Back from 1972 to 1976 I was 10-14 years old. I was a volunteer. Boy those sure were the BEST days of my life. I enjoyed playing with all of the animals back then. There was this Spider Monkey named George who was my BEST FRIEND. Sure wish I could have taken George home with me. I am now 58. I may be older but I am still young at heart. I am in great health. I plan on going back to Irving Texas soon. Havent been back in 40.years. I left Irving in 1980 when I was 18. Too many memories back then not to go back. Fritz Park Petting Zoo was the BOMB!!!!!!!!!!! Glad it is still around. Nice to see that some things from my childhood never changed.

Great little place.. my girls loved it.. they did actually got to pet a goat, cow, rooster, the donkey and horsie where on break when we hot there.. they also have a birthday room in the back to celebrate any event for kids..

Neat, small and a great place where young little kids love to spend time. There were goats, duck, rooster, turkey, pony, cow and donkey. You can pet the donkey, goat and a bunny. Even though its open till 6 PM, they start moving the animals to rest from around 5 PM itself.

Good fun for kids. Take your lunch as they have few picnic tables available and kids can enjoy the petting. It’s free and kids who work there are very friendly.

Shaded from the sun, great walk and only a few animals but some Ive never seen befor

Very nice little farm. Animals are friendly and dont mind little hands all over them. Its small but its free so no complaints there. They have a variety if animals you can go in the pen and pet them. Some you can pet through the bars and some the workers hold the animal and you pet it. You cannot feed any animals only pet. The workers are hit or miss, some are super friendly and some could use some lessons on how to handle children who are just excited. They have a small area with stumps you can play on but some wobble so be careful. They have a coloring area with free coloring/activity books and crayons. Overall its very nice and clean especially since its free.

Cute little petting zoo that allows you to interact with the animals. Its free and my little cousin loved it!

Must place to take your kids ...Lot of farm animals to pet.Your kids will love it

Looks great but Its closed for the summer this year for covid

Great place to take the kiddos, well taken care of,great volunteers that are nice and helpful to the kiddos! You can also have a small picnic there there are picnic tables. Yes there are a few animals but honestly for a free petting zoo I think what they have is great!

Love this place! Today was our first time visiting and I highly recommend taking your children. My 16 year old even liked it! Staff is friendly! Environment is clean!

This is just a fantastic place to take kids. Its a wonderful little petting zoo where you can pet gentle animals. My two young children were fascinated. I knew this was nearby but we had never been before. My children enjoyed it so much when a petting zoo visited their preschool that I thought we might check out this local spot. Its a jewel. I highly recommend it!

If you have a kids this is the right place. Free admission for seeing animals and a beautiful jogging trails.

This is a great pet farm for small kids. Kids will get to see all the domestic animals they see in the rhymes for real.

I love Fritz Park Petting Farm! I love that this is offered free of charge in a city park...how cool is that! Its been around for many many years and is a tradition in our family. This is not a destination for tourists, but for us locals its a treat!... I took my two young boys to visit the farm this summer. My son loved petting the rabbits and goats. He also liked seeing the ducks and peacock. There are only a few animals to see but great for little kids. Its free which is great for families on a budget.

Large park and well kept. They have a cute little safe city for children to enjoy aside from the petting zoo.

Its ok if you live close, but not worth the drive if you live far. Park surrounding it is nice. Few animals but you can only touch even less. Its free and if youre in the area worth checking out

Amazing place to be, we went there during nice sunny day of March petting zoo was closed but we did enjoy the park weather and surroundings

There are not a million animals here, but the place is peaceful and free. It has a petting area, a coloring area, benches, and great volunteers. This place is perfect for small children.Thank City of Irving, and the Farmer who lends the animals. I love Fritz Park Petting Farm! I love that this is offered free of charge in a city park...how cool is that! Its been around for many many years and is a tradition in our family. This is not a destination for tourists, but for us locals its a treat!

Remember this petting zoo is operated by the city of Irving and free of charge. In that light, I believe this place provides an exciting experience to see and pet livestock animals (for children). The animals, nothing exotic nor unusual, still give a good lesson to children that all living being is precious and worth for careful attention. I visited there with my two year old son, who loved to see the farm animals that he has known from reading books.

It seems this place is only open seasonally and its free to check out the farm animals. The staff was pretty nice and answered the questions I had for them.

