{"id":252958,"date":"2026-04-16T18:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252958\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:08:21","slug":"giant-bunnies-birds-and-butterflies-coming-to-dallas-arboretum-this-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252958\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant bunnies, birds and butterflies coming to Dallas Arboretum this April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Arboretum_LaurenAllen_5025-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120713\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Arboretum_LaurenAllen_5025-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-120713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Lauren Allen<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden is set to unveil \u201cBunnies, Birds &amp; Butterflies,\u201d a large-scale exhibition featuring monumental works by Hunt Slonem, in late April.<\/p>\n<p>Running April 20 through Sept. 30, 2026, the nature-inspired exhibition will feature 28 large-scale animal and insect installations throughout the garden. Visitors can also view more than 100 additional works inside the Historic Camp House.<\/p>\n<p>Slonem is an internationally recognized contemporary artist and neo-expressionist known for his vivid use of color. His work appears in more than 250 museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the exhibit, the Arboretum will host Twilight Nights from May 1 through Sept. 27, held Friday through Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available through the Arboretum\u2019s website, starting at $21.95 for adults and $19.95 for children ages 3-12.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776362901_715_8ddafd819415d55fa9c7d86e7ec264373e8df34784422adeec47a828c58c2d8f.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSyra Castillo is a senior at Southern Methodist University. She is a freelancer for the Advocate and will transition to the Lake Highlands editor position after she graduates.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photography by Lauren Allen The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden is set to unveil \u201cBunnies, Birds &amp; Butterflies,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-252958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}