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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Ave
Austin, TX 78739
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“Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center” Fodors.com
“Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center” Frommer's
“Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center” PlanetWare.com
“Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center” Lovetripper Magazine
“Texas bluebonnets begin their show” canoe.ca / Associated Press
“A spring fling in the Big Thicket” Boston.com / Boston Globe
“Flower Power” Lovetripper Magazine
“Wildflowers: Texas' roadside rainbows” Dallas Morning News (free registration required)
“Austin Shines - Texas' Capital Reinvented” Go World Travel Magazine
“Macking a racket” American Way
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 201 attractions in Austin
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Established by the former first lady and the late Helen Hayes to preserve native North American plants, this garden of wildflowers is set on 42 acres...... more » Established by the former first lady and the late Helen Hayes to preserve native North American plants, this garden of wildflowers is set on 42 acres and open to the public for touring. « less
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Attraction type: Nature center, Garden, Other
Activities: Hiking, Group tours/walking tour, Viewing foliage
Address: 4801 La Crosse Ave Austin, TX 78739
Tel: 512-292-4100
Fax: 512-292-4627

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“Wildflower Viewing - Easy Access from Downtown”
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4 of 5 stars
MarttaH 85 contributions
Austin, Texas
May 2, 2008

The only reason I can't give the wildflower center a 5 star rating is the $7 admission charge. It just seems a little steep to me. Of course I go every year in the spring, so it must be worth it. Easy access from downtown the wildflower center is just off Mopac. There isn't much parking at the wildflower center... more

“Bluebonnets of Texas”
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4 of 5 stars
graceNewBrunswick 19 contributions
New Brunswick
Apr 29, 2008

I read the article entitled "A biography in Bluebonnets" (Victoria. September,1993). This article created in me a desire to see Texas in springtime. With that in mind, we went to Texas April 10-17, 2008. We visited Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centre in Austin. A lady there suggested that we go to the area of Brenham which we did. The wildflowers... more

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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Address

4801 La Crosse Ave, Austin, TX 78739
Tel: 512-292-4100 Fax: 512-292-4627