Next Meeting: 

Speaker/Topic: Justin Duncan the Sustainable Agriculture Specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology, will discuss using cover crops to build healthy soil.
Date & Time: Monday, May 12, 2025 from 6 - 8:30 p.m. CST (Doors and Maker's Hour at 6, program at 7). If you can't make it in person, we will also be streaming the event via YouTube and zoom. 
Location: Zilker Botanical Garden & Streaming via Zoom or YouTube
Cost: Free and Open to Public (Membership Encouraged)
​Maker's Hour: Join us early for "Makers Hour" at 6 for a hands-on activity.
Sharing Table: Bring any extra plants, seeds, and other gardening related items you have for our sharing table.

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Volunteer and Learn

Join us on most Saturday mornings in the vegetable garden at Zilker. This is a great way to meet other gardeners and contribute to the beautiful Zilker Botanical Garden. An experienced gardener will lead the work of seasonal maintenance. For more information and a list of available dates, follow the link below.

Register to volunteer

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April Garden tasks

If your spring garden is in, now is the time to start planning for summer by mulching and keeping an eye out for insects like squash vine borers and tomato hornworms. If you haven't yet planted, it's not too late for beans, melons, corn, squash, peppers and tomatoes (preferable tomatoes with short days-to-harvest). It's an especially good time for 2 of our heat loving veggies, okra and southern peas (like black-eye, cowpeas, purple hull, and cream peas.
For areas you're not planting right away or where you want to build the soil, there are many options for warm season cover crops.

cover crop GUIDE

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Helpful Guides

Download the 'Planting Guide' and 'Vegetable Varieties' for Travis County to get started planning your vegetable garden. The chart plots best planting and cultivation times for seeds and transplants in Central Texas.  

⬇ Download Vegetable Varieties

En-Espanol.pdf
File Size:	276 kb
File Type:	pdf

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⬇ Download Planting Guide

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Squash Vine Borer Guide

Get the comprehensive guide on dealing with squash vine borers organically.  It covers their biology, life cycle, prevention, and varieties that are resistant that grow well in Central Texas.

VIEW GUIDE

Next Makers Hour

Join us from 6-7 Monday, May 12 to learn more about cover crops and meet other awesome gardeners.

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