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Welcome to the butterfly issue! This month we invite guests to explore the magical, marvelous world of Butterflies in the Garden. Prepare for your visit with our kid-friendly field guide, pick up tips on photographing these winged beauties and learn how important pollinators like butterflies are to our ecosystem–and our diet. Plus, learn how to bring butterflies to YOUR garden with our plants for pollinators guide.
Spring 2024 promises to be immense, iridescent and iconic as the Garden welcomes Dinosaurs Around the World, Butterflies in the Garden and Seward Johnson Sculptures in the Garden. Plan to see them all! Also in this newsletter: summer camp registration opens, brighten your life with our Drawing in the Garden class, and journey to the Jurassic with our expert on ferns. Plus: 7 tips for growing roses.
2024 will be a banner year for the Garden! This newsletter hits the highlights in all areas of the organization. Learn about the events and exhibitions that will be coming your way, including the return of Butterflies in the Garden, a visit from life-size animatronic dinosaurs and an entrancing outdoor art exhibit. Also in this issue, classes for kids and families, adult programs that will grow your mind, garden projects that will improve the guest experience and where to look for the research team in the coming year.
Lightscape is underway, bigger, better and brighter for 2023!
Lightscape returns to the Garden for 2023 with new exhibits, new experiences and new ways to save!
There’s so much to learn and do at the Garden this month. Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Fort Worth’s beloved Japanese Garden at the Fall Japanese Festival.
Join the Garden for ¡Celebramos! A Celebration of Latin American Culture & Heritage , a campus-wide experience including events for children, families and adults.
The Garden invites guests to unfold the wonders of nature during the Texas premier of “FLORIGAMIINTHEGARDEN,” a six-month exhibit of sculptures inspired by Japanese art.
The Garden welcomes the Texas Plant Conservation Conference, bringing together scientists, academics, land owners and agencies who are working to protect the native plants of Texas.
The Beauty Bus is a big hit with guests, who are excited about a new option to get around the Garden in air-conditioned comfort.
The ground-breaking African sculpture exhibit ZimSculpt is now open at the Garden, with dramatic stone artworks on display throughout the grounds.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Japanese Garden at the Spring Japanese Festival on April 22 and 23.
It’s all about orchids as the World of Orchids show continues in the Rainforest Conservatory.
World of Orchids opens this month, presenting stunning displays of these exquisite tropical beauties.
Dog Days has proven a howling success, and we’re excited to invite canines and their favorite humans to the Garden one weekend a month in 2023.
Lightscape is dazzling guests with its immersive experience blending light and sound; read more about reactions from the community.
The Garden welcomes Lightscape, Fort Worth’s newest holiday tradition. Plan now to attend this magical, immersive experience of light and sound.
Celebrate fall in the Garden at the Fall Japanese Festival, presented in partnership with the Fort Worth Japanese Society.
The Garden’s festival in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, ¡Celebramos!, begins Sept. 15.
Explore the Garden’s water features this summer to stay cool despite the heat wave.
Keep cool and stay safe with our tips to beat the heat at the Garden this summer.
Concerts in the Garden returns, bringing music and magic to Fort Worth.
The ants invite you to a picnic! Enjoy the last month of David Rogers’ Big Bugs at a picnic at the Garden.
Learn about the restoration of the beloved Tea House in time for the Spring Japanese Festival.
Explore David Rogers’ Big Bugs, an exhibit of insect sculptures on a gigantic scale, running March 11 through June 12 at the Garden.
This month, the Garden welcomes back Butterflies in the Garden and begins a new tradition with Dog Days.
Welcome the new year by exploring upcoming events, exhibits and educational opportunities at the Garden.
Celebrate the season in this newsletter by making plans to attend the annual favorite, Holiday in the Garden.
Get ready for the Fall Japanese Festival by exploring the concept of wabi-sabi with your family and practicing “shinrin-yoku”–“forest bathing.”
FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN
3220 Botanic Garden Blvd
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
(817) 463-4160
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BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS
We respectfully acknowledge that the Fort Worth Botanic Garden is located on traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples. We honor the ancestry, heritage, and gifts of all Indigenous Peoples who were sustained by these lands and give thanks to them. We are grateful that these lands continue to provide enrichment for many people today. [More…]