8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas 75218

A Tasteful Place

  • Building with beautiful flowers outdoors
  • A Tasteful Place Lagoon in the Spring
  • A Tasteful Place pathway overlooking White Rock Lake

A Tasteful Place

This 3.5-acre, potager garden, pavilion and kitchen is inspired by the movement toward growing and eating fresh, sustainable, locally-grown food.

A Venue to Remember

  • Unparalleled views of the Dallas skyline over White Rock Lake
  • Complimentary Tastings
  • Cooking classes/demos
  • Seasonal displays
  • Year-round beauty
  • Private events/weddings
The Dining Terrace provides a lovely setting to grab a snack.

Upcoming Free Events at A Tasteful Place

  • Learn More about Dallas College Cooks

    Dallas College Cooks

    Monday, November 11 at
  • Learn More about Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    Local floral experts provide how to demos, hands on tips and tricks and design inspiration with seasonal color.
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    Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Tuesday, November 12 at
  • Learn More about Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    See how the pros do it and sample a small bite from the fruits of their labor.
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    Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Wednesday, November 13 at
  • Learn More about Dallas College Cooks

    Dallas College Cooks

    Monday, November 18 at
  • Learn More about Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    Local floral experts provide how to demos, hands on tips and tricks and design inspiration with seasonal color.
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    Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Tuesday, November 19 at
  • Learn More about Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    See how the pros do it and sample a small bite from the fruits of their labor.
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    Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Wednesday, November 20 at
  • Learn More about Dallas College Cooks

    Dallas College Cooks

    Monday, November 25 at
  • Learn More about Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    Local floral experts provide how to demos, hands on tips and tricks and design inspiration with seasonal color.
    More Details about Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Tuesday, November 26 at
  • Learn More about Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    See how the pros do it and sample a small bite from the fruits of their labor.
    More Details about Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Wednesday, November 27 at
  • Learn More about Dallas College Cooks

    Dallas College Cooks

    Monday, December 2 at
  • Learn More about Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    Local floral experts provide how to demos, hands on tips and tricks and design inspiration with seasonal color.
    More Details about Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Tuesday, December 3 at
  • Learn More about Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    See how the pros do it and sample a small bite from the fruits of their labor.
    More Details about Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Wednesday, December 4 at
  • Learn More about Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    Local floral experts provide how to demos, hands on tips and tricks and design inspiration with seasonal color.
    More Details about Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Tuesday, December 10 at
  • Learn More about Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    See how the pros do it and sample a small bite from the fruits of their labor.
    More Details about Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Wednesday, December 11 at
  • Learn More about Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    Local floral experts provide how to demos, hands on tips and tricks and design inspiration with seasonal color.
    More Details about Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Tasteful Tuesdays Floral Demos

    Tuesday, December 17 at
  • Learn More about Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    See how the pros do it and sample a small bite from the fruits of their labor.
    More Details about Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Chef-tastic Cooking Demos

    Wednesday, December 18 at
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Register For These Upcoming Classes

  • Learn More about Family Harvest Cooking for Kids & Kids at Heart

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    This Thanksgiving cooking class will introduce budding chefs and their favorite adults to fun Fall flavors and cool gadgets just in time for your family’s fall harvest celebration! Join Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Cindy Kleckner for a simply tasty, kid tested and parent approved menu: Turkey Sandwich on a Stick, Pumpkin Crunch Parfaits, Mini Mac ‘n Cheese Bites, Mini Apple Pies, and Pumpkin Pie Milkshakes.
    More Details about Family Harvest Cooking for Kids & Kids at Heart

    Family Harvest Cooking for Kids & Kids at Heart

    Sunday, November 17 at
  • Learn More about Hot Cocoa Bombs with Yelibelly

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    Join Yelibelly Chocolates for a hands on chocolate making class featuring the popular hot cocoa bombs! Our instructor, Yeli Marshall, will lead everyone through how the hot cocoa bomb shells are made and how you can make them at home again after class. Kids and parents will work together to decorate their own hot cocoa bombs shells, fill them with delicious candies and marshmallows and package their delicious confections to take home. Everyone will create 3 hot cocoa bombs to take home.
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    Hot Cocoa Bombs with Yelibelly

    Saturday, November 23 at
  • Learn More about Holiday Ornaments with Dallas Silk Art

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    Explore the wonderful art of water marbling as you create your own one-of-a-kind set of 6 ceramic Christmas ornaments! In this class, we will go over traditional water marbling techniques and patterns using modern materials. We’ll have two fun shapes available to select from, which you can mix and match in your set. These shapes include Christmas tree ornaments as well as star shaped ornaments. We will begin the class with a demonstration before each attendee gets to create their own unique design.
    More Details about Holiday Ornaments with Dallas Silk Art

