Former White House resident, founder of the National Wildflower Research Center in 1982, an inexhaustible force on Austin's Town Lake Beautification project, and even a "Texas Ex" (she attended the University of Texas during the 1930s), our beloved Lady Bird Johnson has been an Austin fixture for most of her life and an integral part of the development of the landscape of this fair city. As dedicated to flora and fauna as Mother Nature herself, the former first lady has spent much of her life working to preserve and beautify the world around her. For every run around Town Lake, for each majestic yard of Texas xeriscape, and for every delighted squeal of a child who still has butterflies and bluebonnets to behold: Thank you, Lady Bird!
