Fall Family Fun Weekend October 31st and November 1st At The Dallas Arboretum
DALLAS, TX - Trick or treating, a magician and face painting, oh my! Halloween is the perfect holiday to enjoy family activities at the Dallas Arboretum. On October 31st and November 1st the Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, will be a hosting Fall Family Fun weekend for all guests to celebrate. This festival boasts of more than 150,000 fall blooming flowers including chrysanthemums, salvia, coleus and ornamental grasses.
Always a favorite spot for the family photo, The Tom Thumb Pumpkin Patch is filled with over 40,000 decorative pumpkins and gourds. Also in the Pecan Grove is the walk-through 15' pumpkin house constructed out of the finest pumpkins in the patch and a 10' candy apple red topiary decorated with red dianthus.
Fall Family Fun Activities:
Trick or Treating at the Storybook Playhouses - (Saturday only) - 10am-3pm
Magic Man Kid's Magician - Saturday, 12-4pm and Sunday, 1-4pm
Face Painting - Saturday, 12-4pm, and Sunday, 1-4pm
Other Highlights:
Hay Bale Maze
Storybook Playhouse exhibit
Music on the Loggia (Daily 11am-2pm)
Jazz Trio on the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage (Sat. 12-4pm, Sun 1-4pm)
Rootbeer Saloon - Floats and home-made snack items.
The Harvest Tea service at the DeGolyer Garden Cafe runs through November 15th, 2009. Serving times are at 11:00am and 2:00pm, seven days a week. Advance reservations are required. The cost of the seated tea is $35 per person, which includes admission to the garden, parking and a gratuity for the server. Reservations can be made by calling 214-515-6610 or qbartholomew@dallasarboretum.org.
Discount tickets are available at all local Tom Thumb stores. For more information regarding Dallas Arboretum's Autumn at the Arboretum: The Great Pumpkin Festival, and other upcoming events, please visit www.dallasarboretum.org or call (214) 515-6500.
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden is located on the Southeastern shore of White Rock at 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, TX, 75218. The Arboretum is open daily from 9am until 5pm. General Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors 65 and older, $7 for children 3-12, and free for children two and under. On-site parking is $7. The Arboretum is wheelchair accessible and tram service is available for the mobility impaired. Group discounts are available with advance registration.
The Dallas Morning News is the principal partner of the Dallas Arboretum. The Arboretum is supported, in part, by funds from the Dallas Park, & Recreation Department. American Airlines is the official airline of the Dallas Arboretum. Autumn at the Arboretum has additional support by Texas Instruments. Park Place Motorcars is the official automotive sponsor of Autumn at Arboretum.
Dallas Arboretum
Terry Ann Lendecker
PR Manager
(214) 515-6521
tlendecker@dallasarboretum.org
