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EVENTS & CLASSES
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Spring Native Plant Sale
Fridays – Sundays, April 3 – 26 (Fridays are members only)
Tuesday Twilights Feat. Anna La Mare
Tuesday, April 14
Watercolor Workshop: Carolina Jessamine
Saturday, April 11
Homeschool Day: All About Birds
Wednesday, April 15
GARDEN VIEWS
An inside glimpse of the gardens from our Instagram feed
Inspired by Lady Bird Johnson’s passion for native plants and the landscapes that define Texas and beyond, the Lady Bird Society brings together a community of supporters who help carry that vision forward.
Recently, members gathered at the Center for an early look at the Spring Native Plant Sale and to kick off our new Lady Bird Society insider experiences.
The series opened with a panel featuring Wildflower Center leadership alongside landscape architect Christine Ten Eyck of @teneyckla, focused on native plants, pollinators, and the future of Texas landscapes.
Through their sustained support, Lady Bird Society members help make our work possible by supporting the care of our gardens, growing education programs, and advancing research that shapes how native landscapes are restored and cared for.
We’re grateful to everyone who joined us, and to this community for the essential role they play in sustaining the Center’s work.
Learn more: wildflower.org/donate/lady-bird-society
Apr 15
Saturday vibes on a Tuesday? We’ve got them!
Join us tomorrow for Tuesday Twilights - an easy evening in the gardens with live music, drinks, and spring in full swing.
🎶 @annalamaremusic
🍴 Kold Kutz, @garboslobster, @craigosfoodtruck, @dulcefridaatx
🍺 Stop by to try @blueowlbrewing’s Athena Botanical Lager
🕔 5 - 8 p.m.
Can’t make it tomorrow? We’ve got a full lineup of Tuesday evenings ahead. Take a peek at what’s coming up: wildflower.org/tuesday-twilights (Dog-friendly night is on May 5!)
Apr 13
Not all plant sale finds are easy to come by! 👀 Our horticulture team is especially excited about a few standouts this spring, including some harder-to-find favorites and new additions to our offerings.
These picks bring a mix of evergreen structure, beautiful blooms, and drought-tough performance.
🌿 Prunus caroliniana (Carolina laurel cherry)
🌼 Aquilegia chrysantha (Golden columbine)
🌲 Hesperocyparis arizonica (Arizona cypress)
Coming to the Spring Native Plant Sale? Add one to your list.
wildflower.org/plant-sales
Apr 11
What’s blooming beyond the garden beds? 🌾
Wildflower Center Horticulturist Maggie shares a few of the less cultivated wildflowers you’ll find in our natural areas right now! Plants mentioned: firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella), silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium), Texas skeleton plant (Lygodesmia texana), and hill country rain lily (Cooperia pedunculata).
Plan your visit: wildflower.org/visit
🎶 Background vocals by our very enthusiastic bird chorus!
#NativePlants #WildflowerCenter #TXWildflowers2026 #Wildflowers
Apr 10
Our Spring Native Plant Sale continues every weekend in April, with Texas natives ready to go home with you. Whether you’re starting small or rethinking your whole yard, this is a good place to begin. 🌱
Fridays are members only (9 a.m. – 1 p.m.), with the sale open to all on Saturday and Sunday.
Plan your wishlist at wildflower.org/plant-sales
Apr 9
🐣 We’ve been waiting for this moment! Athena’s first owlet has officially hatched.
Thanks to our partnership with @cornellbirdcams, you can watch the season unfold live, 24/7. Whether you’ve been following Athena for years or just discovered the cam, we’re glad you’re here.
Athena returned to the sotol planter on March 4, laid her first egg the next day, and a second a few days later. She’s been steadily incubating ever since, while her mate keeps watch and delivers meals at dawn and dusk.
Now, we wait for owlet #2 to appear!
📺 Watch live + learn more at wildflower.org/athena and allaboutbirds.org/cams/wildflower-great-horned-owls/
#BirdCam #GreatHornedOwl #AustinTX
Apr 8
Oh to be a bee diving into a lace cactus bloom.
Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) produces large, short-lived flowers that can be nearly as wide as the plant itself. With dozens of ragged-edged petals and a dense cluster of stamens surrounding a multi-lobed stigma, the structure all but ensures contact as pollinators move through.
