March 18, 2013

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center




We enjoy using the reciprocal program that is part of our Garvan Gardens' membership when we travel. We decided to check on Lady Bird's wildflowers on a warm, sunny Austin day.




The large rock buildings that surround the courtyard as we entered were impressive. I also liked the wind sculptures that lazily twirled in the breeze.





We started on the woodland trail and then ventured on another trail in an open field where Leon stopped to investigate a small cave. I bet he did not stop to think about snakes, but he sure wished he had brought his hat to walk in the sun.



We were disappointed in the number of wildflowers we saw. There were some Indian Blankets and Bluebonnets blooming but we saw more flowers on South Congress.






We started down some more trails to find them closed. There are some real possibilities here and hopefully it is beautiful in the summer. Perhaps we were just too early in the year. I left wishing we had revisited Zilker Gardens instead.




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