Gardens on Tour 2012 will be on Saturday, May 12, during Mother’s Day weekend.  The tour,  from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine, will feature exclusive looks at five private gardens as well as the Wildflower Center.

As always, these beautiful gardens are excellent examples of fine design using wildflowers and native plants. To see all the gardens, you will be able to purchase a $25 pass online, through our garden center sponsors, or at the Wildflower Center Store. Check back for the latest updates. Passes and individual garden tickets for $6 will also be available at each garden.  Children 5 and under are free and kids 6-12 are $3.

Tiffany Hamburger & Peter Tsai sign Austin, Texas: A Photographic Portrait, 1 to 4 p.m. Cherie Foster Coburn and illustrator Joy Fisher Hein sign the new Bloomin’ Tales… as well as Our Shadow Garden, 1 to 4 p.m. (Kids! Come early and make a book mark with Cherie and Joy, beginning in the Little House at 11 a.m.)