Im here right now. Only two families are here, including mine. The only employee here is having a personal conversation with the other family and will not let us in to see the other animals. I specifically asked this employee and he said no.Would be a neat place if my son actually got to pet any of the animals as intended.EDIT: Now we are here by ourselves and there is not a single staff person present to let us pet any of the animals.EDIT 2: I finally tracked down a staff member. He said the pony is on break because he bites people after an hour. The cow charges people. We are only allowed to pet the sheep through the fence, wouldnt say why. Only goats are available for petting.

Free fun for everyone, clean, lets you pet goats, bunnies. Only open in June

What a great little park to kill some time at for a day. Although they only had one animal at the petting zoo available to pet, the crayon room and the ability to at least see the other animals was neat...and FREE. The playground nearby with shaded seating was a big plus and helped us round out the day.

Great FREE activity for young children. You can bring snacks & enjoy a little picnic to make the experience or playdate last longer. This seasonal petting farm is a favorite for my toddler, but children over 10 might not get super excited. Petting goats & brushing a donkey is not something we city folks get to do everyday, so I fully appreciate the effort & resources Irving invests to make the petting farm possible. Kids get a free coloring book too! Check hours & season before going.

Great, small and free place, but only open short time during summer. I heard that city runs out of money and wants to close it... that would be a shame. Great for kids and a nice nature location.

Excellent if you have young children/toddlers who may be skittish around animals and dont want to spend a lot of money at the big zoos only to find out that theyre still scared or afraid. This is a small location thats free and you can go at your own pace for your little one to enjoy.

Very cool experience in a public park. The animals are gentle and the staff is great. Highly recommended for young children.

Well shared and several animals to pet . The little kids loved it!

Its a great little place to let kids come pet goats, sheep, rabbits and donkeys. Sometimes the cow will let you pet it. Its only open in June and July.

Its good for being free. Could use a few visual upgrades but overall its ok

Very fun for all who are adventurous and have the love for animals and children. For this is the Fritz Park Petting Zoo in Irving, Texas and it is free to boot. Do you want your child to have compassion for animals then this is the place to take your toddler to see and touch and smell all the wonders of small farm animals? They have baby rabbits to pet and a duck or two in its very own cute little baby pool. They also have an ohhh so sweet little piggy who really wants attention and is friendly. As well as a turkey in all its feathers and some goats and sheep and even a calf or two. So you see this is a must this summer and many more summers to be free and teach your child to be loving and compassionate to some farm animals.

We go at least once every year. The animals always seem well cared for, and the volunteers are always friendly. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy either on site or at nearby Fritz Park. They have bathrooms but I dont remember if there is a proper changing table for babies.Only downside is its very small. You will have seen everything in under 20 minutes. So if you want to make more of the trip, plan on going to the nearby park/playground or to the local pool less than a mile away.

It is a cute little area to walk around. I took a 1.5 yr old and he enjoyed getting to see the animals and pet some, and most of all run back and forth over the little bridge lol. The only areas you can go into and pet the animals are the ones where they have their staff. They had goats, a bunny, and a donkey available to pet today. They also have a cow, chickens, a turkey, a pony, a duck, and 2 sheep. They had little cups for complimentary water, and has a couple of cute spots to take pictures.

Very nice for kids to play

Great locations for filming!

Friendly little place, great for little kids. It isnt big or fancy, but it is gentle and cute. I took my toddler and it was a good way to learn farm animals. The little donkey was very affectionate.

For a free petting zoo, it wasnt bad but also not what we were expecting.

Would of been nice to update their website to closed for season instead of open

Im here right now. Not petting any animals tho. Website says its open. Its not. Disappointment.

The place is small.... I was expecting a huge place but, is a small farm that you can walk and enjoy in 20 min or longer if you want to spent more time with the animals. Thestaff extremely friendly and we meet Jimmy the mini piggy who we spent most of our time. Planning to go back son to visit him.

Was a great park for kid but wasnt enough shade for the hot day

Great for little ones, picnic tables in shaded area. Great selection of animals to pet.

We celebrated a 4yo birthday party. There was a private room with chairs and tables. The staff helped to load and unload party items. We were given first class treatment to meeti.g and petting the animals. The party was wonderful. The staff were super helpful. I highly recommend this venue. Thank you.

Great place to take your kids lots of Room for them to run around and at Donald silly crazy high basketball there if you like pokemon go it is perfect for that

It was fun and the place was great.

Simple - several goats, bunnies, ducks, donkeys, a turkey and a couple of other animals. The staff is always friendly. Its a fun free thing to do with your children but especially the younger children.

