George, Jerry and Skip repaired portions of cedar (ashe juniper) fence at the northern end of Bull Creek Greenbelt. Great work you guys!
West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt Workday Sat @ 8:30
One more West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt Workday on Sat, 5/22 @ 8:30 am. Join the parks committee and other volunteers and pull out a few more invasive trees and plants before summer really sets in…. West Bouldin Creek Volunteer Workday West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt – S. 6th St entrance Help the Bouldin Creek Parks Committee remove invasive species, plant native …
Demo Restoration Plots at Pease Park Photos
In the fall of 2007/winter of 2008, the Austin Parks Foundation established a series of demonstration restoration plots in portions of Pease Park – tilling areas, applying dillo dirt and liquid compost and then planting a great mix of wildflower and grass seeds. Of course, we then experienced two years of drought, but some flowers and grasses did appear each …
Volunteer for National Trails Day at Barton Creek – 6/5 9 am to noon
This year, we’ll be focusing much of our activity on the trail that begins at Zilker Access, located in Zilker Park next to the Zilker Hillside Theatre and Barton Springs Pool. We will have additional volunteer projects at the Gus Fruh and Homedale access trails as well. The primary focus will be trail surface work along portions of the first …
Zilker Hillside Theatre Working Progressing
Thanks to volunteers leadership of John Faulk, Zilker Theatre Productions, The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Dept and funding from a number of donors, including, yes, the Austin Parks Foundation’s park grants program. the Hillside Theatre is going to be a lot more friendly with better accessible sidewalks and seating areas in front of the stage. Still more work …
Norwood House Work Begins
The first phase of work has begun on the Norwood House. Funded by donations raised by the Norwood Posse, a volunteer group operating under the umbrella of the Austin Parks Foundation, the first phase is asbestos roof shingle removal, being performed by a certified contractor today (April 28) and tomorrow. Once the shingles are safely removed, the subsurface of the …
See you at Republic Square @ 10 am
We’re going ahead with our little celebration of the completion of phase 1 of the Republic Square project this morning at 10 am on the deck at Republic Square, 5th and Guadalupe Sts – please join us!
4/23 Republic Celebration May Be Rescheduled Due to Rain
There’s a good chance of rain Friday @ 10 am when we’re hoping to be thanking all of our supporters for the completion of Phase 1 of Republic Square improvements. If that’s the case, we’re going to reschedule the event to Fri, 4/30 @ 5 pm (which also happens to be Arbor Day!) We’ll make a decision between 8 am …
Nightfall at Republic
Lighting on the deck highlights the 300 year Central Auction Oak on a nice Tuesday evening.
Tonight at Republic: The Album is Dead – 7 to 10 pm
Circulatory System and Monofonus Press propose to present a new collaborative project by twelve video artists from Austin and New York, all commissioned to make a new video for the project, The Album is Dead. In a society where MTV rarely plays actual music videos, the music industry continues to struggle with the fact that fewer and fewer people actually buy …