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Boswell Family Garden | The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens

Posted by Dallas Arboretum in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX on Oct 01, 2009

For Christmas in 2004, Dr. George Boswell surprised his family by giving them the joyous gift of the Boswell Family Garden at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. They were thrilled and instantly began making plans for the botanical garden opening in spring of 2006.

This beautiful botanical garden, designed by landscape architect Warren Johnson of Fallcreek Gardens, comprises the area north of the McCasland Sunken Garden with the gazebo, octagonal fountain and Magnolia Allee serving as natural boundaries for the Boswell Family Garden at The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens.

As guests enter the Boswell Family Garden from the octagonal fountain, an overlook provides a beautiful, unexpected view of the new space. A stacked wall provides the backbone of the garden, with a series of circular buttresses that are covered with trellises. Symmetrical, serpentine plantings mirrored by topiary hollies surround a circular lawn area of the Boswell Family Garden at The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Cubed topiary hedges and a red and yellow-leafed barberry hedge in a double-helix configuration align the existing walk to the McCasland Sunken Garden. The Boswell Family Garden holds The Dallas Arboretum’s largest planting of roses.

Additional Botanical Gardens Located at the Dallas Arboretum

The Jonnson Color Garden
The Palmer Fern Dell
A Woman's Garden
DeGolyer Gardens
McCasland Sunken Garden
The Lyda Bunker Hunt Paseo de Flores
Martha Brooks Camellia Garden
Martin Rutchik Concert Lawn and Stage
Lay Ornamental Garden
The Trial Gardens
The Texas Pioneer Adventure
Pecan Grove
Toad Corners

General Visitor information for The Dallas Arboretum
Hours: The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is open to the public year-round 9am to 5pm except for Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

For current hours and pricing please click here

Rental: Both the DeGolyer Home, the Camp House and Rosine Hall are available for rental. In addition, we have 11 unique botanical garden sites that may be rented for weddings or other occasions at The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens.

Food Service: Food service is available outside at the Lula Mae Slaughter Dining Terrace and inside at Degolyer Garden Cafe year round.

Information: Call 214-515-6600 or visit The Dallas Arboretum and and Botanical Gardens website.

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