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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...
Parkland Dedication Ordinance Changes Update
The Austin City Council held a public hearing and vote on proposed changes to the Parkland Dedication Ordinance at the City Council session on June 7th, but ...
