White Rock

While some refer to Casa Linda as the second oldest shopping center in Dallas, it’s actually the first in Dallas proper - HPV is in Highland Park.  Developed in 1945 by Carl Brown, it has a myriad of restaurants and personal services.  It’s a skipping rocks toss to the activities at White Rock Lake and what’s referred to as “old” Lake Highlands, a neighborhood that is also experiencing new business growth and development.  Although, it won’t win any beauty contests, Garland Road has businesses and restaurants that are hidden gems, you can’t live without.  We say if they’re too chicken to redevelop it, funk her up with a permanent mobile food court!  It works for Congress Avenue in Austin!

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Recreation

Dallas Arboretum

8525 Garland Road Dallas, Texas 75218

The Dallas Arboretum and botanical garden covers 66 acres and showcases perennial fragrant gardens, towering trees, and lush lawns on the southeastern shore of White Rock Lake. The nationally recognized display garden features fabulous floral color including 2,400 varieties of azaleas. Beds are changed seasonally, keeping the verdant oasis alive with color. Tours of the DeGolyer House, a 1940s-style Spanish mansion and sculpture garden, are offered.  Each year the Dallas Arboretum attracts more than 300,000 visitors to its finely manicured grounds, almost half, of which, attend during its springtime “Dallas Blooms” festival. The gardens are wheelchair and stroller-accessible. 

If you get hungry soups, sandwiches and salads are available at either the Lula Mae Slaughter Dining Terrace or the DeGolyer Garden Cafe.  You can also enjoy a picnic-but campfires and outdoor cooking are prohibited. 

The Hoffman Family Gift Shop features garden related gifts, horticultural items and books.

Open every day 9am-5pm.  Closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day
General admission is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors 65 and older, $5 for children 3-12 and admission is free for Arboretum members and children 2 and under. On-site parking is $5.

  • Phone: 2145156500