Zilker Botanical Garden

From Austin Organic Gardeners - Austin Organic Gardeners meet the 2nd Monday of every month at the Zilker Garden Center. Join us for our November meeting with Rey Salazar, a Lipan Apache from Corpus Christi speaking on the native approach to gardening. Rey is the owner…

From the Austin Parks Foundation, the Trail Foundation, and the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department - Austin Parks Foundation (APF) and The Trail Foundation (TTF), in partnership with the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD), invite Austinites to the second of…

From the City of Austin - Monarch butterflies, and their fascinating story of migration, will provide the focus for a day of festivities at Zilker Botanical Garden during Monarch Appreciation Day on Saturday, October 21, from 9 am – 4 pm. The event highlights the importance…

From the Austin Organic Gardeners - Please join us for our February meeting discussing plant propagation from cuttings. This will be  a hands-on demonstration led by Nick Ulrich from Barton Springs Nursery. The Austin Organic Gardeners' Club meets the 2nd Monday of each month except December.  Doors open at 6:30 pm for…

From the City of Austin Development Services Department – The Grow Green Landscape Professional Training series has been developed with the goal of protecting our natural resources by offering Austin residents a list of landscape professionals who can provide sustainable options for landscape design, installation,…

From the City of Austin Development Services Department – The Grow Green Landscape Professional Training series has been developed with the goal of protecting our natural resources by offering Austin residents a list of landscape professionals who can provide sustainable options for landscape design, installation,…

From the Austin Organic Gardeners Club - Founded in 1945, the Austin Organic Gardeners club is celebrating our 73rd year. Please join us for our July meeting on Monday, July 9th with club old-timers discussing what our club and organics in general were like back…

From the Travis County Master Gardeners Association - Travis County Master Gardeners Association is sponsoring a free gardening seminar on July 14 on “The Six D’s of Successful Container Gardening.”  Whether you want colorful winter flowers or tasty summer vegetables, you can grow them in…

From the Travis County Master Gardener Association - The Travis County Master Gardener Association is sponsoring a gardening seminar on August 11, on “Creating Sustainable Designs with Permaculture.”   Permaculture looks to the flows of nature, such as the sun, wind, and water, as the foundation…

From the Travis County Master Gardener Association - The Travis County Master Gardener Association is sponsoring a gardening seminar on September 8, 2018, on"Fall Vegetable Gardening."  The milder days of fall create an ideal gardening environment for both garden and gardener.  Now is the time…

From the Austin Organic Gardeners - Please join us for our September meeting on Monday, September 10th with George Altgelt, soil expert and founder and president of Geo Growers, discussing something all gardeners need - compost. Meetings are free and open to the public.      …

From the Austin Parks Foundation, Austin Nature In The City, Zilker Botanical Garden, TreeFolks, Austin Parks and Recreation Department - Celebrating trees, pollinators, and all creatures! On Halloween weekend, we invite you to explore the outdoors, get your face painted, and celebrate in your best…

From the City of Austin Watershed Protection Department - Join the City of Austin Grow Green Team and its program partners with the City of Austin Development Services and Parks & Recreation departments for our FREE 2018 Grow Green Fall Training: Putting Down Roots   Thursday, November…

From the Austin Organic Gardeners Club - Please join the Austin Organic Gardeners club for our first meeting of 2019 with  Joseph 'Pete' Van Dyck of Van Dyck Earthworks & Design discussing, "Drought Proof Texas". Pete will discuss the history and patterns of flooding and drought…

From the Austin Organic Gardeners Club - Please join the Austin Organic Gardeners club for our March meeting on Monday, March 11th with tropical fruit specialist Edward Self leading a hands-on pear tree grafting workshop. Edward will guide us through the process of grafting a pear…

From the Travis County Master Gardener Association - Continuing the popular Saturday gardening seminar series, Travis County Master Gardener Association will sponsor five new public seminars scheduled from March to September in 2019.  Master Gardener Vegetable Specialist Patty Leander will kick-off this year's seminar series…

From the Austin Organic Gardeners Club - Please join the Austin Organic Gardeners club for our May meeting on Monday, May 13th for a presentation from Wizzie Brown discussing how to attract insects to the garden. Wizzie is an Extension Program Specialist- IPM with the…

From the Travis County Master Gardener Association - Perennial flowers, plants that return year-after-year, are both economical and low-maintenance.  In selecting perennials for Central Texas, it is always best to choose plants that will tolerate our summer heat, native soils, and infrequent rains. Join life-long…

From the Austin Organic Gardeners Club - Please join the Austin Organic Gardeners' club for a good old fashioned ice cream social. We'll divide into groups based on the area of town we live in giving us an opportunity to meet our fellow neighbor gardeners.…

From the Travis County Master Gardeners Association - 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 of Japanese…

Hosted by the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department - Join us at the Final "Our Parks, Our Future" Community Meetings Ideas ranging from more community gardens in parks to developing new linear parks and greenways to adding new signage that is accessible to…

From the Travis County Master Gardener Association - Join us August 10th, 10 am to 12 pm at the Austin Area Garden Center in Zilker Botanical Garden to learn the basics of growing herbs in the Austin area. Explore a fascinating group of plants that…

Hosted by the Save Barton Creek Association - Save Barton Creek Association is hosting a free introduction to botany class at Zilker Botanical Garden, led by local herbalist Sabina Ibarrola. We will learn about botanical terms, the patterns method of plant identification, and plant families…

From the Austin Organic Gardeners' Club - Please join the Austin Organic Gardeners' club for our August meeting on Monday, August 12th. The topic will be Seed Saving and we're having a 3 part program starting with Jace Furches from the Austin Central Library discussing…

Hosted by the Austin Organic Gardeners Club - Join us for our September meeting featuring a fall gardening panel with representatives from four Austin non-profits growing food for our community: Max Elliot, Executive Director of Urban Roots Jeremy Rommel, Garden Educator from the Central Texas Food Bank…

Hosted by the Travis County Master Gardener Association - Get ready for tree planting season! There are many types of trees, such as ornamental or fruit trees, understory or large shade trees, deciduous or evergreen trees, that will thrive in Central Texas. Matching a tree’s…

Hosted by the City of Austin - Join us for the Roots & Wings Festival — Austin’s community-wide celebration of Arbor Day and Monarch Appreciation Day! On Halloween weekend, we invite you to explore the outdoors, enjoy art-making, and celebrate in your best nature-themed costume!…