Demonstration Gardens That You Can Visit
You may want to see some established areas with attractive native and adapted plantings before finalizing your landscape. Here is a list of some of the many demonstration sites across the region. Additionally, a number of retail nurseries have displays and plantings that rival some of the best demonstration sites and offer specimen plants in full bloom and in their prime.
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Collin County
- Children's Environmental Discovery Gardens, 4120 West Plano Parkway, Plano
- Texas Xeriscape Center, 11300 Research Road, Frisco
- Outdoor Learning Center, 10701 Preston Vineyard Drive, Frisco
- McKinney Green Garden, Gabe Nesbitt Park, 7001 Eldorado Parkway, McKinney
Dallas County
- Helping Hands Garden at Town Center , 244 Parkway Blvd., Coppell
- Cedar Hill State Park, Wildscape, Cedar Hill
- Coppell Community Garden, 450 S. Denton Tap Rd., Coppell
- North Texas Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, 2900 White Rock Dr., Dallas
- Plano Community Homes, 3905 American Dr., Plano
- Jaycee Park, 2000 W. Airport Freeway, Irving
- Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, 3601 Martin Luther King Blvd., Dallas
- Water Wise Earth-Kind™ Demonstration, 2311 Joe Fields, Dallas
Denton County
- Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building, Avenue C between Mulberry and Hickory, Denton
- Lewisville Independent School District Outdoor Learning Area (LISDOLA), N. of Bus 121 & Holford Prairie, Lewisville
- Upper Trinity Regional Water District, 300 Treatment Plant Rd., Lewisville. Call ahead for access: (972) 436-2379
Hood County
- Demonstration garden with rainwater harvesting demonstrations, an Earth Kind Rose Trial, Native and well adapted plants for Hood County, 1410 West Pearl Street, Granbury
Hunt County
- Hunt County Heritage Garden, 2217 Washington Street, Greenville
Somervell County
- Earth Kind Rose Demonstration Garden, Heritage Park, 100 Matthews Street, Glen Rose
Tarrant County
- Botanical Gardens at Heritage Park in Grapevine, located between Wall Street and Ball Street in Grapevine
- Fort Worth Botanic Gardens, 3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard (off of University Drive)
- City of North Richland Hills Environmental Services Building, 7200 C Dick Fisher Dr. S., North Richland Hills
- Fort Worth SW Regional Library, 3900 S. Hulen St., Forth Worth
- Street-side Demonstration Area, 5324 Davis Blvd., North Richland Hills
- Tarrant County Sub-Court House, 6551 Granbury Rd., Fort Worth Veteran's Park
- Molly Hollar Wildscape in Veterans Park , 3600 W. Arkansas Ln. and Spanish Trail, Arlington
- Weston Gardens, West of 8101 Anglin Dr., Fort Worth
- Resource Connection, 1100 Circle Drive, north of Highway 20 off of Campus Drive, Fort Worth
- Euless Park Department Office, 1314 Royal Parkway, Euless
- Mansfield City Hall, 1200 East Broad Street, Mansfield
- Arlington Branch Library, 3311 SW Green Oaks Boulevard, Arlington
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