Designing Faerie Houses with Locally Sourced Natural Materials: Guided Garden Walk & Design Workshop
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasLearn to identify natural building materials to use in your own faerie house designs! Enjoy a guided walk around the garden to practice recognizing building materials found in nature followed by a chance to sketch […]
Healthy Living with Herbs & Mediterranean Brunch
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasJoin us for the May Austin Herb Society meeting! Healthy Living with Herbs & Mediterranean Brunch. How do we optimize the health benefits of herbs? What are the easiest herbs to grow and use in […]
Think Outside the Pot: Alternative Growing Methods with Heart of Texas Orchid Society
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasJoin us for the Heart of Texas Orchid Society's May meeting! Clay and plastic pots are tried and true favorites for many orchid growers. They areinexpensive and readily available. In this discussion, we will talk […]
Ikebana Demonstration (Japanese Flower Arrangement)
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasOld and new Ikebana friends, Austin Ikebana Group, is inviting potential members to join its May event. Ms. Velia Sánchez will demonstrate the Group Contrast Form Japanese Flower Arrangement using three groups of materials with straight […]
Forest Bathing in the Garden with Camille Bunting
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasA forest bathing walk is an outdoor multi-sensory immersion into nature rather than a bath with soap, water, and a towel. It is a guided experience for the purpose of spending intentional quality time with […]
Understanding & Building Living Soil
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasJoin Soil Health Practitioner and Soil Food Web certified biologist Andie Marsh to learn about living soil. We will cover the following high-level principles of bio-complete and fungal-rich compost.> What are fungi: bacteria ratio and […]
Talks and Walks in the Garden (TWiG): Enjoying Edible and Fragrant Flowers
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasWe'll discuss some unusual ways to enjoy flowers, particularly flowering herbs. Cuisines around the world regularly use flowers; learn which ones grow locally that you can add to your dishes for a fun or elegant […]
Building Living Soil Workshop
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasJoin us for a community workday to build a passive composting system that encourages living soil and ideal fungal: bacteria ratio. We will have spent mushroom blocks for people to take home to build their […]
Mother’s Day Picnics and Bouquets
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasPre-orders have ended We've got your Mother's Day plans for you! We're teaming up with Antonelli's and Good Juju Flowers to offer a Mother's Day picnic and bouquet to surprise Mom with a lovely day […]
Mother’s Day Picnics and Bouquets
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasPre-orders have ended We've got your Mother's Day plans for you! We're teaming up with Antonelli's and Good Juju Flowers to offer a Mother's Day picnic and bouquet to surprise Mom with a lovely day […]
Pond Photography
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasJoin us for the May Austin Pond Society club meeting. Guest speaker Jack Marshall's presentation will be about Pond Photography and how to get spectacular photos of your ponds, fish & gardens! Questions and discussion […]
Austin Bonsai Society Show and Sale
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasAustin Bonsai Society is celebrating its 52-year anniversary with the Annual Show and Sale. The main auditorium will be filled with a display of the finest bonsai in the Austin area, brought in by members […]
Austin Bonsai Society Show and Sale
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasAustin Bonsai Society is celebrating its 52-year anniversary with the Annual Show and Sale. The main auditorium will be filled with a display of the finest bonsai in the Austin area, brought in by members […]
Birds and Landscaping with Native Plants
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasViolet Crown Garden Club’s May Monthly Meeting at Zilker Garden features a program on “Birds and Landscaping with Native Plants” with Gil Eckrich. Participants will enjoy an entertaining presentation while learning about the winning combination […]
Resilient Beauty in the Garden, presented by Matt Welch
Zilker Botanical Garden 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TexasJoin us for the monthly Garden Club of Austin meeting! As seasonal transitions and climatic extremes continue to challenge Central Texas gardens, it becomes more important than ever for gardeners to explore the question: "How […]