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[Fuller Garden Footpaths #2]
Photograph of the Fuller Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A concrete footpath is visible in the image, along which are short concrete brick walls and large, wide-rimmed flower pots containing red flowers. A pillar, along which vining pink flowers are growing, is prominent in the right side of the image. The footpath leads up to the trellis garden, whose tall concrete pillars are visible in the background of the image.
Date:
1997
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four Seasons Footpath]
Photograph of a footpath in the Four Seasons Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A bench on the right side of the path is surrounded by numerous bushes of vibrant flowers ranging from red to white to pink. The footpath curves as it goes forward into the background, with a patch of vacant dirt in the left foreground. Two statues are faintly visible along the path.
Date:
October 1995
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Botanic Garden Bench]
Photograph of a wooden garden bench in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. It sits along a curved path in front of several bushes and trees.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Conservatory Pumpkin Patch]
Photograph of a pumpkin patch in the Conservatory at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Pumpkins, golden shrimp plants, and other flowering bushes sit in a recessed area, with the Conservatory's waterfall at left and small flower beds on the right. A scarecrow is visible laying against a small tree in the center background, sitting among several shrubs. The pumpkins vary in size and color and are mostly uncarved. More footpaths in the Conservatory, as well as trellises and larger trees are visible further in the background.
Date:
November 1990
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Perennial Garden]
Photograph of the Perennial Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. At center-left is a small pond lined with rocks and shrubs, while at right there is a rock fountain that flows out to a larger pond below. Several footpaths wind around the garden, and multiple small bushes of yellow flowers are visible throughout the space.
Date:
[..1984-11]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People at Checkerboard Bridge]
Photograph of people standing on the Checkerboard Bridge in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The four individuals stand on the narrow bridge which is lined by a latticed wooden guardrail, and look into the garden pond flowing below them. Adjacent to them is a large cherry blossom tree, as well as several bushes that line the footpaths.
Date:
[..1987-02]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rose Garden Dirt Path]
Photograph of a dirt path in the Republic of Texas Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Several large bushes of roses, colored pink and yellow, are visible on both sides of the dirt path. A wooden trellis with drooping branches and white roses is located at the end of the path.
Date:
[..1993-05]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Botanic Garden Hill, Construction Work]
Photograph of construction work at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A grass path is visible at right, with several large dirt mounds on the side of the path. A large hill containing several tall grasses is visible at left, with a construction crane placed behind a makeshift fence at the top of the hill.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Botanic Garden Center]
Photograph of the Garden Center and Conservatory at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The Garden Center, at center, is a white rectangular building. The Conservatory, visible at left, is a large glass greenhouse with a sloped glass roof. The entry sign also at left, made of stone bricks and lined with pink bushes, reads "BOTANIC GARDEN CENTER AND CONSERVATORY".
Date:
[1986..1990]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Japanese Garden Entrance Gate, Facing Northeast]
Photograph of the entrance gate to the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Taken from above, the gate resembles traditional Japanese entry gates and has tall wooden doors, a upper level with a fenced balcony and shoji screens, and a tiled pagoda-like roof. The gate, sitting before a concrete parking lot, is surrounded by dense tree cover. Beyond the horizon, the skyline of downtown Fort Worth is visible.
Date:
[1984..2000]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Worth Botanic Garden Plan]
Photograph of a map of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, prepared by the "City of Fort Worth Park and Recreation Department Planning Division." The map is hand-drawn, colored, and contains an overview of the botanical garden's layout.
Date:
1989-11~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Trial Garden]
Photograph of the Trial Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The photograph is taken from above, displaying the entire garden, which is octagonal in shape. A tall wooden gazebo stands at center, and several elevated flower beds surround it along its octagonal perimeter. There are three levels of flower beds extending out from the gazebo, with concrete footpaths in between. More footpaths are visible connecting to different parts of the Botanic Garden in all cardinal directs. Interstate 30 is faintly visible in the background.
Date:
1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fuller Garden Gazebo Construction]
Photograph of a gazebo in the Fuller Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The gazebo, built with concrete pillars, is visible with an incomplete roof. Blue tiles are partially placed along the circular pyramid roof, but internal wooden ribs are visible on the left side. Rudimentary scaffolding has been constructed on the left of the gazebo, and several workers pace around and behind the gazebo. The Fuller Garden's rock waterfall is visible int he left background, but is not operating.
