Botanic Gardens

Saturday's meeting theme, picked by our Toastmaster of the day, Judy, was the Botanical Gardens. Judy shared some interesting facts about the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens with us. Did you know the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens is the oldest botanic garden in Texas? Or that it has over 2,500 species of native and exotic plants?  The Gardens is available for weddings and also offers gardening classes for those of us with a not-so-green thumb!

At this meeting, I got to experience a Toastmasters first... a meeting dedicated to Table Topics!  We had three Table Topics Masters -- John, Sandra, and myself -- and everyone at the meeting had a chance to practice our impromptu speaking.  Table Topics questions ranged from "What attractions do you enjoy in Fort Worth?" to "Would you choose to build an opulent garden or a shopping mall?" to "When was your last museum trip?"  We heard one Toastmaster's opinion of the pros and cons of taking a date to the botanical gardens during the summer and another spoke about favorite childhood hiding spaces.

This was an entertaining meeting and a great way for us all to think on our feet!  I enjoyed learning interesting tidbits about everyone and look forward to more chances to practice impromptu speaking.

Lina Choun


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