Our new stone bollards now ring the Auction Oaks portion of Republic Square! These massive limestone blocks double as seats and will be connected with heavy chain shortly. We’re very excited about this task being completed. Only a few things left to do in this phase of work at Republic Square.
100 Trees for Pease!
On Saturday, Feb 21, several hundred volunteers converged on Pease Park to plant the first 100 trees for Pease. It took a village to get them purchased, placed, planted and irrigated! We’d like to thank the following for all of their hard work: • Richard Craig, who formed Trees for Pease, raised the bulk of the funds (nearly $20,000 to …
Giving Pease Park Some Love on Valentine’s Day
Friends of Pease Park was joined on Valentine’s Day by the University of Texas student service fraternity Gamma Beta Phi and by the Eeyore’s Birthday Board of Directors’ organization known as “Friends of the Forest” for a special work-day in Pease Park. Nearly 100 volunteers, wearing “I © Pease Park” T-shirts worked tirelessly to address both erosion control and soil compaction problems …
Republic Square – Bollard Installation – Day 1
A number of the new stone bollards were installed today, they will surround the entire Auction Oaks area and will be connected by a heavy gauge chain. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] [/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” …
Please Support Completing The Trail @ Lady Bird Lake
In the next few weeks, the Austin City Council will consider the proposed concept plan for the Riverside Boardwalk Trail. Work on design and possible routes has been underway since this past summer and we hope that you’ve been able to attend the many open houses and public meetings. Specifically, the conceptual plan seeks to close the 1.3 mile gap …
Republic Square – Here come the bollards
This week, we’ll have the final elements of Phase 1A of the Auction Oaks @ Republic Square project put into place – a collection of stone bollards, connected by heavy chain to outline the Auction Oaks grove. These are 2 foot high limestone blocks, which double as handy seats. The first one is already out at the square, we’ve included …
The Ultimate Recycled Benches
Our friends of SEATAG (that’s the Southeast Austin Trails and Greenways Group) who have designed and built the (so-far) 1.5 mile Country Club Creek Trail practice the ultimate in recycling. They taken three huge concrete slabs, dumped at the park at one point and hauled them to beautiful spots along the trials under some of the bigger trees and working …
Republic Auction Oaks – 1969 and Present
We received a cool photo from 1969 showing the Auction Oaks in what was the Republic Square parking lot then. You can see that there’s precious little space around the central auction oak in the foreground. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] …
College Forward & Natural Texas @ Shoal Creek – Thanks
A big thank you to College Forward and their wonderful 50 plus volunteers who worked with the Austin Parks Foundation and Carl Brockman and his team from Natural Texas – who provided arborists with chainsaws, a big chipper and the wonderful forestry mower. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” …
There’s A Hole in Our Park (yeah)
Update on the Auction Oaks at Republic Square Project as of Monday, 1/12/09. Our contractor is installing new irrigation in the portions of the park that had berm removal – about 1/2 of the site and they are about 50% completed. In addition, installation of the four remaining big trees has begun with four really big holes dug and awaiting …