Dallas Arboretum & Children's Adventure Garden

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Dallas Arboretum & Children's Adventure Garden

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🌷 Garden · Dallas

4 hours · $$ · Check website for reservations

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 4.0
1–3 yrs
★ 5.0
3–5 yrs
★ 5.0
5–10 yrs
★ 4.0
  • 🚗
    About 30 min drive
    From Plano · Parking: On-site lot about $11–15 (cheaper prepaid online), lines after 10am on peak-season weekends
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Some shade
    Great on sunny days · Good on cool days · Fine on cold days
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 4 hours
    Best seasons: Spring · Fall · Winter

66 acres of gardens on White Rock Lake, where a picnic on the grassy slope overlooking the water is a classic Dallas family weekend; add a few dollars for the Rory Meyers Children's Adventure Garden, with 150 interactive exhibits, a canopy walk, and a summer water play area that keep both a 2-year-old and an 8-year-old busy for two hours.

💡 Tips
Admission is about $20 for adults and $12 for kids, with the children's garden about $3 extra; buy tickets and prepay parking online, check the website. You can bring your own picnic and stroller; Dallas Blooms in spring (late February to April) has 500,000 tulips, and the pumpkin village in fall and the holiday lights in winter each have their own season.

What this place offers

✓gardens
✓children's adventure garden
✓lake views
✓grassy slope
✓picnic
✓water play
✓restrooms
✓stroller friendly

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This weekend's weather in Dallas

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

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Sat 10/17
Partly cloudy · 44–67°F · 0% rain
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Sun 10/18
Overcast · 55–72°F · 0% rain

Location

Dallas, Texas

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