The Westmont
Garden Club celebrated fall by visiting the Dallas Arboretum’s Fall
Festival. The group went on Saturday,
October 22, 2016.
The
Arboretum was adorned with 3,000 chrysanthemums along with 147,000 other fall
flowers, such as mums, zinnias, impatiens and marigolds and even multi-colored peppers just to name a few. Pumpkins and squashes were used
as flower bed borders and added just another touch of the fall season.
The biggest draw for families was the Pumpkin
Village. It featured topiary houses made
of pumpkins, gourds, squashes along with hay bales and corn stalks. Over 90,000
pumpkins, squashes and gourds were used in the displays.
Also, Cinderella’s Pumpkin Carriage was on
display pulled by life sized horses made of straw.
One fun
thing to do was to find the pumpkins listed in the Pumpkin Search Scavenger
Hunt game. The pumpkin search leaflet
was given to visitors as they entered the grounds.
Many
families were taking pictures of little ones posed among the pumpkins. Others were having picnics on the grounds
overlooking White Rock Lake.
The weather
for the day was warm with a light breeze just perfect for pumpkin peeping!!
Have you ever seen a pumpkin tree?
The Travelling Toe took all the photos with her trusty iPhone camera.
Map of the
arboretum grounds below:
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