    Holiday Ornaments with Dallas Silk Art

    Saturday, November 30 at
  • Learn More about Taste of Morocco: A Healthy Mediterranean Palate

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    Create new holiday family-friendly food and flavors with registered dietitian nutritionist, Cindy Kleckner.
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    Taste of Morocco: A Healthy Mediterranean Palate

    Sunday, December 1 at
  • Learn More about Winter Wreaths with Stemme Floral Studio

    Located at A Tasteful Place

    Get your home ready for the holidays with the fresh scent of winter greens! Join Stemme Floral Studio for a delightful workshop where we’ll create stunning winter wreaths, perfect for adding festive cheer to your space. Don’t miss this chance to craft something beautiful for the season!
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    Winter Wreaths with Stemme Floral Studio

    Saturday, December 14 at
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Recipes Resource

We keep an archive of recipes from A Tasteful Place cooking & nutrition demos, tastings and classes so that you may try your hand at the garden-to-table dishes in your own home.

See the Recipes

Hands preparing fresh ingredients over a cutting board

Welcome to A Tasteful Place, The Dallas Arboretum’s Newest Garden

Recent awards and commendations for A Tasteful Place

  • The Urban Land Institute North Texas Impact Awards: Public Places Award, October 2018
  • Topping Out Awards winner, October 2018
  • Dallas Morning News: The Most Beautiful Place in Dallas
Rows of gardens with a canopy and people in semi-formal attire walking in the background

A Tasteful Place Named Gardens

A Tasteful Place is filled with features, nooks and discoverable moments made possible by our generous donors. See those features here.

  • Potager Display Gardens: Four individual quadrants comprise the ornamental kitchen garden, or “potager,” pronounced, pot·a·ger or ˈpätijə(r) as it is called by the French, which is a productive working garden that is also visually beautiful, drawing on European gardening principals and artful arrangement. The Potager Gardens are a signature element of the development with in-season vegetables, herbs and flowers, planted ornamentally and interspersed with flowers to attract pollinators and beneficial insects. Marilyn R. Corrigan Potager Garden donated in her honor by Catherine A. Corrigan and the Marilyn R. Corrigan Potager Garden.
  • The Charlotte and Donald Test Pavilion, a 3,600-square-foot building with 180 degree views of the garden, lagoon and walkways, features event space and teaching kitchen to showcase chefs who will demonstrate preparation of garden-to-table cuisine. It’s also a site for cooking classes, educational programs and special events.
  • The Barbara and Bob Bigham Scenic Overlook, a perfect location for weddings, wine tastings, seated dinners and picnics, overlooking downtown Dallas and White Rock Lake.
  • Ruthie Pack Tasting Plaza, a site of daily tastings featuring seasonal produce.
  • Central Stairway and Promenade, a beautiful stairway that descends from the entry plaza and Gisela Rodriguez Gazebo to welcome visitors to the garden, along with panoramic views of the new additions.
  • The Strolling Trail, a U-shaped paved ADA accessible walkway to take visitors circuitously to see the garden.
  • Three Sisters Lagoon Overlook, the trellis covered patio provides a shaded spot to view A Tasteful Place, the lagoon and meandering walkways and downtown Dallas; it’s also a site for intimate celebrations.
  • Margaret and Jay Simmons Lagoon, a signature feature of A Tasteful Place and more than an acre, it sits just below the main garden and provides a large, natural body of water. The center will feature a beautiful, lighted fountain that changes shape and pattern. The edges of the lagoon are surrounded by large boulders and lush lawns. A bridge crosses a cascading stream that pours into the lagoon. Meandering paths allow visitors to enjoy the ambience and beauty of this new garden.
  • Carol Miller Kelley Orchard and Orchard Patio, a variety of fruit-bearing trees suitable to the Texas climate surround a shaded patio.
  • Tory and Dick Agnich and Dodie Trescher Shaded Patio, on the southern end of the Pavilion, this adjoining patio provides seating for guests.
  • Ann Stuart Veranda at the Garden Pavilion, a covered front patio of the Garden Pavilion that looks directly over the four potager gardens.
  • Gary Goodwin Garden Gate provides a special entrance to A Tasteful Place for use during special events.
  • Tim Wallace Garden to Table Walkway, a wide center walkway from the Pavilion to the overlook, suitable for garden-to-table dinners.
  • P. Allen Smith Entrance Walkway

A New Experience Each Week

As a member of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, experience unique seasonal events throughout the year and get access to members-only events.