An old photo of Marsha P. Johnson. She is beaming at the camera and wearing a large crown of flowers which have had their names added to the photo. They are: Daisy (Asteraceae family), Baby's Breath (Gypsophilia genus), Statice (Limonium genus), Carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus), Lilies (Lilium genus).

Today is #TransDayofVisibility 🏳️‍⚧️ & the last day of #WomensHistoryMonth.
To celebrate both we're botanizing some of the flowers in Marsha P. Johnson's flower crown!
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Can you ID any?
#TDOV #botanizing #botany #flowercrown #herstory #plantID #fwbg

Photo of the right side window that allows Garden guests to look into the Sumner Lab. There are several beakers and tabletop equipments in there. And beside the window is one of the large informational signs on the importance of studying plants with microscopes.

Photo of the left Sumner window which allows Garden Guests to peer in. We can see several white boxes and up close is a ventilated PCR cabinet. To the right of the window is a large informative sign on study plant DNA and genetics.

🚫DO NOT TAP ON THE GLASS. RESEARCHERS STARTLE EASILY 🐠🐟🐡

#donotfeedthewildlife #scicomm #labrat #fortworthbotanicgarden #fwbg #brit

photograph of a polaroid picture showing the first PCR test (Polymerase Chain Reaction test) performed at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. The polaroid is both taped and magnetically pinned to a lab shelf. Its image is dark but shows the bands of DNA glowing and separated out in the agarose gel. In the white space of the polaroid, beneath the picture, someone has lovingly written "First PCR at BRIT".

Researchers are sentimental creatures... Can you relate?

#lablife #botany #pcr #fortworth #fwbg #dna #BotanicalResearchInstituteofTexas #BRIT

Watering the 1200 plants in the kokedama forest at Fort Worth’s Botanic Garden.
#kokedama #fwbg
@fortworthbotanicgarden