The world is a little different now right? … and we are still growing together… Herbal Fun at Home! When parks open again, feel free to come harvest some lemon balm. It makes a lovely tea, hot or cold! It has many health benefits, including being an antiviral. Not a bad thing to have […]
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RSS feed for this sectionIt’s My Park Day! Food Forest Celebration – March 3rd, 9 AM to 3 PM
Join Festival Beach Food Forest for one of the best events of the year — Austin Parks Foundation’s It’s My Park Day! Volunteers will be planting new plants, sheet mulching, fixing up pathways, and generally working to keep the food forest healthy and happy, from 9 AM to around Noon. In the afternoon, there will […]
Our First Free Permaculture Course + Planting Day Was a Great Success
We are so very overjoyed and grateful to all of the volunteers who came out this past weekend for a free permaculture introduction workshop and a planting day in the food forest. We accomplished a lot! Special thanks go out to Taelor Monroe (Executive Director of the Austin Permaculture Guild) and Michelle Akindiya (Farmshare Austin […]
Food Forest on Mothering Earth
The Festival Beach Food Forest is featured on the Mothering Earth podcast this month. Mothering Earth spotlights sustainable living practices, with topics ranging from transportation to permaculture to urban gardening. Their GardenTOAD website offers information for experienced and novice gardeners alike, including tips and tricks to start and sustain your own organic garden. Learn more […]
Saturday Design Expo & Community Potluck
Join us for an evening of food, community, and visionary conversation about the design and growth of the Festival Beach Food Forest. When: Saturday, August 5 at 6 PM – 9 PM Where: Festival Beach Food Forest – 25 1/2 Waller St, Austin, Texas 78702 What to bring: The entire family, a dish to share (if not there will be […]
Meet the Interns!
Hey there, We are Estelle and Anthony, the French interns. We are both studying landscape engineering in the North of France in the College of Agriculture (ISA, Lille, France). Anthony is 26 and he works in a famous French landscape company as a site supervisor. Estelle is 23 and she works in a town planning […]
FBFF on Shades of Green Talk Radio
Check out food forest board members Jonathan Barona and Christopher Sanchez talk about the food forest and alternative food production today (Thursday, June 29) at 1pm on Shades of Green Talk Radio KOOP radio 91.7! From Shades of Green: Join us today at 1PM on KOOP Radio 91.7FM and streaming at www.koop.org! To join the […]
World Rainforest Day
The Festival Beach Food Forest is a way of reconnecting the Austin community to the natural world and specifically the important role trees and forests play on our planet. With that in mind we our proud to support Rainforest Partnership in launching World Rainforest Day. Please read the blog below by Rainforest Partnership executive director […]
Saturday Volunteers Needed
This weekend is our 2nd-Saturday Volunteer Day! We will focus on mulching, weeding, plant-care, and education for our volunteers. If you want to learn about healthy soil creation and forest gardening this is a great way to get hands on experience. We welcome all volunteers who want to be part of a community interested in […]
Into the Wild: True Tales from Environmental Activists
Thursday, May 25 from 7 PM – 10 PM The North Door 502 Brushy St., Austin, Texas 78702 Six local environmental activists will share a ten-minute, true story on the theme “Into the Wild” to raise funds and support for Festival Beach Food Forest. Produced by The Front Porch and 787 Collective the event will […]