{"id":8104,"date":"2023-06-02T22:58:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T22:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/austin\/?p=8104"},"modified":"2023-06-04T23:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T23:49:16","slug":"the-driskill-offering-summer-package-with-lady-bird-johnson-wildflower-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/austin\/the-driskill-offering-summer-package-with-lady-bird-johnson-wildflower-center\/","title":{"rendered":"The Driskill Offering Summer Package with Lady Bird Johnson\u00a0Wildflower Center\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Driskill<\/a> in downtown Austin, Texas, is pleased to announce a new summer partnership with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center<\/a> as part of its Keeping Up With The Johnsons package. Geared toward celebrating summertime blooms and inspiring the conservation of Texas\u2019 native plants, while embracing the hotel\u2019s history \u2013 it\u2019s now available to book with select block-out dates.<\/p>\n

Keeping Up With The Johnsons provides two tickets to the LBJ Presidential Library<\/a> as well as two tickets to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. In addition, guests will receive two complimentary cocktails in the famous Driskill Bar, which was the site of President LBJ and Lady Bird\u2019s first date in 1934. Recognized as President Johnson’s unofficial headquarters, The Driskill was home to President Johnson and First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, during the 1950s and 60s.<\/p>\n

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LBJ Suite at The Driskill. Photo Credit: The Driskill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the new partnership with Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the package provides access to exploring their 284 acres of cultivated botanical gardens, an arboretum, nature trails, managed natural areas and wildlands that straddle the Edwards Plateau and Texas Blackland Prairies ecoregions. The mission of the Wildflower Center is to inspire the cultivation of native plants, and there are nearly 900 species of native Texas plants in their gardens to inspire visitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cTravelers coming to The Driskill this summer can stay and play like former President LBJ and Lady Bird,\u201d said general manager Markus Puereschitz. \u201cWe\u2019re paying homage to a key part of the hotel\u2019s history while supporting the Wildflower Center\u2019s mission to provide a sustainable habitat for wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n

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