Saturday, Feb. 19, 11 am to Noon. Garden Walk: Bug Hunt. Enjoy a guided garden tour with ‘Bug Guy’ John Watts as you discover the wealth of hidden insect life during the winter. Appropriate for ages 3+. Included with admission.
Saturday, Feb. 5, 11 am to Noon. Butterfly House Discovery Tour. Go on a guided tour of the Butterfly House and get a behind the scenes look at these winged wonders. Included with admission.
Nine blocks of Fort Worth's historic brick-paved Main Street become a marketplace of food, arts, crafts, and live entertainment during this popular annual festival
Enjoy a rare opportunity to view spectacular illustrated botanical books from the collections of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT).
The research library at the Amon Carter collects such books primarily for their artistic merits, while the research library at BRIT values them primarily as scientific documents. Nature Bound: Illustrated Botanical Books offers an opportunity to examine the relationship of art and science through these complex collaborations of botanists, horticulturists, naturalists, draftsmen, painters, printmakers, publishers, and printers.
Arranged chronologically from the early seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, these books cover a wide range of North American plant life, with focus on the United States. They also document the evolution of illustration and printing techniques over the centuries. While botanic illustration chiefly serves a scientific role as an aid to identification, many of the illustrations in this exhibition clearly attain another level: singular works of art.
Trail work and Butterfly garden. Water and snacks will be provided. Wear sturdy boots or shoes with good ankle support, bug & sun protection, and bring gloves if you have them though we will also have some available. Bring a friend!
Wednesday, January 5, 2010, 2009, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm(Eat & Greet at 6:30pm and Meeting at 7:00pm)Speaker: David Waidler, Research Associate- Watershed Coordinator, Texas AgriLife Extension and Research Urban Solutions Center at Dallas.