Thanks to Austin Energy, we’re getting some trees planted in two parks as mitigation for Austin Energy projects that resulted in removal of trees close-by. One is Shipe Park, the other is Pease Park. The trees at Shipe have all been planted and here’s a picture of the crew, plus volunteer Jack Nokes and dog Petey. Our thanks to APF …
Surfacing at Gus Fruh / Barton Creek Greenbelt
Ok, surfacing doesn’t mean going for a winter swim at Gus Fruh pool, since the creek there is dry, it refers to the big effort to resurface much of the access trail from Barton Hills Drive down to the trail and pool area at Gus Fruh. On Saturday, 2/2, we were joined by over 40 volunteers from the Austin Ridge …
Exploring Mayfield Preserve
Mayfield Park and Preserve is one of those (out of 206) parks I’ve meaning to explore. I’ve been to events at Mayfield Cottage, but not explored the surrounding preserve. Mayfield is one of the eastern and central preserves are managed by Rene Barrera in the Parks department, a one-man army (if there ever was a one-man army) and a host …
Tree Work & Trash Pickup on Country Club Creek Trail
We’re half way into our second of three weeks of tree work on Country Club Creek Trail. Carl and Jose of Natural Texas have removed lots of invasive trees, including Chinaberry trees and old hackberries that were so rotten that they were held up by green briar vines alone! I’m spending a few hours every few days picking up trash …
Friends of Turkey Creek workday, 1/12/08
On Saturday, Jan 12, 2008, volunteers from the Friends of Turkey Creek assembled to continue their work to improve portions of this popular off-leash dog friendly hiking trail. Led by Glenn Gadbois and Emma Long Park Manager Alberto Perez, we built the second half of a natural rock retaining wall at the firt crossing, improved the walk down to the …
Tree Work at Country Club Creek Trail
Austin Parks Foundation is funding tree work along the Country Club Creek Trail, running from Kreig Fields at Guerrero-Colorado River Park south to the trailhead at S. Lakeshore and Pleasant Valley Road. We’ve hired Carl Brockman of Natural Texas to use his forestry mower to remove invasive (non-native) trees – especially Chinaberry – as well as some bamboo and a …
12 days of Copperfield (Nature Trail)
On the twelve days of Copperfield, our greenbelt gave to thee… Twelve Trail Markers Eleven Group Meetings Ten Shropshire cleanups Nine Trail Workdays Eight rolls of landscape cloth Seven bottles of Ivy Block Six illegal pot plants Five steroid shots! (for the ivy rash) Four tons of litter Three trail tours Two car doors And a pile of clothing under …
Thanks to our 40 volunteers at Red Bud Isle
On Sat, December 1st, despite the overcast day and a bit of drizzle, over 40 volunteers from the Central Texas Trail Tamers, the Friends of Red Bud Isle and volunteers from the Austin Parks Foundation came out to spread mulch, pull out or cut down non-native trees, especially ligustrum, and repairs one of the smaller eroded areas along the trail. …
Auction Oaks @ Republic Square Project in Statesman
In the Saturday, November 24th edition of the Austin American-Statesman, Sarah Coppola writes about our upcoming project to restore the Auction Oaks area of Republic Square. Read the story here. Not mentioned directly in the story but I do want to point out is the great work of TBG Partners, especially TBG Partners principal Daniel Woodroofe and great help from …
275 volunteers at Country Club Creek Trail on Sat, Nov 17th!
The sixth annual Project Build A Park, presented by Austin Community College Office of Student Life together with the Austin Parks Foundation was a tremendous success! We had the help of over 275 volunteers on Sat, Nov 17! Amazing! We could not have done this without the incredible help and support from the following: -from SEATAG (Southeast Austin Trails & …
