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Grapevine Botanical Gardens at Heritage Park


Since my first trip to Grapevine Texas the downtown area became a favorite spot of mine!  I’ve been there many times, but even with all of the trips there, I never took the 3 minute detour a few blocks away, to the Botanical Gardens.  Today we did, and I am so glad!


I love finding hidden gems, and this is absolutely one of them.  The Grapevine Botanical Gardens is a small beautiful park with trails, streams, ponds with fish, plants that attract butterflies, huge trees, sitting areas, open fields, and many different plants to view.  It is such a pretty location to take a quick stroll.



And y’all, it’s free to enter, free to park, and a great (really great) location for family pictures.  I personally love taking photos of my family in pretty settings, and this place was perfect!  Check out these gorgeous backdrops!




For a small area there is such a great mix of pretty flowers, beautiful big trees, and a wooded area.  The trees were huge and created such a great canopy for the light to filter through.  So pretty!!



And butterflies...lots of butterflies!  And when your lens gives you a rainbow with those butterflies, you take a picture of it!



And since it’s Fall, there was a whole section filled with tons of pumpkins!  Perfect photo opportunity (couldn’t resist getting one of me and my husband!)

Address: 411 Ball Street Grapevine, Texas

Hours:  Dawn to Dusk, 365 days a year


🍂Next time you are in Grapevine y’all should check it out!🍂

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