Fort Worth Community Invited to Participate in Family Garden Focus Group
Fort Worth Botanic Garden with DEI Consultants and Terra Design Studios invite feedback on the future family garden, the first major implementation of the 20-year master plan.
NSF Awards Nearly $1M for Plant Digitization
The National Science Foundation recently awarded the Botanical Research Institute of Texas and the California Botanic Garden nearly $1 million to support the digitization and linking of plant specimens and other archival materials.
Botanic Garden Hosts Pop-Up Comment Meeting
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas, with Studio Outside, will host a pop-up guest engagement meeting onsite April 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to invite further feedback on the Garden’s long-term master plan.
Butterflies in the Garden Reopens
Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas announced today the reopening of the popular Butterflies in the Garden exhibit, with discounted pricing available until Thursday Mar 10.
Butterflies in the Garden Temporarily Closed
Due to unforeseen circumstances and a high priority on guest satisfaction, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas today placed a temporary hold on ticket sales to the Butterflies in the Garden exhibit.
Garden Hosts David Rogers’ BIG BUGS Exhibit
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas brings to Fort Worth for the first time David Rogers’ Big Bugs, an exhibit of insect sculptures on a gigantic scale. The exhibit runs March 11-June 12.
Botanic Garden Reschedules Two Master Plan Public Comment Meetings
Due to inclement weather, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas, with Studio Outside, Bennett Partners, and DEI Consultants, have canceled and rescheduled two public engagement meetings to invite feedback on the Garden’s long-term master plan.
Botanic Garden Adds Sixth Public Comment Meeting
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas, with Studio Outside, Bennett Partners, and DEI Consultants, will host a sixth public engagement meeting to invite feedback on the Garden’s long-term master plan.
Botanic Garden Hosts New “Dog Days” Series
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas is em-BARK-ing on a new adventure with new “Dog Days” to take place five weekends in 2022. On these weekends, guests are invited to bring their four-legged family members to the Garden for a day of frolicking and fun.
Untangling the Roots of Plant Genomes: Supporting a “Moonshot” for Botany
Research from Fort Worth-based Botanical Research Institute of Texas is featured this month in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The article highlights the progress of plant genomics and includes a roadmap for the enormous task of sequencing the genomes of plants worldwide.