Austin · Saturday, August 15, 2026
Lost Words in the Garden
Lost Words in the Garden on Saturday, August 15, 2026 at Zilker Botanical Garden (Outdoors). Cost: $10. Best for: school-age.
@ About ten years ago the Oxford Junior Dictionary (OJD) removed words from nature like acorn, buttercup, fern, heron, to make room for technology words like analogue, chatroom, and voicemail. They claimed the dictionary merely reflected the life experience of young readers. The fact that words like dandelion and doe, pelican and poppy were not part of the…