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, Colorado; Austin is the fourth city to host the race (Denver, San Francisco and Seattle being the others.) Austin Parks Foundation is the non-profit beneficiary (yeah!) and we helped with over 30 volunteers at …
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 might rely on A/C But for Austin Parks Laying foundations, Town Lake, Barton and Shoal Creek, For generations. Trees, a trail, a bench A green place built by neighbors hands – This …
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 is the most famous, Barton Creek Greenbelt the most ridden and floated, and Shoal Creek the oldest, there is a growing movement to link these and other portions of our community …
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 parts – three tilled, three untilled. Each part is then treated with a layer of either Dillo dirt, liquid compost (also known as compost tea), or nothing. Below the first picture is …