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Thanks for the great workshop last week in Austin. It was a pleasure meeting all of you and hearing all of your great ideas!

I just wanted to pass along a couple of thoughts I had after the workshop that might be of use to other First Bloom participants.
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Lady Bird Johnson’s own love affair with nature began when she was very young. After her mother’s death, she found solace, hope and promise in native plants and wildflowers. My mother had a pivotal role in beautifying America, but she would want you to know that she was one person in a parade of millions working to preserve our land and heritage. My mother wished that all children, and all future generations, would have the opportunity to experience nature’s goodness and become its caretakers.

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Lady Bird Johnson spurred our nation to beautify its communities, highways, and parks by planting and nurturing native flowers. To honor her legacy, the National Park Foundation created First Bloom - a project that helps kids get their hands dirty.

On Sunday night, the opening “First Bloom Workshop” began with celebration and humility as Boys and Girls club leaders, plant conservation experts, park biologists, foundation officers and education specialists gathered at the Lyndon Baines Johnson National Historical Park in Texas.

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