Easter Parade and Children’s Entertainment Mark 14th Annual Spring Festival at the Dallas Arboretum
The Dallas Arboretum will present “A World of Flowers,” the 14th annual event in the Dallas Blooms series, March 7 through April 12.
The five-week event will highlight a diverse array of flowering plants, including tulips and daffodils from Holland, azaleas from China and cherry trees from Japan.
“We are going to be able to display some of the standards from places like Mexico, Africa, Turkey and the Near East,” says Karen Cage, public relations director. These exotic displays will decorate the historic DeGolyer house, which will be open to the public for tours.
Among the many one-time events planned for the spring festival is a concert by children’s entertainer Eddie Coker on Good Friday, April 10. The Arboretum also will sponsor an Easter parade April 11, which is a new addition to the annual festivities.
The 66-acre Arboretum, which boasts the largest public collection of azaleas with more than 2,000 varieties, hopes to attract 130,000 visitors to this year’s festival.
Tickets for can be purchased at the gate at $6 for adults and $3 for children ages 6-12. Children under 6 and members of the Arboretum are admitted free of charge. Parking is $3, with free off-site parking on the weekends.
The end of April marks the beginning of the summer season at the Arboretum and signals the start of seasonal events such as “Ultimate Summer at The Arboretum: Storybook Playhouses.”
For more information, call 214-327-4901.
