A micro-woodland of wonder...
Fort Worth, Texas -- Fall is a magical time at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, and this year it's more enchanting than ever! Starting Oct. 1, we invite you to immerse yourself in the tranquility and artistry of Koedama Forest by Nomad Studio. This miniature sculptural woodland is made up of more than 1,200 handcrafted kokedamas nested within an intricate metal framework. Kokedama, a centuries-old Japanese form of bonsai, transforms spheres of moss, twine, and seedlings into stunning organic artworks.
Spanning just 1,000 square feet in the Garden, Kokedama Forest will artfully display each kokedama ball in an intricate metal network within a tranquil micro-forest. Guests are encouraged to wander through this enchanting space, surrounded by levitating kokedamas that beautifully showcase the intimate relationship between soil and plants.
With Kokedama Forest, William E. Roberts and Laura Santín, founding partners of Nomad Studio, present a poetic materialization of the intimate relationship between soil and plants, an inspiring blend of nature and art. This beautiful display is also an important reminder that soil is one of the key habitats of the planet which is too often undervalued despite being indispensable.
Kokedama Forest is a part of general admission at FWBG and will run through December 2024. Online admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65+, $6 for children 6-15, and free for ages 5 and under. Garden hours are Monday-Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and onsite parking is free during regular business hours. For more information about Fort Worth Botanic Garden and upcoming events, visit www.fwbg.org.
About the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden is the oldest public botanic garden in Texas with beautiful theme gardens, including the Rose Garden and Japanese Garden, the Adelaide Polk Fuller Garden featuring a comprehensive collection of trees, shrubs, and perennials, and the Victor and Cleyone Tinsley Garden, highlighting plants native to north central Texas. In addition to stunning horticultural displays, the Garden also offers community education for adults, children and families, and international research conducted through the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT®). The BRIT Philecology Herbarium contains nearly 1.5 million plant specimens from around the world making it one of the largest herbaria in the United States, and the BRIT Research Library houses nearly 125,000 volumes of botanical books and journals. The BRIT Press publishes botanical-related books and the esteemed, peer-reviewed journal JBRIT. The combined campus comprises 120 acres in Fort Worth’s Cultural District two miles west of downtown Fort Worth at 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76107.
About Nomad Studio
Nomad Studio, founded in 2009 by William E. Roberts and Laura Santín, is an internationally awarded creative workshop devoted to innovative site-specific projects. Its work explores the interaction between art and landscape and its influence on society and environment. More than just a name, Nomad is a philosophy of itinerant life and work through which they have taken on relevant projects worldwide for more than a decade. In recent years they have carried out several ephemeral installations such as Green Varnish and Green Air at the Contemporary Art Museum of Saint Louis, MO and Tree of Knowledge at Villa Erba on the shores of Lake Como in Italy.