As bees push into the flower, they pick up and deposit pollen in the process. This kind of close contact is what allows the plant to set seed.
Native to dry, rocky soils across Texas and the southern Great Plains, lace cactus stays low to the ground and stores water in its stems. It may look unassuming most of the year, but during bloom, it becomes a concentrated resource for pollinators.
Each flower lasts only a day or two, so be sure to check them out on your way out to our research trails!
Plan your visit: wildflower.org/visit
Apr 7
You never know who you’ll meet along our Hill Country trails! Greater roadrunners (Geococcyx californianus), like this one spotted by our trailhead, spend most of their time on the ground, where they can reach speeds up to 20 mph. When they run, they lean forward with their tails streaming behind them, not far off from their cartoon counterpart. While they’re not strong fliers, you’ll often spot them perched like this before dropping down to hunt along open paths.
Apr 6
🌿 April at the Wildflower Center
Spring is in full swing, and the gardens are in bloom. It’s a great time to get outside, learn something new, and take in the season, whether that’s an evening at Tuesday Twilights, shopping the Spring Native Plant Sale, or joining a class, tour, or family program.
We’ve got everything from bird-themed homeschool days and watercolor workshops to yoga, nature walks, and Sprouts for little ones. There are plenty of ways to explore at your own pace.
Check out our full calendar at wildflower.org/events (link in bio)
#WildflowerCenter #StayWild #ATXThingsToDo #ExploreTexas
Apr 5
If you’ve been waiting for the “everything’s blooming at once” moment… this is it. 🌸🪻🌻🌼
This week: clasping coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis) + pearl milkweed vine (Matelea reticulata), plus a quick plant sale update (weekend one has arrived 👀)
You’ll also find some of Texas’ spring favorites looking especially strong right now, including bluebonnets (Lupinus texensis), Mexican gold poppies (Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana), winecups (Callirhoe involucrata), ranunculus (Ranunculus spp.), and pink evening primrose (Oenothera speciosa).
Our Spring Native Plant Sale runs every weekend in April 🌱
Fridays (9 a.m.–1 p.m.) are members only, and the full plant list is online.
Hope to see you soon! Plan your visit: wildflower.org/visit
Apr 3
Inspired by Lady Bird Johnson’s passion for native plants and the landscapes that define Texas and beyond, the Lady Bird Society brings together a community of supporters who help carry that vision forward.
Recently, members gathered at the Center for an early look at the Spring Native Plant Sale and to kick off our new Lady Bird Society insider experiences.
The series opened with a panel featuring Wildflower Center leadership alongside landscape architect Christine Ten Eyck of @teneyckla, focused on native plants, pollinators, and the future of Texas landscapes.
Through their sustained support, Lady Bird Society members help make our work possible by supporting the care of our gardens, growing education programs, and advancing research that shapes how native landscapes are restored and cared for.
We’re grateful to everyone who joined us, and to this community for the essential role they play in sustaining the Center’s work.
Learn more: wildflower.org/donate/lady-bird-society
Apr 15
Saturday vibes on a Tuesday? We’ve got them!
Join us tomorrow for Tuesday Twilights - an easy evening in the gardens with live music, drinks, and spring in full swing.
🎶 @annalamaremusic
🍴 Kold Kutz, @garboslobster, @craigosfoodtruck, @dulcefridaatx
🍺 Stop by to try @blueowlbrewing’s Athena Botanical Lager
🕔 5 - 8 p.m.
Can’t make it tomorrow? We’ve got a full lineup of Tuesday evenings ahead. Take a peek at what’s coming up: wildflower.org/tuesday-twilights (Dog-friendly night is on May 5!)
Apr 13
Not all plant sale finds are easy to come by! 👀 Our horticulture team is especially excited about a few standouts this spring, including some harder-to-find favorites and new additions to our offerings.
These picks bring a mix of evergreen structure, beautiful blooms, and drought-tough performance.
🌿 Prunus caroliniana (Carolina laurel cherry)
🌼 Aquilegia chrysantha (Golden columbine)
🌲 Hesperocyparis arizonica (Arizona cypress)
Coming to the Spring Native Plant Sale? Add one to your list.
wildflower.org/plant-sales
Apr 11
What’s blooming beyond the garden beds? 🌾
Wildflower Center Horticulturist Maggie shares a few of the less cultivated wildflowers you’ll find in our natural areas right now! Plants mentioned: firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella), silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium), Texas skeleton plant (Lygodesmia texana), and hill country rain lily (Cooperia pedunculata).
