Texas Discovery Gardens
Hours:
Gardens open 10 am to 5 pm Monday - Saturday.
Closed Sundays, for inclement weather, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Admission:
Become a TDG member and get admitted free!
For more info on member benefits,
click here.
Adults
$3
Seniors (60+) $2
Children (3 – 11) $1.50
Children under 3 Free
Location:
Texas Discovery Gardens is located at 3601 Martin
Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Fair Park. Fair Park is two miles east of downtown
Dallas just south of Interstate 30.
Temporary entrance:
The main building currently is being renovated. To enter the gardens during the
transition, please use the gate on the north side of the garden across from the Planetarium. To meet with a staff member, please visit the
construction trailer near the greenhouses. Administration office hours are 9am to 5pm Monday - Friday.
Click here for info about the renovation.
Where to park:
Enter Fair Park at gate # 6 at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. & Robert Cullum Blvd.
Just inside the gate, turn right on Second Ave. which will then curve left and become Pennsylvania Ave.
Park in the lot on your right next to the Smirnoff Music Center. The temporary entrance to the gardens is
located directly across from the Planetarium.
Click
here and zoom in on the lower right corner of the map
to see the location of the parking lot that is next to Smirnoff.
Directions --
From North Dallas, Richardson, Plano & other cities north of Dallas:
take US 75 South, exit onto I-30 East, then take exit 47 (Second
Avenue/Fair Park), curve to the right and turn left at the second light
which is Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Enter Gate #6 and park in the lot next
to the Smirnoff Music Center.
From West Dallas, Arlington, Fort Worth and other cities west of Dallas: take I-30 East, then take exit 47 (Second Avenue/Fair Park), curve to the right and turn left at the second light which is Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Enter Gate #6 and park in the lot next to the Smirnoff Music Center.
From East Dallas, Mesquite, Rockwall and other cities east of Dallas: take I-30 West, then take exit 47C (First Avenue/Fair Park), turn right at Exposition Avenue and turn right on Parry Avenue. Parry becomes Robert B. Cullum Ave. Turn left at the fourth light which is Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Enter Gate #6 and park in the lot next to the Smirnoff Music Center.
From South Dallas, Ferris, Ennis and other cities south of Dallas: take I-45 North, exit onto I-30 East, then take exit 47 (Second Avenue/Fair Park), curve to the right and turn left at the second light which is Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Enter Gate #6 and park in the lot next to the Smirnoff Music Center.
Buy a Fair Park Passport to save 40% off on admission to all EIGHT of the museums at Fair Park, including Texas Discovery Gardens.
