The Trail Conservancy continues to enhance the Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail by planting a diversity of native plant species following the invasive work by contractors. A combination of sedges, grasses, and forbs provides a diverse ground cover and suppresses weed pressure while insulating the bank from...
Join TreeFolks for a Tree Adoption event. Free five-gallon container trees will be distributed to Austin residents and Austin Energy customers through our NeighborWoods program. We will be at the H-E-B Oaks at Slaughter/IH-35 (8801 S. Congress, Austin, TX 78745) on February 8th. No pre-registration is...
Springtime is approaching and we need your help to keep Waterloo Park beautiful and thriving! In these hands-on volunteer workshops, you’ll learn how to cut back herbaceous perennials, groundcovers, shrubs, and grasses throughout the park, all while meeting other plant-loving experts and community members. Volunteers...
Hello volunteers! Help Keep Austin Beautiful celebrate Valentine's Day and give some extra LOVE to our wonderful Lady Bird Lake. On Saturday, February 15th, join our team in wearing your favorite (litter collecting-friendly) Valentine's attire. Since 2009, Keep Austin Beautiful has organized large-scale cleanups of...
The Trail Conservancy continues to improve floodplain health by installing and maintaining green stormwater infrastructure (rain gardens) along the Trail. These structures reduce the impact of heavy storm flows and improve water infiltration. Volunteers will learn about rain gardens, their importance to our Trail, and...
Springtime is approaching and we need your help to keep Waterloo Park beautiful and thriving! In these hands-on volunteer workshops, you’ll learn how to cut back herbaceous perennials, groundcovers, shrubs, and grasses throughout the park, all while meeting other plant-loving experts and community members. Volunteers...
Springtime is approaching and we need your help to keep Waterloo Park beautiful and thriving! In these hands-on volunteer workshops, you’ll learn how to cut back herbaceous perennials, groundcovers, shrubs, and grasses throughout the park, all while meeting other plant-loving experts and community members. Volunteers...
Ready, Set, Plant! is a volunteer tree-planting program that plants 10,000 trees each year along Austin’s creeks and rivers. We educate volunteers on proper tree planting techniques and riparian restoration in partnership with the City of Austin’s Watershed Protection Department and Keep Austin Beautiful. Some...
Join Rachel Zierzow and TTC staff, Jonatan Salinas, to find birds and observe their behavior on the new section of the Butler Trail, the Holly Trailhead, historically part of the decommissioned Holly Power Plant at Festival Beach. Recently planted native trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and natural...
Join Shoal Creek Conservancy and Meteorologist Kenneth L Tapp for an engaging presentation followed by a walking discussion of the meteorology and microclimates found in the Shoal Creek watershed! Tapp is currently an instructor at Texas State University, has his Master’s and Bachelor’s in Meteorology...
