The University of Texas System Board of Regents renamed the National Wildflower Research Center as the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in her honor.
On November 17, 1995—coincidentally the anniversary of her wedding day—the University of Texas System Board of Regents formally renamed the National Wildflower Research Center as the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, recognizing more than a decade of leadership in native plant conservation and public education that she had provided since co-founding the institution in 1982.
The renaming coincided with the center's affiliation with the University of Texas at Austin, embedding its research and educational mission within a major public university system and ensuring long-term institutional stability and academic rigor for its conservation programs. This affiliation expanded the center's capacity for scientific research, horticultural education, and public outreach programs promoting the use of native plants in landscaping and restoration projects nationwide.
The formal honor placed Lady Bird Johnson's name permanently alongside institutions dedicated to environmental science, joining a relatively small number of women of her era honored with an eponymous scientific research institution. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center continues to operate as a leading center for native plant research, seed banking, and ecological landscape design, and its visitor gardens near Austin, Texas, attract researchers, students, and the public, serving as a living monument to her decades-long commitment to American conservation and environmental beautification.