“The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the official Texas state botanic garden and arboretum. Daily entry is from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and the gardens are open until 5 p.m.
Lady Bird Johnson, our former first lady, and actress Helen Hayes founded an organization in 1982 to protect and preserve North America’s native plants and natural landscapes. This special place exists to introduce people to the beauty and diversity of wildflowers and other native plants. Every day, the Wildflower Center brings life to Mrs. Johnson’s vision in its public gardens, its woodlands and sweeping meadows as well as in internationally influential research. In 2006, the Center became an organized research unit of The University of Texas at Austin.”