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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 ...
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 ...
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 tremendou...
Oct 28 – Austin Oyster Adventure Race
On Sunday, October 28th, 38 teams of 3 people competed in the first Austin Oyster Adventure Race. Developed and produced by Team Sage Productions of Denver, ...
Planting at Brush Square, Downtown Austin
On Sat, October 20th volunteers from the Friends of Brush Square, Austin Parks Foundation, the Hilton Hotel and the Austin Fire Department Station #1 came ou...
Pease Demo Plots – Statesman Article
In the Saturday October 20th edition of the Austin American Statesman, you can read about our Pease Park Demonstration Restoration project. Click here to...
We’re plotting some dirty restoration
Here they are, our much ballyhooed Pease Park Soil-Restoration Test Plots. What you see here is a long view of several plots. Each plot is divided into six p...
Red Bud Project Takes Off
Here are a couple pictures from Friends of Red Bud’s recent volunteer day. They used APF grant funds to purchase benches, cedar fences and a kiosk. Bern Abpl...
It’s My Tee Shirt!
We are still getting compliments on our 2006 It’s My Park! Day tee shirt, designed by Enviromedia. Today I even received this picture in my email – of Jessic...
A few photos from ACLMF…
Rosie and I have been tabling the past two days at the ACL Music Festival, telling folks about our work and how funds from ticket sales again this year will ...
Come visit us at ACL Music Festival!
Austin Parks Foundation is the presenting non-profit foundation of the Austin City Limits Music Festival again this year and will be tabling at the Good for ...
Explore Holly Shores – Bring Kids!
After brunch at Mr. Natural (mmm, tofu migas)Dan and I headed west for a little walk along the Holly Shores portion of Town Lake. You could just walk down Ch...
Haikus We’ve Received So Far – What do you think?
Please comment and let us know which of these you think best expresses Austin Parks Foundation. I’ll be adding more haikus as they come in. Eternal summer We...
Austin’s Trail Network Needs Your Vision
For the past twelve years there’s been a small but growing effort to increase the number and variety of hike and bike trails in Austin. While Town Lake Trail...
Rotary Club Rocks Shoal Creek
Or at least a part of it, 25 volunteers from the Rotary Club Service Committee came out on Sat, June 9 and helped us remove a 1.5 foot high berm covered...