Tadlock Pocket Park

Dedication

1959

Size

4.5 acres

Additional amenities

Bench
Grill
Park lighting
Parking lot
Playground area
Shelter
Stand alone swing
Table
Tennis court
Trash receptacle

Fun facts

The park overlooks the former Glen Garden Country Club, which was chartered in 1912 with only nine holes, later adding nine more and eventually hosted PGA Tour events. The country club is best known as the place where Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson learned to golf as caddies in the 1920s.

Recreation

The park has a tennis court, picnic shelter and playground.

History

Tadlock Park was a gift of the Mutual Savings and Loan Association and received its name from the park board on October 21, 1959. The park was named for J.A. Tadlock, president of the park board at the time that the land was acquired. It is located in the Glen Crest neighborhood and is adjacent to the former Glen Garden Country Club in southeast Fort Worth. In 1960, a shelter and assembly area designed by Kneer and Hamm was constructed in the park. The Glenwood Civic League raised $3,000 for its construction. Today, the park contains 4.5 acres, a shelter, restrooms, a playground, grills, and tennis courts.

Geology

The geology of the park consists of undivided Grayson Marl and Main Street Formations. The interbedded limestone of Grayson lies above Mainstreet. Both formations are a result of calcium deposits derived from the marine life of an ancient sea during the Cretaceous Period.

Soils

The soils of the park are in the Ponder Series which is characterized by loamy surface soils underlain by dense, hard, clays. The clay restricts air, water and root movement, which slows the establishment of woody species while encouraging prairie grass species.

Ecology

The park is located on upland prairie habitat in the watershed of Sycamore Creek. Although no prairie remains, the soils and geology allude to species that historically would have been present on a landscape-scale. Grass species such as big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides), and little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) would have been the dominant tallgrasses. Midgrasses such as sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus), Florida paspalum (Paspalum floridanum), Texas wintergrass (Nassella leucotricha), hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta), and dropseeds (Sporobolus spp.) would have been sub-dominant.

Today, species observed at the park are urban-adapted.

View animal, plant and insect species observed at Tadlock Neighborhood Park and make some of your own observations through iNaturalist. See link under the "Related information" Section.

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