Mar 30 2022

Dallas Arboretum: Dallas Blooms - Dallas (Feb. 19-April 10)

Feb 19 2022 - 9:00am to Apr 10 2022 - 5:00pm
Dallas Arboretum
8525 Garland Road
Dallas , TX

Dallas Blooms is the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest. Presented by Veritex Community Bank, Dallas Blooms will feature larger-than-life peacock topiaries along with more than 500,000 spring blooming bulbs to create the largest and most colorful floral display in the Southwest. An explosion of spring flowers comes from 100 varieties of spring bulbs, thousands of azaleas and hundreds of Japanese cherry trees.

Slow Food DFW: Growing Grants - Deadline March 31

Mar 1 2022 - 7:00am to Mar 31 2022 - 5:00pm

Each year, Slow Food DFW awards 10 $500 Growing Grants to deserving schools, organizations and community gardens and farms. The awards are given to groups who show dedication and passion for growing food, building communities and understanding how to cultivate and provide good, clean, fair food for all.

The Slow Food DFW Growing Grants program was created to fill gaps in traditional funding sources for local food-related projects. Priority for funding is given to Black, Indigenous, LatinX, People of Color, women and/or veteran lead, use of local skills and resources and availability of locally grown food.

Application deadline: March 31. See website link below for application.

Info: wyonella_henderson-greene@baylor.edu

Fort Worth Botanic Garden/BRIT: Butterflies in the Garden - Fort Worth

Mar 4 2022 - 10:00am to Apr 10 2022 - 4:00pm
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
3220 Botanic Garden Blvd
Fort Worth , TX

The Fort Worth Botanic Garden hosts the largest exhibit of live, exotic butterflies in north central Texas with the Butterflies in the Garden exhibit in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s Rainforest Conservatory.

Cost: Tickets for timed entrance are currently for sale online. Admission is $12 for ages 16-64; $10 for seniors (65+); $8 for ages 6-15; and free for children under five.

For those who want to visit both the Garden and the butterfly exhibit, the price is $18 for adults and seniors and $10 for children. 

School groups of 20 or more may purchase tickets in advance for $8 per person. FWBG|BRIT members receive a discounted price of $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, and $6 for children.