Date:
[..1990-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fuller Garden Site Before Construction]
Photograph of the Fuller Garden site at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. This photograph was taken before construction, and only a flat grass field with sporadic shrubs and trees is visible. Industrial buildings are visible in the background along the right behind trees.
Date:
[..1986]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fuller Garden Archways Construction]
Photograph of archways in the Fuller Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The archways are built along unbuilt footpaths with concrete pillars as bases. Additional archways, three of which visible at center, seem to serve as trellises or flower arches. Three construction workers work along a short stone brick wall at right. The Garden Center is visible in the background.
Date:
1986/1990-06~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Republic of Texas Garden Construction]
Photograph of the Republic of Texas Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Visible are mounds of unplanted mounds of dirt, with space for pathways partially cut into the surface. Multiple trellises have been erected around the site. At right is the colonnade garden walk, built with rectangular brick arches, with the arches of the Lower Rose Garden visible in the background.
Date:
199X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lower Rose Garden with Pool #1]
Photograph of the Lower Rose Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. At center is the "rose ramp", a wide rectangular set rose arrangements bordered with short hedges and lined with concrete steps along both sides. Above the "rose ramp" are a set of stairs leading to a raised platform containing a wide pavilion containing square colonnades on both ends of the structure and a trapezoidal roof. Below the "rose ramp" is the lower portion of the rose garden, which contains polygonal beds of roses and metal arches arranged in squares. Along the bottom of the image is the rose garden's small lake, lined with grass and trees. The pavilion, the rose ramp, and the flower arches are visible in the water's reflection.
Date:
[1934..1940]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Botanic Garden Alternate Plan]
Photograph of a plan for the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. It includes an unrealized layout for the Garden Center and adjoining garden areas, footpaths, and exhibits. Text on the map is blurry and mostly illegible. The plan presumably seems to place the Garden Center along Rock Springs Road, with a rectangular garden built to the north on the current location of the Japanese Garden.
Date:
[..1986]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Visitors in Botanic Garden Maze]
Photograph of visitors in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden hedge maze. Three adults are accompanied by a child and walk along a hedge wall. An empty barrel and a small wooden covering is beside them. An advertisement billboard and a streetlight is visible behind the hedges. The former site of the hedge maze is currently occupied by the botanical garden's vegetable garden.
Date:
1956~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Botanic Garden North Entrance Sign Construction]
Photograph of the northern entrance sign at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden under construction. Numerous gardeners and workers dig in front of the entrance sign, which reads in black serif font "FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN". Rocks, plants, and shrubs are arranged in front of the sign. At center, a young boy is visible with a tool assisting with the landscaping. The W. R. Watt Arena is visible in the background at left.
Date:
April 23, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rock Springs Garden Center East Side, 1944 #1]
Photograph of the Rock Springs Garden Center building from the east side at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Taken in 1944, the building has a curved arch entrance, two narrow windows on both sides of the entrance, and a glasshouse part of the building at left. Shrubs adorn the front of the house, and the entire structure is nested around trees.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cottage Garden, Rock Springs #1]
Photograph of the Cottage Garden in front of the Rock Springs Center building at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Iris flowers, as well as red flowers, are planted alongside a concrete footpath. A latticed wooden trellis is visible at right. The Rock Springs Center building in the background has shuttered blinds.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rock Springs Center Front #1]
Photograph of the Rock Springs Center at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden from the front. This brick building has a veranda at left, decorative flower vases and shrubs along the front, a footpath, and a gabled tiled roof. A tree is planted in the front of the building, which has a simple grass lawn.
Date:
[..1988-02]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rock Springs Center Front #2]
Photograph of the Rock Springs Center at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden from the front. This brick building has a veranda at center, decorative shrubs in white vases along the front, a concrete footpath, and a gabled tiled roof. A tree is planted at the end of the veranda at left. Shrubs are planted along the veranda's brick pillars and along the footpaths.
Date:
1988?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History