Events
Plant Sales
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 13 - 15, 2012.
Members Sale, 1 to 7 p.m., Friday
Public Sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday
At the Wildflower Center's Spring Plant Sale and Gardening Festival you can choose from nearly 300 species of hardy Texas natives bred to deal with our Central Texas climate. Feel free to leave your plant purchases at the Holding Area while you finish enjoying your visit, or up until the Plant Sale closes Sunday at 5 p.m.
Admission: $9 adults, $7 seniors and students, $4 UT faculty, staff or students with identification, $3 children 5 through 12, members and children under 5 free.
- If possible, bring your own wagon to haul your purchases
- Plants may be purchased and held for pick-up
- Free cold filtered water, just bring your reusable water bottle, or buy one in the store.
- Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., Mr. Smarty Plants answers your questions.
- Story time is at 11 a.m. in the Little House Saturday and Sunday. Sunday Kathi Appelt and Joy Fisher Hein read from their book Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers.
- Ecopots all day Saturday and Sunday.
- Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., free guided garden walks.
- Saturday, artist Shou Ping will be here from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Mc Dermott Learning Center to visit with the public about her work.
Members Only Sale: Friday, April 13, 1 to 7 p.m. Friday's sale is exclusively for members of the Wildflower Center. Become a member online or at the preview sale.
We will not be recycling plastic pots at this plant sale, please consider recycling them at your local recycling center.
In the Store
Friday, April 13: Lynne Weber and Jim Weber speak at 11:30 a.m. in the auditorium on their book, Nature Watch Austin: Guide to the Seasons in an Urban Wildland, and sign in the store afterward until 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 14: Best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert signs Cat's Claw, her newest novel, 2 to 4 p.m.
Sunday, April 15: Kathi Appelt & Joy Fisher Hein sign Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers. David Busch signs the 2012 Wildflower Days™ art print and T-shirts. Both events 1 to 4 p.m.
Plant List
The plant list is updated daily leading up to the sale. Some species are available only in limited quantities and sizes. Please check back often for the latest list.Click here to view plant list online
Click here for printer friendly version
Click here for printer friendly version with QR Codes
Prices
Prices do not include sales tax. Wildflower Center Members receive a 10% discount.
| Size | Price |
| 6-packs | $3.00 |
| 4 inch | $3.00 |
| 1 gallon | $9.00 |
| 2 or 3 gallon | $13.00 |
| 5 gallon | $27.00 |
| 10 or 15 gallon | $73.00 |
Plant Sale Calendar
|
Year |
Spring Sale |
Fall Sale |
|
2012 |
April 13-15 |
October 12-14 |
|
2013 |
April 12-14 |
October 11-13* |
|
2014 |
April 11-13 |
October 10-12* |
|
2015 |
April 10-12 |
October 9-11* |
Seed Sales
Plant a pocket prairie, install a water efficient native lawn or a perennial wildflower bed this spring from native seed. Friendly folks from local company Native American Seed will again offer hundreds of species of native grasses and wildflowers at the Spring Plant Sale and Gardening Festival. Support the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and save on shipping by picking up your native seed next weekend!QR Codes
Take advantage of NPIN Mobile at this year's plant sale.
All plant sale labels will feature a QR (Quick Response) Code readable by smartphones equipped with a camera and QR Reader software.
Click here to find a QR Code Reader for your device.
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