FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 28, 2011

            BRIT IS OPEN ON SATURDAYS FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M.

                                      New Weekend Hours Provide Fun and Interesting Activities for the Public

FORT WORTH—The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) is pleased to announce that it is extending its days of being open to the public to include Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  With this addition, BRIT is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Now, the public will be able to take advantage of BRIT’s new weekend hours to tour the BRIT campus and facility; shop at Flora, the Gift Store at BRIT; and participate in fun, educational, and informational weekend programs and events.

Each Saturday, BRIT research and educational staff members will be on hand to welcome visitors and to answer questions.  Visitors will be able to take public or self-guided tours of the campus; view BRIT’s current exhibit, “Green from the Ground Up”; and participate in a number of botanical and educational events based on the season. 

Science Saturdays will be held the first weekend of every month and will feature numerous events hosted by BRIT’s botanists.  For Saturday, July 2, Science Saturday will include the following:

• Plant Identification Clinic – bring that mysterious plant that’s growing in your backyard and our botanists will tell you what it is.
• Demonstrations of BRIT’s digital herbarium.
• BRIT’s Plant Preservation Studio – See how scientists create herbarium specimens.
• BRIT Library reading room and Burk Children’s Library – visit two of the most renowned botanical libraries in the Southwest.
• BRIT Press publications will be on display and available for purchase.
• Saturday guided tours of the Herbarium and Library will be provided at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

BRIT will post a calendar of events on its website throughout the season. 

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Botanical Research Institute of Texas hours: Mondays–Fridays 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.  For general information, call 817-332.4441. Website: www.brit.org Facebook http://www.facebook.com/BRITorg Twitter @BRIT_org.
Admission to the campus is always free.
Flora, the Gift Store at BRIT is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.