The What’s Growing On? In the Laura W. Bush Native Texas Park series highlights nature’s best in the native landscaping on the George W. Bush Presidential Center grounds.
Spring is in full swing here at the Laura W. Bush Native Texas Park. Robert Favela, master naturalist and Director of Facility Operations at the Bush Center, gives a tour of the park while highlighting Mother Nature’s beautiful artistry in the details of the early spring blooms.
As you approach the park, you will see that the front entrance of the Bush Institute showcases multi-trunk redbuds that have been carefully transplanted from President Bush’s Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas. The blooms from these trees, whether single trunk or multi-trunk, show the first signs of spring. Last to bloom is the Texas state tree: the pecan tree. During the first blooms of the redbuds and last blooms of the pecan trees, the Texas State flower, the bluebonnet, pops up as the weather grows warmer. The bluebonnets can be found throughout the 15-acre park.
From the half-acre of wildflowers to the Habiturf that’s made up of a mixture of five types of prairie grass, the park preserves the natural beauty of Texas in showcasing species that are unique to the region.
We encourage you to come out to see what is blooming, and then come back again in a few weeks to see what else has sprung up. Every season brings different variations of the flowers and other wildlife seen in the park, and we don’t want you to miss any of nature’s best!
Learn more about this urban oasis, including the park’s operating hours, spring park tours, and more.
