Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center – Cool Things To Do In Austin
All month during January enjoy free admission to the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center! Enjoy the beautiful gardens, woodlands and sweeping meadows displaying the native plants of the Central Texas Hill Country, South and West Texas.
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center exists to introduce people to the beauty and diversity of wildflowers and other native plants. In 2006 the center became an Organization Research Unit of the University of Texas at Austin.
“Decades ago, Mrs. Johnson recognized that our country was losing its natural landscapes and its natural beauty. As much as 30 percent of the world’s native flora is at risk of extinction. The Wildflower Center was intended to help preserve and restore that beauty and the biological richness of North America. Since then, the Center has become one of the country’s most credible research institutions and effective advocates for native plants….The Native Plant Information Network is a database of more than 7,200 native species available online.”
The Center offers educational programs teaching children and adults about their natural surroundings and how to grow native plants in their own backyards.
What can you expect to be in season right now?
Chile pequin
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum
Yaupon
Ilex vomitoria
Dwarf palmetto
Sabal minor
Rock penstemon
Penstemon baccharifolius
Blackfoot daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
Mountain sage
Salvia regla
Bushy bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
Inland sea oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Autumn sage
Salvia greggii
Carolina jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Flame acanthus
Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii
Evergreen sumac
Rhus virens
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Possumhaw
Ilex decidua
Gregg dalea
Dalea greggii
Heartleaf skullcap
Scutellaria ovata
Wright’s skullcap
Scutellaria wrightii
Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum
Shumard oak
Quercus shumardii
Wax myrtle
Morella cerifera
Doctorbush
Plumbago scandens
Alamo vine
Merremia dissecta
Acerola
Malpighia glabra
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Ave.
Austin, Texas 78739
512.232.0100
Free Admission for the month of January
Regular Hours
Wildflower Center grounds:
9am to 5pm Tuesday through Saturday
Noon to 5pm Sunday
Closed for holiday from Saturday, December 22 through Tuesday, January 1
Visitors Gallery, 9am to 4pm, Sunday noon to 4pm
The Store, 9am to 5pm, Sunday noon to 4pm
Wildflower Café, 10am to 4pm, Sunday noon to 4pm
Closed July 4 and Thanksgiving day.
Admissoin Rates other than January
$9 Adults
$7 Seniors 65 years and older
$7 Students 13 years and older
$3 Children 5 through 12
Free for Members and Children 4 years and under
Visit their website for more here http://www.wildflower.org/
“My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth.” Ladybird Johnson
“My special cause, the one that alerts my interest and quickens the pace of my life, is to preserve the wildflowers and native plants that define the regions of our land-to encourage and promote their use in appropriate areas and thus help pass on to generation in waiting the quiet joys and satisfactions I have known since my childhood ” Ladybird Johnson.
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