Dallas office buildings offer rooftop garden oases

VERNON BRYANT/DMN Those who don’t work for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas can only see its rooftop garden from a high vantage point, such as a helicopter.Nestled high above street level at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, the urban oasis has an appropriate landscaping feature - a giant dollar sign made out of walkways and low walls. It’s a vista few but Fed employees get to see.

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Green Is Good At Garden Cafe

The Garden Cafe is surrounded by historic districts in an old East Dallas neighborhood. Employees pull fresh herbs from the garden to use in country-style recipes.

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Rose Garden gets green recognition

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‘Asia Garden’ In Hot Water, Accused of Denying Group Based On Race

Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. An Anchorage restaurant is in hot water, after being accused of denying service to pacific islanders

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Garden Gallery features Dallas Arboretum-inspired works (Dallas Morning News)

Photographers’ tripods and artists’ easels are common sights at the Dallas Arboretum, even on the grayest days of winter. Flower studies, birds, butterflies and other insects along with lake and landscape views are popular subjects that draw artists to the botanical garden.

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The garden is a classroom at Dallas elementary schools (Dallas Morning News)

The garden is a classroom at Dallas elementary schools

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Lloyd White Jr.: Retired educator championed Dallas veterans garden (Dallas Morning News)

Lloyd White Jr., a World War II veteran and retired Dallas educator, became the force behind creating the Veterans Memorial Garden outside the Dallas Convention Center.

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Watering garden can give you sunburn (Daily Telegraph)

Watering your garden can give you sunburn, research shows.

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Dallas City Council committee approves plan for Belo Garden downtown park (Dallas Morning News)

The Dallas City Council’s economic development committee approved a plan Monday for development of downtown’s second major park, Belo Garden.

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Mrs. Obama, How Did Your Garden Grow? (Inside Bay Area)

Rarely has a giant sweet potato, a muddy knee and a stubbornly rooted fennel plant caused such a stir.

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