Texas LBJ

Entry to Center

Lyndon Baines and Lady Bird are as big as it gets in Texas. Their impact has been noted and history preserved in the Hill Country of Texas.





We visited the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, where the conservation efforts of this fine first lady are kept alive. A beautiful setting representing mission architecture blended with ranching life. A docent gave us our own private tour of all learning gardens and pointed out the many native plants just coming into bloom.

Water Tower Architecture

Interpretive Gardens

Lady Bird was a big supporter of protecting our natural resources. If I could have lunch with one person from the past it would be her.

Poster of Blue Bonnets

We were too early for the Blue Bonnets (Lupines). Here's a photo of a poster how glorious the fields are in bloom.

Blue Bonnets just starting to open



Great horned Owl on nest

We were lucky enough to see their resident Great Horned Owl named Athena nesting in the archway.

We also stopped by the LBJ National Historic Park.

Entry to Home

Lyndon Baines was raised in the area of Johnson City, Texas, named for his family. The National Parks have preserved and cared for the numerous sites from his ancestors and boyhood homes, family cemetery and the "Other White House". No, not like Mar-A-Lago.


LBJ's ranch and modest home served as the Texas Whitehouse, where as president he could catch his breath and contemplate, away from D.C. Here he even hosted dignitaries with Texas BBQ's along the Pedernales River. No photos of the inside were allowed. The house was still decorated in the 1960's and rooms had many sentimental objects. It was very charming.

LBJ Home and "Texas White House"

You can really learn a lot about the man touring his home. LBJ was a man who grew up with chores and taught for his first job in a less than privileged public school.  








Overshadowed by the failures of the Vietnam War, he accomplished a lot during his Presidency in the areas of Civil Rights, Public Broadcasting, Education, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and wilderness protection. I think he scored a hole in one for the fight against poverty.