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Wildflower Center 4801 La Crosse Ave., Austin, TXBring your little wildflowers to the Center for our weekly preschool program (ages 3-5).
Bring your little wildflowers to the Center for our weekly preschool program (ages 3-5).
Join us on an after-hours, moonlit hike throughout the gardens and the Texas Arboretum.
On this tour of the gardens and natural areas, discover how fire and water are used in managing plants and landscapes at the Wildflower Center. Learn about our impressive rain catchment system and cisterns and visit the research plots where prescribed burns are conducted. Free with admission to the gardens.
Journey to a land of soil and moss (Japan!), where the art of Kokedama originates. This ornamental plant sculpture is a style of bonsai, where plants' roots are bound into a spherical form. Guest lecturer Young Choe will explain how Kokedama and Kusamono similar potted arrangements) are created and teach about their cultural history and significance. Attend lecture, workshop or both.
Cheers to pollinators! Grab your smartphone or camera and carpool with an adventure buddy to Vista Brewing where wildflower fields, farms and thoughtfully designed grounds are a perfect place to snap beneficial fauna in action and share to Instagram or iNaturalist for the 2018 Texas Pollinator Bioblitz.
Foot traffic, children at play, dogs with the zoomies and hot, dry summers — what's a yard to do? Find out what plants are tough enough to handle the heat, wear and tear in this new workshop taught by our Family Garden horticulturist. We'll point out low-maintenance plants that can survive and thrive in lived-in Texas landscapes.
Our Family Garden is transformed into an outdoor theater for Pixar's "Coco." Come early for Day of the Dead activities.
Come "meet" the feathered residents and visitors of the Wildflower Center with expert birders!
Bring your little wildflowers to the Center for our weekly preschool program (ages 3-5).
This is an information session for those who are interested in submitting a proposal for our fall exhibit in the Texas Arboretum, Fortlandia.