Texas Discovery Gardens

Texas Discovery Gardens' 7.5 acres offer a wonderful diversity of garden styles and botanical collections. The Gardens feature native plants and plant species from other regions of the world that are adapted to the challenging climate and soils of North Texas. Plants are also selected for their benefits in providing habitat for native wildlife, including butterflies, bugs, and birds.

We have the first public garden in the state of Texas to be certified 100% organic by the Texas Organic Research Center. The gardens are maintained using sustainable methods that conserve water and help to protect the environment.

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Ten themed areas include a butterfly habitat, native wildlife pond, scent garden, shade garden and heirloom garden.

At family events offered throughout the year, children and parents can share the experience of being amazed and inspired by nature's intricate web of life. Gardening workshops and guided tours provide expert advice on using native and adapted plants to create backyard habitats for butterflies, birds and other native wildlife.

At Texas Discovery Gardens, discover a wealth of information on ways to restore, conserve and preserve natural environments in urban areas.

Dedicated summer 1996, this Texas native plant collection demonstrates more than 20 years of Simpson's research in Dallas, representing 345 plants from 84 genera.

Our butterfly garden is a tranquil spot to enjoy some time outside and get ideas on how to plant your own at home. It is our desire to demonstrate how easily a family, school, or office can attract and support the complete life cycle of Dallas' native butterflies. Host plants provide the proper source of nutrition for caterpillars and attract egg-laying adult female butterflies. Nectar-rich plants are a food source for adult butterflies.

Patterned after a London herb garden, this garden was first built in 1958 as a project of the Marianne Scruggs Garden Club. The Scent Garden was originally designed to be used by the blind. In 2002, the garden was renovated using City of Dallas bond funds. Today we encourage you to explore this area with all your senses.

This area was designed by Joe Lambert, one of Dallas’ most prominent landscape architects in the 1950s and 1960s. Based upon a series of overlaying arcs and circles, these gardens feature perennial plantings, numerous flowering shrubs and small trees, and fountains. The Leftwich Pond contains an aquatic plant collection maintained by the North Texas Water Garden Society.

The plants displayed in this garden are the selections from a national evaluation program for flowers and vegetables. The All-America Selections program was established in 1932 to foster the development, production, and distribution of new and more advanced horticultural and agricultural varieties, species, strains, and kinds in and for North America. For more information on All-America Selections, visit www.all-americaselections.org.

Enclosed by a Holly and Boxwood hedge, this intimate garden has plantings of antique and fragrant roses along with a delightful selection of perennials. This garden features many of our favorite, old-fashioned plants that are dependable sources of color. Make sure to explore this fragrant garden with your nose!