[Garden Center Flower Show]

Photograph of a flower show in the Garden Center at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Multiple flowers in vases are displayed on a long table with pleated black skirting, each specimen bearing a paper card with handwritten notes on it. Other flowers are displayed on paper plates, and some have red or blue ribbons placed alongside them. Plant containers are visible in the left background of the image, and an attendant is partially visible at right.
Date: 1994
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gardens Restaurant]

Photograph of the entryway of the Gardens Restaurant at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The entrance, located at the Rock Springs Center, consists of a green arched sign extending from the building that bears the restaurant name and a narrow red carpet jutting out from the automatic glass doors. Flower pots are situated along under the arch, and green and yellow balloons are attached to the arch's standposts.
Date: August 31, 1995
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Garden Center Naiad Statues #2]

Photograph of two statues of women in front of the Garden Center at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The first is one of a barefoot woman with tied-back hair sitting on a stone boulder with a raised leg, glancing downwards. The second is that of a woman in a dress lifting her body and extending her right hand upwards. Both statues are situated among patches of yellow flowers and grasses, and sit in front of the Garden Center building, which is prominent in the background.
Date: 1990
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Library Rededication]

Photograph of the rededication of the library in the Rock Springs Center at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, taking place in the Fragrance Garden. A woman, identified as Deborah Moncrief, stands at a podium giving a speech in front of the Rock Springs Center building, the library window, and a small statue of a cherub. At left are two men identified as Henry Painter and Richard Zavala, and at right is a woman identified as Joyce Capper.
Date: April 19, 1996
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Propagation Workshop]

Photograph of a workshop teaching plant propagation to the students of Everman Elementary School at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Inside a room containing lockers and other equipment, numerous children are visible along a black table with black plant containers and piles of soil and perlite, with a gardener standing at the end of the table giving instructions.
Date: January 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rose Garden South Vista]

Photograph of patches of rose plants in the rose gardens at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The roses are identified as "Moncrief roses" and are located near short yellow shrubs and grasses under the shade of a large tree.
Date: May 1995
Creator: unknown
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Horseshoe Garden Benches]

Photograph of benches in the Horseshoe Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The benches are located along concrete footpaths under the shade of large trees. Tall grasses, flower bushes, and bushes are visible around the benches.
Date: July 1995
Creator: unknown
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fuller Garden Gazebo Footpaths]

Photograph of a footpath leading up to a gazebo in the Fuller Garden. The footpath is elevated and concrete, with a stone brick wall along its outer edge with shrubs and grasses below. On the right of the path is another, larger elevated plant bed that follows the contour of the curving footpath, and contains thick drooping bushes of flowers. A couple walks along the footpath, which leads to a round gazebo, partially obscured by a small tree.
Date: 1992
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Umstead Teahouse #4]

Photograph of the Mary K. Umstead Teahouse in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The teahouse sits over the garden pond, held by stilts in the water, and features a wooden balcony, shuttered shoji screen doors, and a pagoda-style roof. Large pink flower bushes and tall grasses sit on the edge of the pond, and koi fish are faintly visible swimming within. In the background are several stone steps, another pagoda-style building, and a wooden fence.
Date: April 1990
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Checkerboard Bridge #2]

Photograph of the checkerboard bridge in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The bridge, lined with flower bushes of various colors, is made of latticed wooden planks and goes over a small stream in the garden pond. In the foreground, numerous orange and white koi fishes are swimming.
Date: [..1990-02]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Umstead Teahouse with Visitors]

Photograph of the Umstead Teahouse in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The teahouse sits partially over the garden pond, held by stilts in the water, and features a wooden balcony, opened shoji screen doors, and a pagoda-style roof. Several people are visible sitting on the concrete footpath on the other side of the garden's pond, observing the surroundings, while another group of people sit and converse inside the teahouse.
Date: [..1992-01]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Lake Arbor]

Photograph of Lake Arbor, a pavilion overlooking the pond in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The wooden pavilion, topped with a gable roof, contains benches, thin wooden railings, and rests on stilts projecting to the stony sloped edge of the pond. Trees and foliage cover and surround the pavilion.
Date: [..1991-01]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Checkerboard Bridge #1]

Photograph of the checkerboard bridge in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The bridge, lined with flower bushes of various colors, is made of latticed wooden planks and goes over a small stream in the garden pond. In the foreground, numerous orange and white koi fishes are swimming.
Date: [..1990-02]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pond, Looking South]

Photograph of the pond in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Looking southwards, the northern edge of the pond along with its round stepping stones is visible. Shrubs, fallen leaves, and grasses grow along the stone footpaths and the pond's rim. Trees with vibrant orange and red leaves are prominent throughout the image, and the Moon Bridge is faintly visible in the center background.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spring Festival Taiko Performance]

Photograph of the Spring Festival at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Depicted is a kumi-daiko performance with an ensemble of drummers performing with multiple drums of various sizes. At right, there are two large drums placed on stands, played with wooden sticks, and at left, there are about four smaller slanted drums placed on smaller stands with accompanying performers. An audience at left, seated on the concrete footsteps of the open space, view the performance.
Date: Spring 1995
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Conservatory Visitors, Near Waterfall]

Photograph of visitors to the Conservatory at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The visitors, consisting of around three adults and several children, stand along a metal fence looking into a display of plants, with the Conservatory's waterfall visible on the very right. Hanging bushes of purple and yellow flowers, as well as larger bushes drooping along the ceiling, are visible above the guests. Behind the guests are doors or windows leading into the Garden Center.
Date: [..1991-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spring Festival Koto Performance]

Photograph of a koto performance during the Spring Festival at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Two female musicians, one reading from paper on a red music stand, perform on wooden kotos with plectra on their fingers. The performance, conducted on a red felt carpet, takes place in front of a fence at the Japanese Garden.
Date: Spring 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Conservatory Topiary Animals]

Photograph of a topiary elephant in the Conservatory at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The topiary elephant, covered in flowers and vines, sits in front of the Conservatory's waterfall with its trunk curled upwards. In the background, across the elephant, is a topiary monkey hanging from a metal bar suspended from the roof. Between the topiary animals are bushes of flowers and leafy shrubs. At left, balloons are visible, tied to the top of the waterfall.
Date: [..1992-01]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History