Texas Bluebonnets
by Cheryl McClure
Title
Texas Bluebonnets
Artist
Cheryl McClure
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This scene is from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlfower Center, where there are beautiful Texas native plants.
On December 22, 1982 (Lady Bird Johnson's 70th birthday), she and actress Helen Hayes founded the National Wildflower Research Center, a nonprofit organization devoted to preserving and reintroducing native plants in planned landscapes, located east of Austin, Texas. This earned her the nickname of "Johnny Appleseed" of Wildflowers. The Center opened a new facility southwest of Austin on La Crosse Avenue in 1994. It was officially renamed the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in 1998 in honor of Johnson, who raised $10 million for the facility. On June 20, 2006, the University of Texas at Austin announced plans to incorporate the 279-acre (1.1 km2) Wildflower Center into the University.
For 20 years, Johnson spent her summers on the island of Martha's Vineyard, renting the home of Charles Guggenheim for many of those years. She said she had greatly appreciated the island's natural beauty and flowers.
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March 10th, 2013
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