RFI: Austin Garden Groups/Clubs
How do I find out about different garden groups that I might join?
I'd like to get information about native gardening and would really like to join a group that has regular newsletters with notices of events around Austin that are worth attending. Things like sales, shows, and especially garden tours. I just found out that there was an "open day" of the Garden Conservancy two weeks ago that included a house down the street from my house, a garden that I drive by and check out (and drool) every day. I would have *loved* to be able to walk through this garden. These happen fairly regularly, I know the Austin Pond Society has an annual "open house", and I am sure there are others, and I'd like to figure out how to get advanced warning that these are coming up. I record CTG every week but more often than not I don't have time to watch it. Thanks. andyd |
RFI: Austin Garden Groups/Clubs
There's the Native Plant Society
http://www.npsot.org/Austin/default.htm or check at the garden center at Zilker Park, I bet they have a list of clubs. I seem to remember the Men's Garden Club (open to men & women) that may meet there. -Nancy |
RFI: Austin Garden Groups/Clubs
http://www.bestintexas.com/garden/index.html
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:16:45 GMT, Andyd opined: How do I find out about different garden groups that I might join? I'd like to get information about native gardening and would really like to join a group that has regular newsletters with notices of events around Austin that are worth attending. Things like sales, shows, and especially garden tours. I just found out that there was an "open day" of the Garden Conservancy two weeks ago that included a house down the street from my house, a garden that I drive by and check out (and drool) every day. I would have *loved* to be able to walk through this garden. These happen fairly regularly, I know the Austin Pond Society has an annual "open house", and I am sure there are others, and I'd like to figure out how to get advanced warning that these are coming up. I record CTG every week but more often than not I don't have time to watch it. Thanks. andyd |
RFI: Austin Garden Groups/Clubs
Andyd wrote:
How do I find out about different garden groups that I might join? Buy the local paper on Saturdays. They have a small gardening page in the Life and Arts section and they usually list gardening events and groups. Also listen to the saturday morning gardening shows on KLBJ 590 AM, they also advertise upcoming events sponsored by local groups. shows, and especially garden tours. I just found out that there was an "open day" of the Garden Conservancy two weeks ago that included a house down the street from my house, a garden that I drive by and check out (and drool) every day. I would have *loved* to be able to walk through this garden. These happen fairly regularly, I know the Annually, actually, but the Open Gardens is not going to happen next year. They're taking a year off. Austin Pond Society has an annual "open house", and I am sure there It happens early in the summer, again, only once a year. Those are really the only two tours that I'm aware of that open private gardens to the public. -- Victor Martinez Send your spam he Email me he |
RFI: Austin Garden Groups/Clubs
In article , Victor Martinez
wrote: Annually, actually, but the Open Gardens is not going to happen next year. They're taking a year off. Austin Pond Society has an annual "open house", and I am sure there It happens early in the summer, again, only once a year. Those are really the only two tours that I'm aware of that open private gardens to the public. -- Victor Martinez The city also has Water-wise garden tours - I believe one was held on Oct 18. I went last year. The gardens were modest in general but the owners commitment to rain water collection was pretty impressive. I enjoyed going for the tour because it gave you an insight into how ordinary folks dealt with their gardens. I wish I had remembered to go this year. Here is a link to the show. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/watercon/falltour03.htm Also many events are listed on the Central Texas gardener site on PBS: http://www.klru.org/ctg/events.asp they have a link to the texas master gardeners events page which fills any remaining holes Roland |
RFI: Austin Garden Groups/Clubs
Nancy Wooley told you about the Austin Native Plant Society,
http://www.npsot.org/Austin/default.htm and there is one in Georgetown, http://www.npsot.org/WilliamsonCounty/default.htm. Great source of information and fellowship. J. Kolenovsky VP, NPSOT, Houston Andyd wrote: = How do I find out about different garden groups that I might join? I'd like to get information about native gardening and would really like to join a group that has regular newsletters with notices of events around Austin that are worth attending. Things like sales, shows, and especially garden tours. I just found out that there was an "open day" of the Garden Conservancy two weeks ago that included a house down the street from my house, a garden that I drive by and check out (and drool) every day. I would have *loved* to be able to walk through this garden. These happen fairly regularly, I know the Austin Pond Society has an annual "open house", and I am sure there are others, and I'd like to figure out how to get advanced warning that these are coming up. I record CTG every week but more often than not I don't have time to watch it. = Thanks. = andyd -- = J. Kolenovsky, A+, Network +, MCP =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal |
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