making progress

We got a lot done today with the pathways! 

       

Chef Robert Mayberry with radishes!

They're the first crop from the DHFS garden!

HRC Garden

We'll be planting and maintaining our HRC garden this Friday, hope you can help out! There will be strawberries involved...

what: gardening committee meeting

when: this Friday, 4/1, 5-6 PM

where: south side of HRC

See you there!

worktimes

Come help us this Thursday and Saturday!

thanks!

I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who's contributed to this project! The garden is really coming together. First plantings are really starting to establish, and little seedlings are coming up left and right. We will be getting a tool shed and rainwater harvesting system built within the coming weeks, thanks to financial contributions from the National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology Fellowship and the Texas Parents Student Enrichment Awards. Getting the tool shed on site will really be a significant step in the garden's establishment, as tools and supplies will finally be able to be conveniently located on-site for participants to use. 

This nasturtium plant in one of the demonstration beds is really pretty! 

These onions seem to grow an inch every day. 

Our peach tree is blossoming and is growing its leaves back! 

It's so exciting to see seeds sprouting, like this calypso bean plant. 

We got some new perennials planted in our community-maintained garden, like this salvia. 

The kids over at the UT Child Development Center made us this awesome sign! The kids have a garden plot of their own where they've planted some seeds, and have been helping with watering the garden every week!  

garden worktimes

At our worktimes this week we'll have a lot going on, including planting, weeding (that grass is already coming through!), landscaping, and building a couple more planting beds.  Hope you can come help out!

Gardening + Class

So it's very exciting that the garden's set up! This Thursday we're going to have a quick class on the basics of vegetable gardening in Central Texas. Anyone can come whether or not they have a plot at the garden.

what: gardening + class

where: UT community garden, 2108 Concho St. 

when: Thursday March 3, 4-6 PM

We'll have all the supplies. And I'd like to point out that the site is easily accessible by the East Campus UT Shuttle, which connects well with the Forty Acres and West Campus shuttles. 

Facebook event here. 

Hope you can make it!

Workday 3!

Thanks to everyone who came and helped out! Now we've got compost bins, complete pathways, some new beds, and some plants started! The garden is now complete in its basic form- stayed tuned for more opportunities! We'll be announcing regular meeting times soon.