8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Brooke Elementary School
3100 E 4th St
Austin, TX 78702
Brooke Elementary and Travis County Master Gardeners have collaborated to create a day long gardening symposium. This event is open to the public. Please see below for registration information. Please join us for the Brooke Elementary Sustainable Gardening Symposium. Registration is open to parents, teachers, and interested community members that want to learn more about gardening. Registration is $25 for the day (lunch included). Speaker topics include:
- Grow Your Own Veggies
- Backyard Chickens
- Preserve the Harvest/Vegetable Fermenting
- Backyard Bees
- Companion Planting
- Composing/Vermiculture
- Rainwater Harvesting
- Beneficial Insects
- Butterfly Gardening
- Tree Care
- Ground to Ground
- Junior Master Gardener Program
Schedule:
- 8:30-9:00 Registration
- 9:00-9:15 Introduction to Brooke Green Program
- 9:20-10:15 Grow Your Own Veggies
- 10:20-11:15 Backyard Chickens
- 11:20-12:20 Lunch (School Garden Panel Discussion w/ AISD Outdoor Learning Specialist) -Attendees can take a tour of the campus gardens -Attendees can visit information booths in the gymnasium
- 12:25-1:20 Preserving the Harvest/Vegetable Fermenting
- 1:25-2:20 Backyard Bees
- 2:25-3:20 Companion Planting
- 3:25-4:00 Final Remarks and Survey
Current Booths:
Composting/Vermiculture
Rainwater Harvesting
Beneficial Insects vs Harmful Insects (IPM)
Butterfly Gardening
Tree Care
Junior Master Gardener Program
Ground to Ground Program
Register online at https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/productListingDetails/2393 Register by phone: 979-845-2604
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