

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

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 into the tops of the trees. For $200 you can take 40 kids there for a unique and memorable birthday party. The thoughtful folks at the Discovery Gardens provide decorations and have even come up with gender-specific themes: "For the Love of... 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 pond, scent garden, shade garden and heirloom garden. The Dallas Arboretum is more fancy-schmancy, of course, but unlike the Arboretum, the Discovery Gardens is a place where you can see what you can grow without excoriating the earth with 50-pound bags... 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 to the bank last week, your boss' bullshit, your never-ending "to-do" list and the unsavory state of the world. In the glass-walled conservatory at Texas Discovery Gardens, you'll discover a tranquil, tropical paradise--a cross between Blue Lagoon and... More »

Eco-Fashion, Dig It

By Allison Perkins | Thu, March 22, 2012

Turns out that whole green thing wasn’t a fad after all. Thanks a lot, people from the Northeast. Well, at least we got one good thing out of it -- adrenaline rushes when we litter. Just kidding. We have eco-friendly fashion, of course, and there’... More »
You Look So Beautiful With Those Wings in Your Teeth

By Sarah Calams | Thu, February 09, 2012

Get bit by the love bug recently? It’s nothing to lose your head over — unless you’re a male praying mantis. Ditch the cliché candlelit dinner this Valentine’s Day and take your date somewhere adventurous. Somewhere with chocolate. Somewhere … ent... More »
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

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

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 »