Children’s Adventure Garden: Tornado Safety with Boy Scout William Duvall
Last winter, Boy Scout William Duvall reached out to the Dallas Arboretum’s education team with a desire to collaborate on his Eagle Scout project. William stated, “Presently, severe weather warning sirens are not consistent across DFW, therefore it can be confusing for kids and adults. I want my DFW community to understand what the warnings mean and…
Bees Keep Buzzing in the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden
We are BUZZING with exciting news in the Dallas Arboretum Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden! Our newest exhibit has flown in and it is all about bees! Why Celebrate Bees? Pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and birds allow our garden to thrive and grow. Without bees, we might not have the flowers, fruits and vegetables…
Eight GR8 Tips to Reduce Your Waste
We’ve all seen the “Don’t Mess With Texas” bumper stickers, billboards and merchandise, but you might not know that the slogan is actually dedicated to a deeper cause: eliminating litter in the Lone Star State. In the United States, the amount of trash generated daily averages 4.4 pounds per person. If this waste were packed…
The Science of Summer
Summer is on the way and our team in the Dallas Arboretum Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden is eager to share some of the magic behind the season! Have you ever wondered how we decide when spring ends and summer begins? Rather than just the temperature, seasons change based on the length of days. As…
Agents of Discovery Explore the Dallas Arboretum
We rolled out Agents of Discovery, an augmented reality educational game for mobile devices that encourages young explorers to get engaged, moving, and learning when they visit the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden. This is VERY exciting for us, because we’re always looking for new ways to enhance the learning experience for our visitors and…
Four Nature Questions We Answered This January
If you’ve been following along with the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden on email and social media this winter, you know we’ve been sharing at-home winter activities every week to keep your kids thinking about nature! (And if you haven’t kept up with all the excitement, sign up for our email here, and follow us…
The Bounty of Homeschool Education at the Dallas Arboretum
Homeschool programs have blossomed this fall at the Dallas Arboretum! We began offering group sessions for homeschool families in order provide them with enrichment opportunities a few years ago, and with our new approach to homeschool teaching we’ve seen enrollment in these programs increase by over 50% this year compared to 2016. Homeschool families joined…
Digging into Dallas Arboretum Education Internships
Interns descend on the Dallas Arboretum Education Department every summer to spend 11 weeks helping us make our mission a reality. These college-aged interns work in summer camps with children aged 3 to 13, and through their close collaboration with our education staff they learn the ins and outs of teaching summer camps, listen to…
Autumn at the Arboretum Commemorates the Harvest Season
Why do we celebrate autumn with so much food and so many gatherings? It goes back to the harvest season. The crops, such as corn and squash, planted in spring and summer mature and become ripe for picking in autumn. In the United States and Canada, Thanksgiving is the major harvest festival, and we are…
Monarch Madness
The Dallas Arboretum has a case of Monarch Madness! Excitement is growing as Monarch Butterflies have begun visiting our beautiful gardens. In celebration of this amazing migration we are bringing you a whole month of Monarch butterfly programs and activities in the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden. You’re invited to come study butterfly wings, learn…