Botany & Nature

Note: this event will be offered in person and online.   Join the book club meeting in person at the Oak Conference Room in the BRIT building or over Zoom! On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds […]

Registration for this class is now closed. We hope to see you for another Botany & Nature class soon!  Join us and our partners from the Fort Worth Audubon Society to explore and learn about our feathered friends in their natural habitat! We’ll start with a brief overview of recommended gear, then spend most of […]

“Collecting Plant Specimens” For today’s Armchair Botanist presentation, please join herbarium staff for a high requested presentation on collecting plant specimens. Preserved plant specimens provide us with important information about plant diversity and distribution, and represent an observable, relatively permanent, and verifiable form of evidence of a plant’s existence in time and space. If these […]

Note: this event will be offered in person and online.   Join the book club meeting in person at the Oak Conference Room in the BRIT building or over Zoom! A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener offers an inspiring and consoling work about the healing effects of gardening and its ability to decrease stress and foster […]

Registration for this class is now closed. We hope to see you for another Botany & Nature class soon!  Join us and our partners from the Fort Worth Audubon Society to see, listen to and discover more about our feathered friends in their natural habitat. We will briefly cover recommended gear, then spend most of […]

Registration for this class is now closed. We hope to see you for another Botany & Nature class soon!  Dress to impress – but not to kill – and join us at the Garden for an unforgettable Halloween event discovering the world of poisonous plants! BRIT botanist and messenger of death, Barney Lipscomb, will deliver […]