Lady Bird's place.(Brief Article)

Publication: Texas Monthly

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Austin's Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is blooming.

During the infamous drought of 1996, roadside wildflowers frizzled and fried. But at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, just southwest of Austin, blossoms, shrubs, trees, and grasses were sleek and sassy. Why? Because 1995's rains watered 1996's flowers, thanks to one of the largest rooftop rainwater-collection systems in North...

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