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Lady Bird and her legacy

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN

The Austin American-Statesman's Lady Bird's Legacy campaign is raising money to add more wildflowers to the hills, highways and neighborhoods throughout Central Texas. Every dollar donated is tax-deductible and will be used to buy seeds to plant along highway rights of way and in parks. A special Lady Bird Legacy seed packet will be given to fourth-grade students, who will learn about the importance of wildflowers and how to create their own gardens.

The campaign, which began Aug. 27, 2008, on what would have been President Lyndon B. Johnson's 100th birthday, will continue through 2012, when Lady Bird would have turned 100. Our goal is to join Lady Bird's dream of beautifying America. Want to buy the special Lady Bird's Legacy seed mix? A percentage will be donated to the Wildflower Center Seed Grant program to buy seeds for Texas schools. More about seed grants


 

STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE?

Call 512-445-1732 or email wildflowers@statesman.com

HOW TO DONATE

Donate online

Send a check to:
Lady Bird's Legacy Wildflower Fund
P.O. Box 50066
Austin, TX 78763-0066.

Donations are tax-deductible. Names of donors of $25 or more will be printed in the American-Statesman and at statesman.com, unless you wish to remain anonymous. Address and phone number will not be printed. Individuals who donate $500 or more, and corporate donors, will receive a print of Ben Sargent's Lady Bird Johnson tribute cartoon.

Readers donate/pledge almost $100,000

Major highway plantings begin this fall in Travis, Bastrop, Williamson, Hays, Burnet and Blanco counties.

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WILDFLOWER QUIZ

Take the Central Texas wildflower identity quiz here.

Photo contest

Attention shutterbugs! Like the flowers, our photo contest has gone dormant until next spring. Check back then to compete again.



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