Tomorrow, the Dallas Arboretum comes alive in color, spectacle and staggering beauty. And it’s not from the flowers in the garden, either. The Arboretum has teamed up with legendary glass artist Dale Chihuly on an amazing exhibit.
At every turn, glass sculptures rise up from the ground, blending seamlessly with the plants and flowers around them, but yet somehow creating an otherworldly landscape at the same time.
If you’ve never been to the Dallas Arboretum, or never seen a Dale Chihuly show, this is your chance to see both spectacular sights like never before.
Best of all, the Chihuly sculptures take on a completely new personality after dark (just like us!).
So we recommend hitting the arboretum early on a weekday morning for your first visit (crowds are smaller and the sun’s not as brutal). Then come back another time for Chihuly Nights on Tuesdays and Thursdays for outdoor concerts and his magnificently lit sculptures. (They’re also open Wednesday nights, but no concerts.)
We haven’t been this excited about glass since we broke a whiskey bottle over an outlaw’s head in a saloon during our last time-travel adventure. So what if our boyfriend insists it was just another Vicodin hallucination.
Chihuly at the Dallas Arboretum
May 5 – November 5, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. daily
Adults $15, Parking $10
Chihuly Nights
6:00 – 10:00 p.m., Tuesdays – Thursdays
$22 on concert nights (Tues & Thurs), Wednesdays $20
Parking $10
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