Lady Bird Johnson In Flower
I saw this quintessential "Lady Bird" Johnson quote in John Burnett's remembrance of the First Lady . With these two sentences she sets out an agenda with which she will transform the American landscape.
"I want Texas to look like Texas, and Vermont to look like Vermont," she once said. "I just hate to see the land homogenized."
"Lady Bird" Johnson amidst Gaillardia pulchella or blanket flower in a 1990 portrait taken in the Texas Hill Country
photo: LBJ Library photo by Frank WolfeIf you're feeling as moved as I am by her death, and as grateful for her influence and priorities, consider a donation to your local native plant society in her memory. And now you've another reason to visit the Texas hill country in the spring: the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin. The first reason is to see her agenda in bloom.
12:50 AM ET | 07-12-2007 | permalink

