Garden offers benefits to Friends

Friends of the Arboretum, the membership group that supports the Dallas Arboretum, had its annual dinner during the height of Dallas Blooms on March 24. About 250 guests attended and enjoyed cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres. Tram drivers gave tours throughout the garden to see the Japanese cherry trees and the 500,000 spring flowers — tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and more — that were in full bloom in every color palette. Dallas Arboretum Board Chairman Jim Ryan welcomed and thanked these special friends who provide important financial gifts, especially during last year. Dallas Arboretum Vice President of Gardens Dave Forehand gave an update on the state of the garden, letting them know that the snow formed a blanket over the spring flowers actually protecting them from the freeze, though tulips do like the cold weather! Then guests had a delicious dinner in one of three places — Rosine Hall, A Tasteful Place and the DeGolyer House — while they visited with one another. For more information on joining the Friends of the Arboretum, visit dallasarboretum.org.

                                                                      — Terry Lendecker