From TreeFolks - Please come and join us in giving our public trees some much needed Tender Loving Care. We'll be clearing debris and weeds from around the base of the trees and then spreading mulch to protect their roots from foot traffic and keep...
From Sunfield Community Garden - Join long-time canner and jam-maker extraordinaire Lisa Frakowiak of Flying Pony Farm and learn all you need to know to get started canning your own salsa, jam, sauces and jellies straight from the garden! The class is free and guided...
From the Austin Community Design and Development Center and the Alley Flat Initiative- The Austin Community Design & Development Center is organizing the first annual Alley Flat Homes Tour to raise funds for program expansion and increase awareness of the Alley Flat Initiative. Five Alley Flats...
From Brite Ideas - Free Class from Brite Ideas: Aquaponics Demystified Aquaponics systems are nutritious and educational, but can be intimidating at the same time. Learn the basics of what an aquaponics system is, how it works and how to make it function properly. Hands-on...
From the Austin Parks Foundation - Join us to learn more about our ACL Music Festival Grants Program, how to apply, what we fund and more! We’ll meet in Room 2 of the Terrazas branch Library. All are welcome to join us. We’ll cover: Program...
Austin's future is up to you. Learn how to get involved (while having a beer or two) at our latest happy hour. Who cares about local government anyway? As it turns out, not a lot of people. It's our mission to change that. Because the...
Join the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for free family fun Thursday evenings beginning June 9th. Nature Nights are fun explorations of plants, animals, and the ecology of Central Texas. Each evening features interactive presentations, hikes with experts in their fields, and nature crafting for...
From Keep Austin Beautiful - In partnership with the City of Austin Watershed Protection Department, Keep Austin Beautiful organizes large-scale cleanups every other month to tackle trash from several locations along the shoreline and from watercrafts on and along Lady Bird Lake. Large-scale, bi-monthly cleanups are...
From TreeFolks - TreeFolks, a local non-profit, is teaming up with Cardinal Instruments, an Austin guitar maker who uses locally harvested woods to build guitars. We'll start off the tour by taking a walk in the Cherrywood neighborhood to learn how to ID trees and...
From Brite Ideas - Free class from Brite Ideas: Aquaponics at the Homestead, Off the Grid and on the Cheap Doing as much as you can with few resources can be a challenge. Self-sufficiency can come with high upfront costs, even though it is more...
