ADULT PROGRAMS
The Wildflower Center offers abundant opportunities to learn about Texas native plants, gardening, nature art, photography, writing and more. We offer our very popular Native Plant Gardening Certificate through UT Informal Classes.
Classes generally happen during spring and fall, with other programs occurring throughout the year.
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Moonlight Hike
Join us on an after-hours, moonlit hike throughout the gardens and the Texas Arboretum.
Find out more »Native Plant Gardening Series
Expert horticulturalists teach this series and prepare students to transform gardens into native plant landscapes. Take the series or individual classes.
Find out more »Foraging for Native Edibles
Discover edible native plants you can forage and harvest in Central Texas.
Find out more »Austin Museum Day
Join us for activities all over the Center with story time, presentations, demonstrations and tours throughout the day. Free admission.
Find out more »Movies in the Wild: Monarchs!
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and the Wildflower Center are coming together to transform the Family Garden into a theater for one night only; bring on the wings! Spread your blanket on the Play Lawn and enjoy "Flight of the Butterflies," a fantastic film about the great journey or migrating monarchs. Film begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the Admissions Kiosk. $6 per member (learn about membership here) $12 per non-member More details to come! Follow us on Facebook…
Find out more »Wildflower Watercolors
How to catch a wildflower? Put petals on paper with beautiful results using watercolors!
Find out more »Landscape Design Studios I & II
This course takes principles from our “Native Plant Gardening: Landscape Design” into a studio environment with guidance from an expert horticulturalist.
Find out more »Texas Arbor Day
Celebrate Texas Arbor Day by climbing high into the treetops using harnesses, ropes, and helmets. (Ages 7+)
Find out more »Field Trips
The Wildflower Center is perfect for class and youth group field trips.
Guided Tours
Guided tours are an ideal way to get the most of a Wildflower Center experience.
OUR MISSION
Inspiring the conservation of native plants