Come learn transforming activities for yourself, your garden, and your bioregion. We will learn about how to garden with layers of moisture from the Clouds. Texas alone produces more greenhouse gases than other countries. With […]

Violet Crown Garden Club is hosting a National Garden Club Standard Flower Show with the theme "Power Pollinators: Bees and Butterflies". After judging of design, horticulture, and photography entries is complete, the public is invited […]

Violet Crown Garden Club is hosting a National Garden Club Standard Flower Show with the theme "Power Pollinators: Bees and Butterflies". After judging of design, horticulture, and photography entries is complete, the public is invited […]

Learn how to grow roses, when to trim, organic fertilizers, varieties for central Texas, where to buy heat-adapted heirlooms, and what varieties to be used for essence.Herbalist and educator Jesus Garcia will be joining us […]

Find a fossil at our fossil-find table, perfect for little ones with a sense of adventure! You can also win fun dinosaur prizes for participating in an at-your-own-pace scavenger hunt around the prehistoric garden. March […]

This hour-and-a-half Bug Safari encourages family participation and reporting as Citizen Scientist. The actual scientist really need our help to find out what type of living things are in our environment! We do this by using two apps, iNaturalist, […]

Asher Elbein is a science journalist and short fiction writer whose work covers paleontology, natural history, and culture for outlets like The New York Times, Texas Monthly, Audubon, and Scientific American. His first co-written book […]

Judith Craft is going to discuss how we can use herbs in our kitchen. This slideshow presentation will help  discover some of the wonderful ways to use everyday kitchen herbs to add flavor to our […]

Visit the garden for a reading of Lucy Volpin’s “We Love Dinosaurs” by our very own Elaine Meyer. This thrilling dinosaur-themed book helps young children practice counting. The intended audience is 3-5-year-olds, but all ages […]

Join the First Austin African Violet Society for their spring show and plant sale! There will be a non-judged show of African Violets and other gesneriads from 10 am - 3 pm at the Zilker […]

Violet Crown Garden Club's March Monthly Meeting will feature a program on herbal plants presented by Autumn Schulze. Attendees will increase their appreciation for plants with the potential as herbal remedies. Social time starts at […]

Join the Garden Club of Austin for their monthly meeting! On March 23rd, Ellen Singleton, Iris Society of Austin club member, will be educating on the basics of Iris growing. This is the perfect way […]

The best organic transplants and more from local growers including Gabriel Valley PLUS a marketplace of local artists selling garden and plant-related items! Order online beginning in late February. Pick-up and shop in-person at Zilker […]

Take a trip to gardens around the world without even leaving Austin. Please join Dr. Molly Ogorzaly as she contrasts Western and Eastern gardening traditions and explains how religious beliefs influenced the conception and construction […]