Reply #65: we have Ladybird Johnson to thank for all the wildflowers on the highways. [View All]

[fleabert]

I was trying to remember exactly what I had heard about it, did a google and didn't find much, but I know she started it all.


In the spring, the state's highways and byways explode with color, courtesy of Mother Nature and Ladybird Johnson. More than 30 years ago, the former First Lady began the wildflower propagation along Texas highways, a program later copied throughout the country. Now, the blooms of multi-hued wildflowers are celebrated in varied happenings and on wildflower trails across the state. Many of the loveliest displays are seen in Central Texas. Year-round events are featured at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, where something is always in bloom.

http://www.traveltex.com/tx_act_events.asp?SN=5935648&LS=0

here's a little bio on the nature loving first lady!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/cj36.html