Lady Bird Tribute Day

Join the Wildflower Center on Sunday, July 26 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in honor of Claudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson and all she has done for our nation's treasured environment. Admission will be FREE for visitors during extended hours this Sunday, when free seed packets will also be handed out. Enjoy a broad range of activities for adults and kids, including:

  • 10 a.m. docent-guided tour of the gardens and sculptures they showcase
  • 1 - 4 p.m. book signing with the authors of the new "Lone Star Wildflowers" by Lashara J Nieland and Willa F Finley and of "Hummingbirds of Texas" by Clifford E. Shackelford, Madge M. Lindsay, and C. Mark Klym
  • 1 - 4 p.m. origami crafting in the McDermott Learning Center with paper artist Joan Son, whose 40 pieces are on display there
  • 1 - 4 p.m. kids crafts building Eco-pots with seeds to take home and plant
  • 2:30 p.m. reading of the children's novel "Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers:  How a First Lady Changed America" by author Kathi Appelt
  • All day achievement and art exhibit about Lady Bird in the Visitor's Gallery that includes a Norman Rockwell painting of the former first lady
  • All day videos about Lady Bird in the auditorium
  • All day viewing of Lady Bird videos in the Auditorium
  • All day sale of the new 2009 Franz Collection of Blooming Bluebonnets in the gift shop
  • Free take-home packets of a southwest mix of wildflower seeds for planting in the fall

With her prophetic nickname, the Karnack, Texas born Lady Bird spent her years in the White House advocating for nature and the importance of conserving the environment. The Wildflower Center honors her this July 26 because this day, in 1968, President Lyndon Johnson presented the First Lady with a plaque and pens used to sign 50 conservation, preservation and beautification laws in tribute of her environmental advocacy.