A Passion for Plants: An East Austin Garden Fair
April 14, 2018 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
April 14, 2018 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center
2608 Gonzales Street, Austin, TX 78702
2608 Gonzales Street, Austin, TX 78702
Rain
or Shine – come enjoy this great event.
Ask
the experts and get garden ideas.
Kid-friendly activities!
Kid-friendly activities!
Free Admission
Free Plants
Free Garden books, magazines, seed catalogs and plastic garden buckets
Free Soil Screening for food gardeners – Bring a 2-cup soil sample in a quart zip lock bag.
Easy instructions for soil sampling at http://austintexas.gov/soilkitchen
Free Plants
Free Garden books, magazines, seed catalogs and plastic garden buckets
Free Soil Screening for food gardeners – Bring a 2-cup soil sample in a quart zip lock bag.
Easy instructions for soil sampling at http://austintexas.gov/soilkitchen
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Service, Travis County Master Gardeners, and Austin Parks & Recreation
present the 12th annual East Austin Garden Fair.
Free and open to the
public, this fun, hands-on fair involves
community members in creative, low-cost ways to grow vegetables, herbs and
fruit to improve the family diet as well as information about Earth-Kind
landscaping. Travis County Master Gardeners offer University-based information
to fairgoers on a diverse variety of horticulture topics, while Community
Partner Organizations provide information on closely-related services, programs
and projects.
The fair features an assortment of
DIY and demonstration activities, including building a rain barrel, raised bed
or compost bin, and information about waterwise irrigation methods and
gardening in containers and straw bales. Learn how to care for house
plants as well as your garden tools! Booths on backyard chickens and
beekeeping are a big hit with all ages and there will be plenty of activities
for kids.
Long-standing community
partners and new participants include the Sustainable Food
Center, Green Corn Project, Home Depot Kid’s Workshop, Austin Public
Library, Austin Resource Recovery, City of Austin-Urban Forestry, Austin
Herb Society, 4-H CAPITAL AmeriCorps, Travis County 4-H, Travis Co
Master Wellness Volunteers, Travis County Expanded Food and Nutrition
Education Program and Travis County Cooperative Extension Program-Prairie
View A&M University.
For more information,
please call 512-854-9600