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Find the Perfect Park

Is there an off-leash park in my area? Which parks have swimming pools? We've added a new feature to our celebrated Find-A-Park website that lets you answer these questions and more.

Welcome to Austin Parks Foundation

We will be closed for Labor Day weekend, September 3 through 6, back in the office on the 7th.

Movies in the Park Kicks Off With Raiders of the Lost Ark

Free movies in Republic Square return tonight, September 1st with Raiders of the Lost Ark sponsored by the Downtown Austin Alliance! Pre-show Contest: come dressed as Indiana Jones or your favorite character, we'll have giveaways for the winners (voted on by the audience) A complete list of films is on our Movies in the Park page. Thanks to the Alamo Drafthouse, Downtown Austin Alliance, the City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department and Mellow Johnny's sponsoring this series. Street parking is available surrounding the park, the State Garage charges $7, bike valet provided by Mellow Johnny's

Loading Mulch - The hard way vs. the easy way

We've had several great workdays so far and mulched hundreds of trees. Join us in September for more mulching at Republic Square and Zilker Park. Who knows - we might even have The Claw on hand to help out. Sign up here.

Zilker Tree Rescue Project - 300 Trees Left to Mulch!

Here's the map showing all of the trees to mulched as well as the 89 trees that will receive additional treatment. Our Thanks to KGSR's Blues on the Green for their support of the Zilker Tree Rescue project!

Volunteer at National Public Lands Day - September 25th

In addition to mulching trees at Zilker, we're gearing up for our next big volunteer workday on Barton Creek Greenbelt. We're looking for up to 500 volunteers at our first annual National Public Lands Day at Barton Creek Greenbelt. We'll be doing a lot of removal of invasive (non-native) trees and plants and we'll have some great trail improvement projects as well. Please join us with our partners including the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Dept, Hill Country Conservancy, American Youthworks Environmental Corps, Austin Ridge Riders, Greenbelt Guardians, Central Texas Mountaineers, and Central Texas Trail Tamers. Sign up now for cutting and windrow building crews. We also need crew leaders for the cutting and windrow building crews - please email us at apf@austinparks.org if you are interested.

This is the first of 25 volunteer workdays we'll be hosting over the next 17 months as part of our Barton Creek Trail Corps and Volunteer Corps initiative.

Our National Public Lands Day is part of EarthShare of Texas Week. We greatly appreciate our supporters and sponsors including Texas Gas Service, REI, and Impact Austin.

The Austin Oyster Adventure Race Returns October 16th

For the fourth year in a row, the Merrill Oyster Racing Series will host the the Austin edition on Saturday, October 16th starting and finishing at RunTex at South First Street and Riverside Drive. Proceeds benefit the Austin Parks Foundation and we hope that you register a team to compete. Details are here

Announcing $90,000 for Neighborhood Park Projects

This summer, Austin Parks Foundation is awarding more than $90,000 in grants to community park projects. With the help of volunteers, nine parks will see substantial improvements. Among the projects we'll be contributing to are:

Placing large boulders at Slaughter Creek Greenbelt to prevent off-road vehicals tearing up the trail, along with landscaping entrances, and installing signs.
Planting nearly 100 trees at Brentwood Park and adding an irrigation system to keep them green.
Planning for a 40-acre prairie restoration project at Commons Ford Ranch.
Constructing the first segment of the Montopolis Tributary Trail which will eventually be part of a major south Austin trail network.
Landscaping, beautifying, and providing shade for new splash pads at Pease, Mary Baylor Clarksville, and Bartholomew Parks.

See a map of all our recent grant projects on our Grants page.