Fort Worth Botanic Garden

The Fort Worth Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located at 3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas. The garden was established in 1934 and is the oldest major botanic garden in Texas. It is located in the heart of the cultural district.

Fort Worth Botanic Garden
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Rose Ramp and Shelter House
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Location	3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates	32°44′24″N 97°21′45″W
Area	120 acres (49 ha)[1]
Built	1929; 96 years ago (1929)
Architect	Hare & Hare et al.
Architectural style	Renaissance
Website	Fort Worth Botanic Garden
NRHP reference No.	08001400[2]
Added to NRHP	January 29, 2009

History and organization

The botanic garden started with development of the 37.5-acre Rock Springs Park in 1912 involving natural springs, streams and rock features.^[3] Completed in 1936, the Rock Spring Park was redeveloped in 2013 as the Tinsley Garden at Rock Springs, restoring the water features and re-planting with plants native to north Texas.^[4]

Workers employed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Civil Works Administration built the oldest areas of the garden including the Rose Garden, which was dedicated in 1933. Together, the Rock Springs Park and the Rose Garden became the Fort Worth Botanic Garden in 1934.^[3][5] The landscape architecture firm Hare & Hare of Kansas City, Missouri designed these gardens, the horticulture building, now called the Rock Springs Building, and the Horseshoe Garden, which was developed in the 1950s.^[3][6] The Cactus Garden also was part of the original design. Created in 1935, it was replaced by the Perennial Garden in 1983.^[3]

Additional gardens have expanded the range of visitor experiences in nature, including the Fort Worth Japanese Garden, where a Japanese Festival is held in the fall and the spring.^[5][7] In 2011, the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) opened its new center next door to the botanic garden in the cultural district.^[8][9][10] In 2020, BRIT took over management of the botanic garden, although the city retains ownership.^[11][12]

Gallery

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  Republic of Texas Rose Garden
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  Pond and Rose Ramp
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  Rose Ramp and Lower Rose Garden
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  Adelaide Polk Fuller Garden
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  Gate at Rose Garden
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  Postcard of the Vista at Fort Worth Botanic Garden, undated
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  Postcard of the Lagoon and Rose Terraces at Fort Worth Botanic Garden, undated

See also

• National Register of Historic Places portal
• Texas portal

• List of botanical gardens in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas