Something is Always Blooming

At the Dallas Arboretum

Edited by Madelyn Miller

What:  Dallas Blooms is a celebration of spring at the Dallas Arboretum, which is arguably one of top five floral display gardens in North America. This year’s festival features more than 300,000 spring-blooming bulbs, more than ever displayed in the 20-year history of the festival. In addition, floral displays will include 20,000 spring-flowering azaleas, 70,000 pansies and violas and thousands of other spring blooming annuals and perennials.

Where:  8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas 75218, on the southeastern shore of White Rock Lake

When: March 6 – April 11, 2004, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily

Theme:  20th Anniversary of Dallas Blooms

New Garden Features:

Topiary relating to the 20th birthday and beautiful spring flowers in uncommon jewel tones surrounding the new Trammell Crow Visitor Education Pavilion

20th Anniversary Celebration:

This spring, Dallas Blooms celebrates its 20th anniversary. Since the first festival in 1984, millions of visitors have come to the Dallas Arboretum for the springtime floral display, and the event has become the Southwest’s largest outdoor floral festival. Dallas Blooms 2004 will feature more flowers than ever and will include a host of activities to commemorate 20 terrific years of floral festivities.