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Gardening & Organic Food
Passion Flower and Caterpillar Austin Butterfly Forum
Website Link Austin Cactus and Succulent Society
Website Link For over sixty years, Austin Organic Gardeners have been sharing information and expeience about sucessfully raising flowers,
shrubs, trees and nutritious and tasty vegetables free of harmful pesticides. Newcomers and members meet once a month at the Austin
Area Garden Center in Zilker Park to learn and share techniques of gardening with only organic and naturally occurring materials. Meetings
are free and membership dues are only $8 per year per household.
Owned and farmed by Larry Butler and Carol Ann Sayle, Boggy Creek Farm is a USDA Certified Organic Market Farm located
in the heart of East Austin only two and a half miles from downtown. Market days are held at the farm every Wednesday and Saturday
from 9 AM to 2 PM selling seasonal fresh hand picked fruits, vegetables and flowers. Most of the produce is picked only hours
before sale, though some items such as garlic and onions are harvested all at once and stored until the
supply runs out. Fresh eggs and local dairy and meat products are also available.
Central Texas Gardener on KLRU TV
Website Link The Central Texas Gardener hosted by local Public Television station KLRU
showcases Central Texas gardens and presents gardening tips and techniques unique to the Austin area.
Plants in Austin Will Grow Almost Anywhere They Have a Chance Central Texas Horticulture
Website Link The City of Austin Grow Green is a comprehensive landscaping program designed
for the Central Texas area with an emphasis on water quality protection.
Native Plant Society of Texas Austin Chapter
Website Link
Fresh Strawberries at Sunset Valley Farmers Market Sunset Valley Farmers Market
9 AM to 1 PM every Saturday 3200 Jones Road at the Toney Burger Center off 290 West 280-1976 MAP Website Link Located in the parking lot of the Toney Burger Center, the Sunset Valley Farmers Market is open Saturday mornings
from 9 AM to 1 AM. Vendors sell only what they grow or produce. Most of the produce available is grown organically or sustainably. Besides
fresh foods, the market features live music, kids entertainment, specialty events, food vendors and handmade crafts including
jewelry, clothes, soaps, candles, art work, tie dye, and one of a kind gift items.
Now an international chain of grocery stores with almost 200 locations in the United States, Canada and
the United Kingdom, John Mackey and partners Craig Weller and Mark Skiles opened the original Whole Foods
Grocery in September of 1980 on South Lamar at West 9th Street (currently the site of Cheapo Records). Today the Whole Foods landmark store and corporate headquarters is located at the corner of Sixth Street and
Lamar Boulevard. At 80,000 square feet, this downtown Austin store is the company's largest market and features
cooking demonstrations, food sampling, sit-down dining and takeout, fifty fresh-baked breads available daily,
a chocolate fountain, thousands of brands of beer, almost two thousand wine selections and on top of it all is a
rooftop plaza for live music and community meetings.
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