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Texas Arbor Day Celebration (FREE)
November 4, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
Join our member, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, for an Arbor Day Celebration!
Get ready to celebrate live oaks (Quercus fusiformis), pecans (Carya illinoinensis) and cedar elms (Ulmus crassifolia) — Texas Arbor Day is Saturday, Nov. 4!
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is offering FREE admission all day and special activities from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Texas Arbor Day Schedule
In addition to ongoing events like Fortlandia and Power the Migration: A Monarch Exhibition, Texas Arbor Day guests are invited to:
9:30 a.m. — Meet our friends from organizations like Bartlett Tree Experts and the Texas Military Environmental Department as well as members of our Science and Conservation Department, in house arborists and horticulturists in the Courtyard.
10:30 a.m. — Take a garden tour with Bartlett Tree Experts and learn all about cultural practices and structural pruning for young trees.
10 a.m. — Learn how to age trees at an extra-special Drop-in & Discover
11:45 a.m. — Enjoy a tree planting demonstration with Bartlett Tree Experts
TBD a.m. — Tour the Arboretum with Kelsey, one of our skilled Wildflower Center Arborists.
1 p.m. — Learn how evolution influences the form and structure of trees at our Morphology of Oaks and Trees class (FREE! Space is limited, pre-registration is encouraged but not required)