Very interesting to see all the animals such as donkeys, a pony, sheep, ducks, bunnies, and goats. And theres a crayon room for kids to color in coloring books. Wouldnt expect to stay here for a long time and have a blast though. It gets a bit boring after about an hour.

Maybe you guys should let google know your not open, like it says you are so people dont drive 45 mins out just to find out you are closed

Small but nice and friendly staff.

It’s small but charming. We spent 15 minutes there.

I loved visiting as a child back in the 80s and now I enjoy seeing my kids, nieces and nephews having a grand ol time. The petting zoo staff is always so kind and patient while keeping the animals happy and safe. Thanks Fritz Park Petting Zoo!! Cant wait for yall to open again next season!!

My children used to love to go to this petting zoo! Now 20 years later, their children love it, especially the pig and goats!! ️

Lots of shade and benches for the parents. Was small and lots of animals miss from cages but for the price of free cant beat it.

Love it! And so do my kids!

Fun but hardly ever open

Basic bathrooms available. Simple petting zoo, nothing fancy. Helpful staff.

My two boys loved this place.

I simply LOVE this place and so do my children (would have been my sons first time there). My only issue was that I had paid to celebrate my sons 2nd birthday party there (it rained the day of) and they were closed and didnt notify me. Although I had contacted them the day before and received the green light. Communication is key in my book.

They are closed for the season. Anyone know when they open.

Great place. Most awesome diax gold course

The layout for the disc golf course is horrible. I love to walk and hike but the numerical order is all over the place causing you to walk extra lengthening the time of the game. Not very enjoyable.

My boys love this petting zoo. Staff is friendly and very attentive.

I liked it it was fun and the animals are cute

Free! Free! Free! And a playground close by, with lots of shade from trees and that rubbery ground that all moms favor over wood chips

I thought this place was closed down. What a surprise to see that its open and fully operating. The staff is super friendly and informative. Why didnt I do this as a kid? Oh and its FREE!

Petting zoo was great for the kids. The zoo attendants were very kind to the kids and seemed to love what they were doing. Madeline showed true concern for the kids.

Kids enjoyed it soo much!!

I just wish it was stated on google maps that this place is only open June 1-July. We came here for my sons birthday only to find out that it’s not open. But from the outs side it looks like a cute place for kids and we hope to catch it when it is open.

Free petting zoo almost entirely in the shade. Perfect for little ones

Cute and cozy petting zoo, with friendly staff and lots of trees to provide shade.

Your website says it open brought my grandson to see the animals and its closed very upsetting

This park is wonderful, only open 2 months in the summer and is staffed by volunteers. It is very well shaded and there are plenty of areas to picnic. I would say the best ages are for under 1st graders and in small groups. It is perfect for play dates, mothers groups and homeschool preschoolers.

Love this park very clean

Not enough animals to pet, 1 overall clean, kids had more fun playing on the log stumps

Adorable place to be with kids!

My kids and I love this place!!!!!!!

Great little experience for my then 10 mth old.

Very clean and peaceful park.Playground was awesome.Awesome place to take the family for picnics and play.

Kids loved... Great memories from my own childhood...amazing getting to share with my grandson..

Free and fun for the whole family. It may be a bit small, but the quaintness of the place adds to the charm. A must visit!

Everone there is nice and the Animals love to be petted. But its only open in the summer

Very upset that I drove over an hour to visit this park and its closed. On Google, it clearly reflects this park is open until 6p today;( A day for my granddaughter and I planned out, now cancelled:(

One of the best courses in the metroplex!!!!

Adorable tiny place. Cant beat a free anything these days. Please visit and support so it will remain.

Small place.... Kids will enjoy it

Best disc golf course in DFW

It very sweet

Great family place

Pick up games on Tuesdays and Fridays, except when its raining, sleet, or snow. Cold weather is playable weather.

Look forward to this petting zoo being open each summer!

Its nice for children and theres some awesome activities for them

Its closed. Call ahead of time to see if hours change. No voice mail.

Nice, small seasonal petting zoo

Great small and free petting zoo in the summer

ITS A AWEDOMR LITTLE PLACE YO TAKE YOUR CHILDREN IF THEY LIKR ANIMALS

Free and its of fun for the kids.

I love the Frtiz Park Petting Farm. I take my kids there every Sunday.

Great park, awesome disc golf course!

It says its open online but its not. I havent seen this place open in years but i sometimes hear about people going . I cant get any information because the phone just continues to ring with no answer or voicemail