UV Night Walk

Join us for a family friendly celebration of the garden at night. We will explore the diverse, nocturnal ecosystem of Zilker Botanical Garden with UV flashlights to look for night pollinators, glowing plants, fungus, lichens and more. 

Guests will learn how fungi is entangled in the garden helping plants gain water and nutrients, creating the pigments that give flowers their beautiful colors, to helping plants communicate with pollinators. We will have UV flashlights for you to see the diverse, nocturnal ecosystem in a new light. You can purchase your own UV light and pick-up at the event. We will be giving away recycled mushroom blocks, and warm reishi mushroom tea will be available so bring an insulated mug. Get creative with glowing outfits, face paint and don’t forget your camera and tripod.

Learn more here about how some plants, mushrooms, lichens and insects have evolved color patterns that are visible in the ultraviolet portion of the electromagnetic light spectrum, which humans cannot see but many insects, birds and animals can see.