By Eric Miller
I can’t think of a better way for a town or municipality to celebrate a new millennium than to establish something likely to blossom for another hundred years — a botanical garden. Located in Heritage Park on Ball Street,
Grapevine’s botanical garden (established in 2000) boasts a great lawn, a garden court, performance stage, amphitheater seating, a gazebo, annual color planting areas and perennial beds — all told, it’s more than 250 different species of plants. There’s also an 8,500 gallon water garden complete with two bridges, a waterfall, aquatic plants and a koi and goldfish pond. Few towns the size of
Grapevine are lucky to have attractions such as this.
Each time I visit the garden I find photographers snapping away. It’s a popular location for weddings, graduations and other special events, making it one of the most photographed locations in Grapevine. It’s also a great place to read, paint, draw or just look at nature.
The Botanical Garden at Heritage Park is simply one of the most beautiful and serene places in Grapevine, and it’s a place for residents and visitors alike to find respite from commerce and traffic. Admission is free, and the gardens are open from dawn until dusk, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Docent-led tours are also available and can be arranged
using this form.
It’s one of the attractions here you won’t want to miss on your next trip. There’s also considerable room for expansion making it likely the gardens will continue to grow bigger and better year after year. In a short while, however, it won’t be Grapevine’s only botanic-related attraction. Plans are underway to construct a monumental walled Chinese Garden; check back here for more on that in the future.