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 …
Keep Austin Weird 5K and Festival June 26!
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve been selected as the benefiting organization for the Keep Austin Weird Festival & 5K on June 26th. Our thanks to Michelle and Kate at Bounce Events • Marketing • PR for working with this to offer participants a chance to donate to the Austin Parks Foundation when they register for the 5k and festival. …
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 …
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 …
Wed 4/21 5-7 pm – After work mulch workout at Republic Square!
Why pay a trainer to work out after work? Instead, come out to Republic Square (5th and Guadalupe) on Wed, 4/21 @ 5 pm when you can help Charlie haul the remaining 3 yards of mulch from the pile to the planting area and get a great workout – we could really use your help! If you have an extra …
Reusing Ligustrum (a common invasive in our parks)
One of our amazing volunteers, Jerry Levenson who has cut down or yanked out tens of thousands of non-native ligustrum, chinaberry and nandina in the past two years, is also a skilled woodworker, so he had some extra ligustrum and brought it into his shop and presto! We’re pretty darned impressed!
Saturday round-up: West Bouldin, Farmer’s Market, Republic
Busy day in Austin’s parks – in the morning, I went to help out with another volunteer day at West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt. Ingrid, Matt and the rest of Bouldin volunteers were out removing invasives and stacking them into winrows, other volunteers were mulching the trees in and around the BMX area. We tackled the area between the creek and …
Lots of volunteer opportunities this weekend!
It’s going to be a really nice weekend – why not get a workout and help some of Austin’s parks at the same time? Among the volunteer events scheduled are: West Bouldin Creek – invasive removal – 8:30 am to 1 pm – Sat Republic Square – weeding, watering and mulching – 1 to 4 pm – Sat and more …
Volunteer Opportunities Postponed to 3-27
Saturday, 3/20 @ noon update: West Bouldin Creek Workday is postponed to Sat, 3/27 @ 8:30-1 pm. Republic Square workday scheduled for Sun 3/21 is postponed until Sat, 3/27 @ 1 pm. Sorry folks, it’s just too wet out there. Yup, we know its SXSW Music Festival Weekend, but it’s also prime park volunteering season. We have several volunteer opportunities …
