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Picnic All Summer Long at the Houston Arboretum 

It’s time for summer date nights, and while we appreciate a sweet treat, we love a good picnic even more. And the Houston Arboretum is all set to play Cupid.

For the next eight weeks, the Arboretum is hosting Superfine Summer Picnics on Saturday nights. From 6:30–8:30 p.m., you can enjoy the evening breeze and respite from the Texas heat among the Arboretum’s trees. Or go sit by the pond and watch the sunset (how *romantic*). 

Picnic baskets are premade—choose between a charcuterie or sandwich basket from A Bayou City Picnic or a vegetarian option—and include enough food for two to four people (double date, anyone?) For the 21-and-up couples, baskets also come with a 12-pack of Superfine seltzers from Saint Arnold Brewing Company. 

Pick up your baskets from the Event Lawn near the Woodway Entrance, and when all is said and eaten up, just return your basket where you got it. 

Admission is $65 for Arboretum members and $75 for nonmembers. Reserve your basket by the Wednesday before. 

Just don’t forget to bring the bug spray. 

6:30–8:30 p.m. July 10–Aug 28. From $65. 4501 Woodway Dr. Learn more and register your spot here.











Catherine Wendlandt
Catherine Wendlandt
A native Austinite, Catherine Wendlandt spent almost six years in the Midwest for college and graduate school at the University of Missouri (MIZ). While there, she talked about Texas and missed queso so much she had to come back.  In school, she worked as a city government reporter and page designer for the Columbia Missourian, a communications intern at a local jazz company, a food editor and later the managing editor at Vox Magazine, and a research assistant for the Association of Health Care Journalists. She's worked in Missouri, Dallas, and Barcelona, Spain, and interned for Houstonia in 2018, when she fell in love with everything about the city, except maybe the traffic and mosquitos.  When she's not at work, you can find Catherine curled up reading a good book, out exploring local parks, taking lots of sunset pictures, and trying to pet every dog she sees (in spite of the allergies).