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Discovery Green: 5 Things that May Surprise You!

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Flowers and Hill at Discovery Green
Each week we review a new Houston park. You’ve probably visited Downtown’s Discovery Green, but here are 5 things you may not have known!

1. Not only is there a playground, but there is a splashpad, misting tree, putting green, shuffleboard, reading room and library, listening vessels, stages, model boats, kayaks, ice skating, restaurants and lots of art! Go HERE to see what you may have missed!

Splashpad at Discovery Green
2. There is a lot, I mean A LOT, to do.  If you head to Discovery Green, chances are, there is an event going on. I monitor calendars for many Houston venues, and this one might just be the best. And almost everything going on at Discovery Green is free! Take a look at the calendar HERE!

Sculpture at Discovery Green
3. You can be on the Discovery Green team!  You can volunteer at many of Discovery Green’s events.

JoeDiscoveryGreenPlayground
4. Discovery Green is, in fact, “Green”!  The roofs are fitted with solar panels, the groundwater is recycled to fill Kinder Lake, a dozen mature trees were planted during construction and the buildings were designed to maximize the daylight. To learn all about the design, go HERE.

KayakCity
5. Before 2008 ago, Discovery Green was a parking lot. Redeveloping this land made Downtown Houston a place for families and not just business men and women. Read more about the history HERE!

Discovery Green:

Location:  1500 McKinney, Houston, Texas 77010

Filed Under: All, Discovery Green, Parks, Things to do March 14, 2014

About Jill Jarvis

Jill Jarvis is the owner of JillBJarvis.com, a BigKidSmallCity.com and Things to Do in Houston, with Kids, blog!

She is the mom of 4 and started the website years ago... when she was tired of constantly cleaning up the same mess in the family room.

Another mom showed her that you could just go do fun things in Houston, without hours of planning.

This inspired the blog and changed everything about how she enjoyed life in Houston, with kids!

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I know just what it’s like to be overwhelmed by work, life and family. I spent a lot of years traveling for work, missing big milestones for my kids and feeling bad about everything.

I started this website to make a list of all the events happening around Houston and then pick one to enjoy with my kids. And instead of thinking of all the things I was missing, I started to enjoy the things we were doing together.

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