Banger’s Celebrates Its Seventh Anniversary in Style

A birthday bash featuring the holy trinity of beer, barbecue, and music

"...Every so often Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden on Rainey Street likes to throw a party. Their..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Food Post by Reid Jowers

Gifts From the Greenhouse

Cohabiting nurseries double the fun this holiday season

"...on, you guessed it, succulents and the other everything garden related...."

Dec. 15, 2018 Chronolog Post by Melanie Laporte

Laguna Gloria to Get New Entrance

The Contemporary Austin plans $6 million makeover on 35th St.

"...14-acre lakeside home, adding sidewalks along 35th Street, a garden, an outdoor cafe, shade canopies, and, of course, art..."

Feb. 22, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Day Trips: Smither Park, Houston

Art garden turns old dishes into beautiful mosaics

"...for Visionary Art. Opened in September, the whimsical art garden is another jewel in Houston's crown of folk-art destinations...."

Oct. 28, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Unveiling Umlauf's Process

Exhibit designers discuss re-creating the sculptor's studio

"...planning its 25th anniversary this year, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum decided to look inward. Rather than showcasing..."

July 27, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

Day Trips & Beyond: Live Oak Brewery

Austin institution flies into new brew house out by the airport

"...of Austin’s oldest craft brewers has a new beer garden shaded by a massive live oak tree...."

Feb. 10, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

There Goes the Neighborhood

Council digs into short-term rentals this week

"...and affordable homes, Kristen Hotopp bought a house on Garden Street just off East Cesar Chavez in 1999. Back..."

Aug. 11, 2015 News Post by Natalia Ciolko

Contigo's Craft Beer Cookout

Kitchen renovations call for a cookout

"...volume kitchen, and throwing a party in the beer garden while they're at it...."

Sept. 19, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Easy Tiger

Easy Tiger Bake Shop

"...the long-awaited new Easy Tiger Bake Shop & Beer Garden (709 E. Sixth) sure know how to throw a..."

Jan. 25, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

This Week's Waste of Time

A free browser game from Fantastic Fest that you can play at home

"...astounding. Get a taste of what's offered by playing Garden Gnome Carnage, but, trust me, that's just a drop..."

Sept. 23, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Comfort and Joy

Loreena McKennitt and her spirit animals

"...Christmas songs yet she proved on 1995's A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season that with proper arrangement,..."

Dec. 8, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Everything Is Illuminated

Loretta Fischer's Tarrytown shed is totally famous.

"...Loretta Fischer is totally famous. Her landscaping and her garden "shed" – really a fine mod bauble of a..."

May 8, 2008 Design Post by Cindy Widner

Breaking: Second Lawsuit Filed Against Northcross Wal-Mart

Allandale Neighborhood Association joins in the legal battle against the supercenter at Northcross.

"...by council or the public. ANA contends that a garden center within the planned Wal-Mart should have triggered a..."

July 3, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Community Gardens to Fulfill Your Secret Farmer Fantasy

Local veggie spots and how to get a plot of your own

"...basil mutating on your windowsill? Check out these community gardens to raise tomatoes with your own hands and guarantee..."

Oct. 27, 2018 Food Post by Melanie Laporte

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...enhance the face-to-face experience of their taprooms and beer gardens in a way that can captivate an audience of..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Planting a Seed

Local schools see students not only eating all of their vegetables but growing them, too

"...count produce that was in a mason jar). Victory gardens during World War II were considered patriotic, and even..."

March 23, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Gardens of Eden

Entertainment has always been a keystone of Austin's identity, Cuisines writer Rachel Feit observes. And among Austin's numerous diversions were German beer gardens.

"...district. In Hyde Park, Monroe Shipe developed a pleasure garden, with lakes, a concert pavilion, and facilities for tennis..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

How Green Was My Alley

Local restaurants grown their own

"...figuratively. For 19 years, Eastside has had a one-third-acre garden on-site that provides herbs, garnishes, flowers, tomatoes, lettuces, squash,..."

May 25, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

The Way We Garden Now

Forty-one pick-and-choose projects for planting your paradise large or small

"...The Way We Garden Now..."

April 13, 2007 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...the quality of experience in its taprooms and beer gardens (“What’s Consistent”). Finally we noted the accolades a brewery..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...or trying to find her way to a distant garden glimpsed through a tiny door. And she never stops..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Withering on the Vine

One Gardening Group Struggles While Another Thrives

"...Austin Community Gardens' Sunshine Gadens suffers from neglect due to funding cuts...."

July 31, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Day Trips: Frida Kahlo Oasis, San Antonio

Re-creation of the artist's home transports visitors to Mexico

"..."Frida Kahlo Oasis" at the San Antonio Botanical Garden transports visitors to the artist's home in Mexico City...."

July 23, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Back to the Future

Austin's agrarian past rises again

"...none of these things surpasses her new passion for gardening. In 2007, Barger took over the supervision of the..."

April 9, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Cook Globally, Grow Locally

"...Project is a small, innovative nonprofit founded by Austin gardeners Dayna Conner, Shannon Kemp, Jim Walker, and Steve Barney..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Dot-bombers

Despite the clouds of layoffs, a virtual silver lining shines for some caught in Austin's online bust.

"...From Eden At its peak one year ago, Austin-based www.garden.com had about 280 employees working to sell seeds, plants,..."

March 2, 2001 Features Feature by Carol Brorsen

Day Trips

"...The Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens offer a unique combination of exotic and native plants..."

April 14, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Plant Nurseries and Gardeners Are Essential on Earth Day (and Every Day)

At-home gardening in Austin for food and mental health

"...People are “panic planting,” starting edible gardens for the first time in response to perceived uncertain..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

The Way of the 'Food Forest'

Locavores planting seeds for the next phase of urban agriculture

"...activists are rallying around a new wave of guerrilla gardening – a food forest – in hopes of cultivating..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Anna Toon

Local Wildlife Habitat Under Siege

Meanwhile, Martin Middle School's garden, bulldozed, has plans for a return

"...Middle School were distraught when contractors wrecked their certified garden to remove a portable classroom (see "School's Garden Bulldozed,"..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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