About
The University of Texas at Austin Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the State Botanic Garden and Arboretum of Texas. The Center is dedicated to inspiring the conservation of native plants, and its gardens and arboretum display native plants from across Texas, serving as a model for creating beautiful, sustainable landscapes. The Center has guided the development of urban and rural landscapes across the U.S. that incorporate native prairies, green roofs, rainwater harvesting and other sustainable features. It operates Native Plants of North America, which includes profiles and photos of thousands of the native plants of North American north of Mexico, and has set aside millions of seeds from Texas native plants for future generations and restoration activities. In addition to educating children and adults about native plants and training citizen scientists to identify and report invasive species, the Center led the development of SITES®, a sustainable landscape rating system now used worldwide.
