Jul 21 2021

Fort Worth Botanic Garden/BRIT: Sean Kenney’s Nature Connects - Fort Worth (May 6-Aug. 6)

May 6 2021 - 8:00am to Aug 1 2021 - 6:00pm
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
3220 Botanic Garden Blvd
Fort Worth , TX

Be amazed this summer at the award-winning exhibition by artist Sean Kenney. Kenney uses simple toy blocks to craft plants and animals, birds and insects, playing with our idea of scale and inviting a sense of wonder.

Free with admission.

City of Fort Worth: Environmental Excellence Awards Call for Entries - Deadline Extended

Jul 8 2021 - 7:00am to Sep 17 2021 - 5:00pm

Deadline extended to Sept. 17, 2021

The City of Fort Worth has issued a call for entries for the 2021 Environmental Excellence Awards.

Innovation Awards will be presented in the areas of:

    •    Water Use & Process Improvement

    •    Water Conservation

    •    Stormwater 

    •    Air Quality

    •    Land Redevelopment

    •    Solid Waste Reduction & Recycling

Recognition Awards include:

    •    Fort Worth Friendly Landscapes

    •    SmartWater Award

See website link below for details, eligibility requirements and application.

The awards will be handed out during a luncheon ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 3, at River Ranch Stockyards, 500 N.E. 23rd St., Fort Worth

Info: wpe@fortworthtexas.gov for more information

Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club: Open Spaces and Great Plains Restoration Council - Zoom

Jul 21 2021 - 7:00pm
Zoom TX

July’s program focuses on two topics: Brandi Kelp, in charge of the City’s Open Spaces program, discusses the program which identifies untouched land that can be preserved for the future and Jarid Manos, from the Great Plains Restoration Council, discusses their efforts to preserve the last of the prairie lands near Benbrook Lake.

Read the Green Source DFW stories on the Open Space Acquisition Program and the Fort Worth Prairie Park.