AAA Editor Notes
Thanksgiving Point is off I-15 exit 284 to Ashton Blvd. On the grounds of this more than 700-acre complex, a working dairy farm for close to a century, are extensive flower and vegetable gardens, a dinosaur museum, an interactive hands-on children’s museum, an animal farm, a family science center, a golf course designed by Hall of Fame golfer Johnny Miller, a farmers market, shops, restaurants, a megaplex theater and a 5,000-seat amphitheater.
Farm Country—a working farm that is home to chickens, cows, horses, llamas and peacocks—also has educational displays and offers pony and wagon rides. Themed displays in the 55-acre Ashton Gardens include a rose garden, Italian garden, Monet garden, waterfall garden, fragrance garden and The Light of the World sculpture garden. Butterfly Biosphere is the 40,00-square foot home to more than a thousand butterflies. Some 20 species of tarantulas also are featured. In spring, a Tulip Festival showcases the blooms of more than 250,000 imported tulips from Holland.
Picnicking is permitted. Food is available.
Farm Country—a working farm that is home to chickens, cows, horses, llamas and peacocks—also has educational displays and offers pony and wagon rides. Themed displays in the 55-acre Ashton Gardens include a rose garden, Italian garden, Monet garden, waterfall garden, fragrance garden and The Light of the World sculpture garden. Butterfly Biosphere is the 40,00-square foot home to more than a thousand butterflies. Some 20 species of tarantulas also are featured. In spring, a Tulip Festival showcases the blooms of more than 250,000 imported tulips from Holland.
Picnicking is permitted. Food is available.
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