Did you know that some of our favorite spirits are made from plants and grown right here in Texas? From the habitat to the chemistry, learn about the plants that persist in the deserts of […]

Member Saturday Mornings are back! Every second Saturday of the month members can enjoy early entry to the Garden beginning at 8 am. All members will receive a free plant to take home! Other member […]

Dr. Jay Banner, University of Texas, "Climate change impacts on Texas: Looking at the past and to an unprecedented future" Jay Banner is the F. M. Bullard Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences in […]

Guest Speaker: Kara KroegerDate & Time: Monday, July 11, 2022 @ 6 - 9 p.m. CSTLocation: Zilker Botanical Garden & Streaming via Zoom or YouTube Kara Kroeger demystifies how to visually assess soil health by […]

Norma Fowler is a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. She and her students have been studying plant population ecology, plant community ecology, and plant conservation in […]

Join us as we welcome Dan Lambe, CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation, and author of Now is the Time for Trees to the Zilker Botanical Garden. Dan will be giving a 10-15 minute presentation, […]

SOLD OUT. Additional dates added. Join us at the Garden for our very first collaborative sound bath meditation yoga class. Collette and Andrea come together to lead a reflective meditation with peaceful sounds and slow […]

Annual summer ice cream social plus plant & garden auction. Indulge yourself.  Eat Ice cream while bidding on a wide variety of plants and garden-related items. This event will be held in the Garden Center […]

The dog days of summer are upon us and we have just the solution! Zilker Botanical Garden welcomes you to join us for a fun-filled weekend for our furry friends. Located in the shaded Oak […]

The dog days of summer are upon us and we have just the solution! Zilker Botanical Garden welcomes you to join us for a fun-filled weekend for our furry friends. Located in the shaded Oak […]

Tim Culbertson teaches middle school for a living, but one of his passions has always been plants. Growing orchids came as an offshoot from working at Longwood Gardens in Philadelphia just after college. From the […]

The initial conception of Pretty Cute Coffee started with the discovery of the Blue Butterfly Pea Flower. It’s a beautiful and vibrant flower that many have classified as “blue matcha.” After researching this flower, Alec discovered a […]

Laura from PEAS (Partners for Education, Agriculture and Sustainability) will be joining us to share how her non-profit organization is cultivating joyful connections with the natural world through outdoor learning and edible education. PEAS currently […]

Member Saturday Mornings are back! Every second Saturday of the month members can enjoy early entry to the Garden beginning at 8 am. Each month will have a different offering. This Saturday, members can partake […]

As the season comes to a close, you are cordially invited to the first annual faerie home migration. The 2022 Woodland Faerie Trail had over 70 homes on display this summer, all thanks to our […]