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For the last installment of our 2026 Lunchtime Lecture series, staff of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden will be giving short presentations on projects they’ve been working on this year....
This weekend is bound to be a doggone good time! Enjoy two full days of hanging out with your pup in the beauty of the Garden on February 14-15. Dog...
Find the perfect plants to take home and grow your garden! The Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s seasonal Plant Sale, sponsored by SavATree, features a wide selection of specialty plants, including...
Discover the perfect plants to take home and grow your garden! As a valued member of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, you’ll enjoy exclusive early access to our seasonal Plant...
FWBG members can now purchase an exclusive membership add-on for their four-legged friends! With Pup Club, you and your pup can enjoy tail-wagging walks in the Garden every day. Join...
Expand your science inquiry and outdoor learning skills as an Early Childhood Educator! This Impact Series brings together engaging guest speakers and interactive breakout sessions to deepen your understanding of...
This weekend is bound to be a doggone good time! Enjoy two full days of hanging out with your pup in the beauty of the Garden on December 13-14. Dog...
This weekend is bound to be a doggone good time! Enjoy two full days of hanging out with your pup in the beauty of the Garden on September 13-14. Dog...
Parking at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden is conveniently located in the main lot located directly in front of the Garden Center on University Drive. The address is: 3220 Botanic...
Yes, there is parking at the venue. Parking passes can be purchased in advance on the ticketing page (recommended for the best price) or onsite on a first-come, first-served basis...
All Dogs must remain leashed at all times. Dogs must be more than four months old and up to date on vaccinations. Dogs are not allowed to stay in unattended vehicles....
The Garden works hard to enable individuals and families at all income levels can enjoy the Garden. The Garden also offers multiple free admission days every year. Lone Star Card...
Pickup for half-day camps is from 12:00 to 12:30 PM, and full-day camps from 3:00 to 3:30 PM. Each camper gets two unique ID cards. Bring one to your camper’s...
FWBG provides an Event Manager to act as your venue contact during the time leading up to your event and on the day of your event; however, they may oversee...
For the safety of camp staff and participants, please keep your child home if they exhibit symptoms of illness such as fever or vomiting 24 hours before the program time....
The safety of our campers and staff is our top priority. In the event of rain or heat advisory, we will provide alternate indoor programming. In the case of severe...
Sign up for our “Education Family Events” email list by contacting our education staff at edu-programs@fwbg.org. You’ll receive seasonal updates, typically once every three months. To help avoid these being...
Adult education registration fees include complimentary general admission on the day of the class. Please inform staff at the Admissions Desk which class you are attending to enter the Garden....
It’s human nature to want to do something when we hear about a problem. That’s as true for conservation as any other crisis. Unfortunately, the options are limited for most folks....
Eighteen months after the Fort Worth Botanic Garden and Union Gospel Mission (UGM-TC) formed a partnership to supply fresh, organic vegetables to unhoused people in Tarrant County, more than 1,300...
Globalism is an amazing phenomenon that sends products around the world. If you use a smart phone, drive a car, or shop at a grocery store, you’re benefitting from globalism....
It’s time for one of the most dramatic landscape management tasks at the Garden: setting the BRIT Prairie on fire! A prescribed or controlled burn will soon be scheduled,...
Discovery of a New Species of Fossil Tree Helps Paint Picture of Ancient African Forest The 21.73 million year old Astropanax eogetem was part of a lush tropical paradise surrounding...
The XX International Botanical Congress was held Madrid, Spain from July 21 – 27, 2024. BRIT staff presented the following posters either physically or virtually: Download Download Download...
A xylarium, xylotheque, and xylothek are all words to describe a collection of wood (the Greek word for “wood” is xylon). In trees, the secondary xylem, the tissue that transports water from the roots...
In the Spring of 2024, Taryn Mitchell and Sydney Lowenthal were selected for undergraduate student internships as part of the Goats In The Garden Project, supported and made possible by...
In the Summer of 2023, Jade Affleck, Kate Morton, Gabrielle Perez, and Gabriela Wolfe took part in a 10-week Conservation & Collections Summer Internship program, led by co-mentors Tiana Rehman...
As part of the Library's Collection Lens series, BRIT Librarian, Brandy Watts, interviews Sean Lahmeyer of the Huntington Herbarium who discusses the history of the collection and its growth through the years.
