Discovery Green

I often go for a walk with my children in this park. This park is perfect for a family holiday in the open air. Here you can have picnics, walk with your pets, do outdoor sports.
Various events and festivals are frequently held in Discovery Green. So, it can be crowded sometimes. The park is well landscaped with lots of greenery in it.
This place have playground, sculptures, pond for canoeing, cafes, stage and many other things. Especially I like Bruce Munro’s Field of Light. It’s just awesome. In winter, it has amazing seasonal ice rink. This is one of the best places to spend your leisure time.

Love this place! There is always something going on! We came on a beautiful day! It was such a random outing, since the zoo was overcrowded with no parking spots!
The Creole Festival was going on at the time, but also just a great place for families!
Love seeing so much diversity in one spot!
Unfortunately, one thing Discovery green needs is More restroom areas or add more stalls in the women’s! I’m sorry, but 3 stalls is not enough for a place that is always crowded!

I don’t know what others people think about this place, but as for me it is very usual but fine and lovely place. I like coming here to see my friends and sometimes to meet new friends.
This park is located near to my home and I have not any desire to find a new place for resting.
I strongly recommend to you always to come to the park and have a good time!

I took my family here during the holidays. It wasn’t what I expected, in a good way. Go on Sunday’s parking on the street is free but be mindful of rockets games or other events at Toyota center, that can make parking expensive and impossible. As long as they keep the park up and not let it fall like tranquility park did this will be an awesome place with some awesome scenery.

An oasis within the concrete jungle of downtown Houston. I know people mentioned this place to me when I 1^st moved here, but I only got to visit it last week. I should’ve visited a lot sooner. Finally a green area where I can sit down and think. Whether it’s on a park bench along the jogging path or chairs by the water fountain. There’s also art installations located around the park area too! I’m not sure if it was just the day I went, but I saw some awesome folks in cosplay also. I’ll definitely be back when there’s some events going on here.

Discovery Green is a beautiful, fun part of downtown Houston. I love it! They hold so many fun events and the grounds are always so lovely. Of course it can get very crowded, but it’s a city park, so all are welcome.
Parking is a pain. But once you find a space, make the most of your time in downtown. Eat in a fun restaurant, have a drink, and walk around Discovery Green. It’s always an enjoyable time!

This park has been an awesome addition to downtown Houston! We have enjoyed coming here since it’s opening. It provides a lot of green space to run around or lay out, water fountain for the kids and also a playground. There’s also kayaking and often times it hosts movie nights or a concert on their stage. It also hosts a flea market but I don’t remember what dates. It’s truly relaxing and enjoyable for being in the middle of skyscrapers.

Limpo, lindo e cheio de arte e uma grama verde de dar inveja. Na frente do enorme (enorme mesmo, cansa até mesmo só de olhar) George R. Brown Convention Center, é um parque montado e bem estruturado para as pessoas que querem ficar ali de bobeira, pelo menos foi o que eu senti do lugar.
Nada demais a não ser um café no meio dele, do lado da fonte onde muitas crianças chegavam a se refrescar, as obras de arte dão um toque especial ao lugar. Não sei se elas são ou não fixas porém eu tirei bastante foto delas como um bom turista na cidade.
Sem muita coisa a dizer, o lugar fica no meio do centro da cidade e bem proximo a alguns shopping malls e outros prédios comerciais da região.

We absolutely love this park! Several free events for the kids. Go during the week to beat the crowds.

Great place and they have free country dance lessons on the Busch stage on tuesdays at 7:00 PM

They have lots of fun activities and events throughout the year, but it gets super crowded!

I visited Discovery Green for the first time during Frostival and I am very impressed. I really need to commit to learning this city that I’ve been a part of for 41 years. I’m embarrassed that I don’t take advantage of what my city has to offer more often. The Frostival event was the opening of the new ice-​skating rink. The Discovery Green Is filled with fun things for kids and families, including a small dog-​park area. I will go back and experience more of it real soon.

I really enjoy this children park by Downtown. I know how much my kid loves playing outside on a fresh air and this is the perfect spot.
Other kids who come here also very nice so far. I have met lots of cool moms and from now on we are regulars here.
I will advise them to increase parking spots and have some café for quick bites.

