In October 2007, we installed 9 demonstration restoration plots to see if we could plant with native flowers and grasses areas that had been heavily used by folks enjoying the park. Â We tilled soil, added compost and other treatments and spread seed. Â By then, the drought, which continues to this day, hit Central Texas. Â Results have been somewhat promising in …
50 Drummers at Wooldridge Kicks Off Fusebox
Graham Reynolds’ Golden Arm Trio kicked off the weeklong Fusebox Festival with a performance of 50 drummers (and a few other instruments) at Wooldridge Square on a beautiful Thursday night. Â This is the first in a series of events celebrating the 100th anniversary of Wooldridge Square as a park. Â Over 200 people enjoyed the 45 minute performance.
Planting at Little Stacy Park
On Clean Sweep Day (Sat, April 4) volunteers gathered to pick up trash, but also do some planting thanks to Rene Barrera, Parks Dept Preserves manager, shown with a trailer full o plants and trees. Â Congrats to David Todd and all of the volunteers for a job well done.
Sparky Park Dedication
Sparky Park officially has its unveiling on Sat – here’s the announcement. Â The foundation was pleased to hold funds raised by the neighborhood group and disburse them as payment for a portion of the new wall – it’s simply amazing – you need to see it!
Statesman Article On Pease Park
Today, Pam LeBlanc wrote a follow-up piece on Pease Park, an area where the Austin Parks Foundation as well as our Adopt-a-park group, Trees for Pease, have put in a lot of work in the past few years and especially, the past few months. Â Among the new improvements are irrigation, 100 new trees, we also spread dillo dirt and mulch …
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 …
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=”” …
Trees for Pease – Irrigation, Tree Planting: Your Help Please
As of Friday, we have a new irrigation system installed at Pease Park. Â On both side of the trail beginning at Kingsbury and going up to the base of the hill, we have 100 spots for irrigation for 100 trees, a few of which are already there. Â Our next step is to raise enough money to finish paying for the …
Sparky Park Puts Up a Wall (and its great!)
Sparky Park is a former Austin Energy substation that has been converted to a pocket park. The North University Neighborhood Association began work over three years ago to develop concepts for the makeover, which removed all of the towers and equipment, but left the really cool substation building (to be redone in a future phase). Â Then several wireless phone companies …
Brush Square @ Cap Metro Station Update: 10/28/08
Work continues to progress along 4th St, as well as portions of Trinity St for improvements to the south side of Brush Square. Sidewalks are being poured and finished, eight of the ten new Oak trees have been planted and crews are working to finish out the remaining sidewalks near the Hilton and installing street lights, a welcome addition to …