BRIT Librarian, Brandy Watts, interviews Barbara Thiers, Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden, who she discusses funding natural history collections and the Extended Specimen Network.
Dan Caudle discusses his interest in grasses and grasslands, giving particular attention to his work with Meredith Ellis, a young rancher and committed conservationist in Cooke County, Texas.
BRIT Librarian, Brandy Watts, interviews John Atwood, Research Specialist at the Missouri Botanical Garden, who discusses the Herbarium's Bryophyte Collection and the Peter H. Raven Bryology Library.
This following is part of the “Where Are They Now?”series featuring guest posts from former interns, volunteers, staff, and friends of BRIT. This month’s post is from former BRIT intern,...
Tiana F. Rehman, BRIT's Herbarium Collections Manager, tells us about the many collections that compose the Herbarium. This is the first interview of the Library's new Collection Lens series, which highlights collection managers from around the world across botanical libraries and herbaria as collections move into the future.
Imagine a herbarium of just under 400,000 plant specimens in cabinets with a corresponding botany library of 40,000 books lining the periphery, along the walls of the herbarium collection accessible to researchers working in the collection. This was the design of the SMU Herbarium and Library housed on the SMU campus before moving to BRIT in 1991.
It was 1875, and John Muir was a busy man. He was already well-known for his journeys through central and northern California. His writing was published in newspapers and magazines around the...
There are many plant species bearing the iconic clover look in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The true lucky clover is believed to be the white clover of the legume family...
The BRIT Philecology Herbarium is composed of a melting pot of several orphaned collections across the south and southeast. In addition to those large collections, we also receive specimens through...
This summer the BRIT Herbarium began investigating and curating a unique collection of specimens comprised mostly from the Houston Public Museum (HPM) (now known as the Houston Museum of Natural History) collection acquired...
his article was written by Serina Taluja, 2018 BRIT Summer Intern and student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Serina interned with Research Manager and Special Collections Librarian Alyssa Young working on aspects...
On Sunday, February 25th, BRIT staff had the pleasure of hosting members of the Southwestern Fern Society, our local chapter of the American Fern Society, for a volunteer day. Six...
Mistletoe brings to mind a be-ribboned bouquet hung beneath doorways to catch unsuspecting party-goers in a kissing trap, but the evergreen plant has a long history in Western holiday tradition....
The R. Dale Thomas Collection (NLU) officially completed its journey to BRIT in August 2017. However, this was only the beginning! Follow the NLU rescue team for the next year as they...
In March 2017, the scientific community was ablaze with the news that the University of Louisiana at Monroe would no longer be able to care for its natural history collection, including...
The poinsettia is a quintessential part of typical holiday decor. Its bright red, burgundy, or white foliage are common sights in locations both private and public throughout the winter months, from apartment balconies and church altars to bank lobbies and coffeehouses.
This article was written by Sydney Jackson, 2017 BRIT Summer Intern and student at Austin College in Sherman, TX. This past summer, summer of 2017, I was a research intern...
This article originally appeared in BRIT’s former newsletter publication, Iridos, Issue 16(1) 2005. “Wow!” is the most frequent comment from visitors viewing the two oldest plant specimens in the BRIT...
Our “Cabinet Curiosities” series explores significant items in our Herbarium collection. Posts are contributed by staff, volunteers, and interns. In 1852, the former Republic of Texas was two years past...
This is the first in a new “Where Are They Now?”series featuring guest posts from former interns, volunteers, staff, and friends of BRIT. This month’s post is from former BRIT...
This “Notes from the Field” post was written by BRIT Biodiversity Explorer Dr. Sula Vanderplank. Exploring the plant ecology of the Bahía de Los Angeles Island Archipelago, with staff and...
Over the past two summers (2015 & 2016), BRIT Resident Research Associate Dr. Grace Bascopé, a Medical and Environmental Anthropologist, worked with the Maya Research Program’s (MRP) Blue Creek Archaeological...
Article originally published in The Leaflet (May 2014) by Brian Witte, PhD, BRIT Research Associate There is a stereotype of the scientist as a lone genius, laboring in obscurity until their “Eureka!”...
By Research Associate Will Godwin, PhD Adaptive reuse or re-purposing has become a popular method to achieve green or sustainable design. It even extends into the aesthetics of interior design...