Tejas Gardens was founded in 1972 by a group of North Texas Gardeners who had grown tired of buying plants at the local nurseries that were intended for milder climates and when grown in the hot Texas sun, wilted and died.

At that time, there was little information on creating natural gardens and xerioscapes. Thomas Mud and Daisy Wheel spent week-ends at the Texas A&M Botanical Library studying about native Texas shrubs and flowers. They searched the region and found a few small wholesale plant dealers who had native plants to sell. Their group also secured a collection permit from the Texas department of Agriculture that allowed them to dig up native plants and collect seeds. From these few plant sources, the nursery was born.

It was soon apparent that the operation could not be run by a volunteer staff, so Thomas and Daisy assumed ownership of the organization and opened the Tejas Garden facility to sell plants to the public on March 17, 1974.

Since then, Tejas Gardens, located at 4434 Beltline Road in Irving, Texas, has grown to cover over 30 acres which includes demonstration gardens, green houses, a store and a tree farm. Last year, Tejas Gardens provided all the landscape plants for the new Bullock Texas History Museum in Austin. The Tejas Gardens host educational tours from Dallas county schools throughout the year. This web page, selling seeds and plants, is the newest venture for the company.