Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Founded in 1987, the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) is an international, scientific research and learning center focused on conservation and knowledge sharing. Based in Fort Worth's Cultural District, BRIT documents the diversity of plant life and conducts extensive research around the world.
Explore their new campus
Visitors to BRIT are invited to pick up a self-guided tour map and set out to discover BRIT's amazing conservation and sustainable features. You will travel through BRIT's building and landscape and see how it was designed to reduce energy and water consumption, enhance indoor environmental quality, and use recyclable and renewable materials.
Unique to Fort Worth, our building is the first in Tarrant County to achieve the USGBC LEED Platinum rating. Very proudly, everything about our campus is focused on conservation and reusing natural resources.
Talk with their scientists
BRIT's herbarium contains over one million dried plant specimens. BRIT botanists are on hand to welcome visitors and to answer questions. Science Saturdays (first Saturday of every month)our botanists help identify those mysterious plants that prompt homeowners to ask, "What the heck is this?"
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