TexasTripper Travel Blog

411082: Spring Plant Sale, Gardening Festival at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

This weekend marks the annual Spring Plant Sale and Gardening Festival at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin. If you've got the gardening bug, here's your chance to take a tour with an expert to learn more about habitat gardening, caring for native trees, choosing native plants, and more. Tours will take place on the hour from 11am to 2pm.

The center's Wildflower Center store will also be hosting special guests both afternoons:

Saturday:

• Jackie Poole will sign her new book, "Rare Plants of Texas
• visitors can sample jelly and other treats from Texas Traditions
  

Sunday:

• L. Raywill sign the 2008 Wildflower DaysTM art print and T-shirt
• Jen Ohlson will sign her book about Austin's Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail called "Every Town Needs a Trail"
• George Miller will sign "Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas"
  

Admission: $7 adults, $6 seniors and students, $3.50 for University of Texas at Austin faculty and staff with university identification, $3 for children and free for members and children under 5.

For more information:
• call 512.232.0100
• visit http://wildflower.org/plantsale

Labels: Austin, Festivals

posted by Paris & John @ 9:50 AM