Definitely one of Houston’s great green space additions. Dicovery Green was once a barren parking lot and building space, which was then transformed into a really great compact park smack dab in the middle of downtown Houston. The park hosts various public events and activities, such as food festivals, cultural festivals, free concerts, movies in the park nights, plays, ice skating in our Houston «winter», kayak and stand up paddle board rentals in the pond, an enclosed dog park, huge play area water fountain for kids to run around in during the summer and so forth. Also, the park has two restaurants on the grounds offering a range from an easy hot dog at the casual spot I can’t remember the name of, to a stiff cocktail and multi course meal at The Grove.
Keep your eye out for upcoming events and try to keep it in mind when we have one of those blue sky days and you’re dying to do something outside but don’t know where to go.

I feel like I have been living under a rock! My son is going on 3 and I just found out about this place… well better late than never right?
So I came here on a Friday morning and Saturday morning. So on Friday parking was a breeze, it was laid back, chill atmosphere. I was able to catch the metered parking on the side of the street. Unfortunately there wasn’t anything snazzy going on at the moment but the scenery was beautiful.
There is a Café and a Restaurant if you need a bite to eat!
Now on Saturday it was crazy! No metered Parking available. The parking garage is $ 12, i was left with the choice of parking in a lot for $ 10.
On this day I took my son and there was plenty of kids on the playground, after that we moved to the splash pad with the plentiful jets. There is plenty seating around the park and splash pad.
They also have kayaking available that I got to try for the first time for just $ 5 bucks a person. Such an experience with a great view.
All in all I think this is great for parents to bring their kids, or for dog lovers since they have a special spot for animals. So much fun to have for FREE! (except parking) Check their website for fun events that are happening. Can’t wait to come back during Christmas time! :)

I came here for my birthday so I could just get some fresh air with my boyfriend and doggy. It was a Sunday; so everybody and their dogs are out and about. Parking cost more on the weekends and the parking attendant charged us $!0. We weren’t in the mood to walk too far; so we paid the amount.
This is definitely a place to go if you want to have a picnic on the grass in the shades of the trees and the wind blowing in your face and let your dogs run around. It’s a nice place to enjoy a book and have some quiet time to yourself to meditate. The area is nice with some cute places to take pics with your friends.
I would stop in if I was in the area, but normally I would just stick to the park near my house. especially if I’m by myself and don’t want to drive far.

Went to Screen on the Green to watch jaws. This is not a first or even second class operation. There are a ton of people here and it seemed like they had plenty of sponsors.
Bugs were terrible. The screen was not property secured so it was blowing int he breeze. This was a slight breeze; no where close to what one would consider windy.
As a big fan of Miller Outdoor, this place could take a few queues from them and try to step it up. This is a lot of bitching for a free event, but I guess as there are so many great ones in Houston this just left a lot to be desired.

Cool downtown green space that occasionally hosts fun events! We were just there for Untapped Fest — a big beer and music festival. The park was a bit small for the event, but that’s not the fault of the park! Very beautiful park with some art, food options, water features, and more!

I like to come out to DG on my lunch breaks to go for a walk or, on those crazy gorgeous days, grab a table and chair while I scarf down a sandwich, etc. In the summer, they have bands for a free little mini-​concert and I happen to adore the hysterical laughter of the little babies when the water suddenly shoots up out of the ground in the splash pad! ADORBS!
Anyway, they have a playground, two water splash pad thingamajigs, a restaurant, a little pond/​lake that you can rent kayaks for with a stage just behind it for the bands and other performances. In the winter they turn the lake into a skating rink. Oh, there’s also a little dog park area too and fun little things to do snuck in all over the place.
Overall it’s a pretty nice park for families and couples and singles and such. I took one star away for the wretched stench right smack dab in the center of the park. I mean it is seriously there year round! C’mon! For that reason, I typically keep my walks to the perimeter of the park.

Nice clean park.
Street parking.
Lot of cool displays. Great for people watching.
I enjoyed walking around the park.

What’s not to love about Discovery Green that hasn’t already been said? It has charm and character, it’s conveniently located and there’s always something going on.
Whether you’re with a dog, kids, friends or date, this park can cater to your desires. The crowd size varies depending on what’s happening on that particular day. The weekends are usually always active.
Discovery Green is my second favorite park in Houston after Buffalo Bayou Park. However, there’s far more going on at DG event-​wise. Check for events online!