Plan your visit: wildflower.org/visit
🎶 Background vocals by our very enthusiastic bird chorus!
#NativePlants #WildflowerCenter #TXWildflowers2026 #Wildflowers
Apr 10
Our Spring Native Plant Sale continues every weekend in April, with Texas natives ready to go home with you. Whether you’re starting small or rethinking your whole yard, this is a good place to begin. 🌱
Fridays are members only (9 a.m. – 1 p.m.), with the sale open to all on Saturday and Sunday.
Plan your wishlist at wildflower.org/plant-sales
Apr 9
🐣 We’ve been waiting for this moment! Athena’s first owlet has officially hatched.
Thanks to our partnership with @cornellbirdcams, you can watch the season unfold live, 24/7. Whether you’ve been following Athena for years or just discovered the cam, we’re glad you’re here.
Athena returned to the sotol planter on March 4, laid her first egg the next day, and a second a few days later. She’s been steadily incubating ever since, while her mate keeps watch and delivers meals at dawn and dusk.
Now, we wait for owlet #2 to appear!
📺 Watch live + learn more at wildflower.org/athena and allaboutbirds.org/cams/wildflower-great-horned-owls/
#BirdCam #GreatHornedOwl #AustinTX
Apr 8
Oh to be a bee diving into a lace cactus bloom.
Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) produces large, short-lived flowers that can be nearly as wide as the plant itself. With dozens of ragged-edged petals and a dense cluster of stamens surrounding a multi-lobed stigma, the structure all but ensures contact as pollinators move through.
As bees push into the flower, they pick up and deposit pollen in the process. This kind of close contact is what allows the plant to set seed.
Native to dry, rocky soils across Texas and the southern Great Plains, lace cactus stays low to the ground and stores water in its stems. It may look unassuming most of the year, but during bloom, it becomes a concentrated resource for pollinators.
Each flower lasts only a day or two, so be sure to check them out on your way out to our research trails!
Plan your visit: wildflower.org/visit
Apr 7
You never know who you’ll meet along our Hill Country trails! Greater roadrunners (Geococcyx californianus), like this one spotted by our trailhead, spend most of their time on the ground, where they can reach speeds up to 20 mph. When they run, they lean forward with their tails streaming behind them, not far off from their cartoon counterpart. While they’re not strong fliers, you’ll often spot them perched like this before dropping down to hunt along open paths.
Apr 6
🌿 April at the Wildflower Center
Spring is in full swing, and the gardens are in bloom. It’s a great time to get outside, learn something new, and take in the season, whether that’s an evening at Tuesday Twilights, shopping the Spring Native Plant Sale, or joining a class, tour, or family program.
We’ve got everything from bird-themed homeschool days and watercolor workshops to yoga, nature walks, and Sprouts for little ones. There are plenty of ways to explore at your own pace.
Check out our full calendar at wildflower.org/events (link in bio)
#WildflowerCenter #StayWild #ATXThingsToDo #ExploreTexas
Apr 5
If you’ve been waiting for the “everything’s blooming at once” moment… this is it. 🌸🪻🌻🌼
This week: clasping coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis) + pearl milkweed vine (Matelea reticulata), plus a quick plant sale update (weekend one has arrived 👀)
You’ll also find some of Texas’ spring favorites looking especially strong right now, including bluebonnets (Lupinus texensis), Mexican gold poppies (Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana), winecups (Callirhoe involucrata), ranunculus (Ranunculus spp.), and pink evening primrose (Oenothera speciosa).
Our Spring Native Plant Sale runs every weekend in April 🌱
Fridays (9 a.m.–1 p.m.) are members only, and the full plant list is online.
Hope to see you soon! Plan your visit: wildflower.org/visit
Apr 3
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EXPLORE MORE
Expert advice, plant nerdery and inspiring stories
A Garden Grows at Ann Richards School
How one student got the courtyard blooming
Beyond the Blossoms
The team of volunteers documenting Wildflower Center fauna
Power the Migration
Thirteen plants to help monarch butterflies