Botanical Treasures from the Grand Canyon

5th Grade
May 2 - 4, 2011
Fort Worth Botanic Gardens
Botanical Research Institute of Texas

This program will focus on the flora and fauna at the Grand Canyon and from our own area. Students will participate in hands-on learning experiences with botanists from the Grand Canyon and the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens, as well as specialists from the Botanic Research Institute of Texas. Navajo rug weavers who utilize natural dyes from the plants in their creations, along with other native artists from Zuni and Hopi cultures will share their art forms with hands on workshops as a part of this program created to bring the natural environments of the Grand Canyon to life.

Students will have the very special honor of being among the first to have a tour of the newly constructed home of the Botanical Institute of Texas (BRIT), not only one of Fort Worth’s most treasured organizations, but an international treasure as well. Students will be guided through this extraordinary “Leeds Model” construction.

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