LBJ Wildflower Center’s Tree Talk, Winter Walk

January may not seem like an ideal month to take a lovely stroll around the neighborhood – but this is Texas, after all! Not only is the Village at Western Oaks community a great place for a nice walk, but taking the family a little further down Mopac will lead to a great winter event found only in south Austin. On Saturday, January 28, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is hosting a “Tree Talk and Winter Walk.”

The event is open from 9am to 5:30pm and features lectures such as, “Tree Care During Trying Times” and “Proper Tree Pruning,” a tree planting demonstration, and talks and walks like “Tree ID and the Great Texas Tree Roundup” and “Oak Wilt I.D. for your Neighborhood.” A major goal of the program is to teach visitors about native trees and shrubs and how they can help to alleviate some of the pains that come along with the droughts that are becoming more and more prevalent. Of course, there will be lots of fun for the family, with a Kids’ Tree Climb and Tree Scavenger Hunt all day; everyone who completes the scavenger hunt even will receive a native tree sapling, thanks to TreeFolks.

Admission to the center is free in January so not only can visitors enjoy this event at no charge, this entire month is a great time to check out what the Wildflower Center has to offer. For anyone looking for a new home close to all this botanical beauty, the Austin real estate agents at Regent Property Group can help find a wonderful home in the Village at Western Oaks, a community with its own beauty, very near the LBJ Wildflower Center.