40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Join us in celebrating the Wildflower Center’s first 40 years and the extraordinary achievements to come. Tickets to our 40th Anniversary Celebration include cocktails at Field of Light by Bruce Munro, dinner in the Great Hall and Courtyard, and valet parking. Thank you for being part of our past, present and future! Please RSVP by October 7, 2022. Tickets are limited. 

 

Friday, October 21, 2022
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Unable to attend? Celebrate our 40th anniversary by making a gift in honor of a loved one.

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EVENT DETAILS

  • A table for eight is $10,000, single tickets are $1,000. Proceeds support our mission of inspiring the conservation of native plants.
  • Guests are encouraged to wear casual garden party attire.
  • Tickets include complimentary valet parking. Drop off is at the Field of Light entrance in the La Crosse Avenue cul-de-sac. Pickup is at the Wildflower Center entrance by the kiosk.
  • Golf cart transportation from the Field of Light exhibition to the Great Hall will be available.
  • The dinner menu will include gluten-free and plant-based options.

 

EVENT SCHEDULE

6:30 p.m. Cocktails at Field of Light by Bruce Munro

7:45 p.m. Dinner in the Great Hall

8:30 p.m. Dessert and celebration 

9:30 p.m. Optional return to Field of Light

 

QUESTIONS?

Email [email protected] or call 512-232-0138.

 

OUR HISTORY

On October 21,1982, founders Lady Bird Johnson and actress Helen Hayes signed the formal charter establishing the National Wildflower Research Center. In December of the same year on Mrs. Johnson’s 70th birthday, 60 acres of undeveloped land in East Austin became its first home.

In 1995, the Center moved and opened its current Southwest Austin campus and in 1997 was renamed the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. The Center joined The University of Texas at Austin in 2006 and the Texas Field Station Network in 2022.

Residing now on 284 acres, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin, is known as the Botanic Garden of Texas. Together with the university, the Center continues to fulfill Mrs. Johnson’s vision of native plant research, conservation and education.