The Gardening Habit

"...jalapeños are added to the mix; and then, full-blown gardening mania. Because one thing vegetable gardening delivers like gangbusters..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

The Luv Doc: Organic Gardening

"...I know that goes against the whole essence of gardening, but do you really want a bunch of otter-scrubbin’,..."

March 2, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Greenfingers

"...about prisoners finding rehabilitation via the soul-soothing effects of gardening. And bully for those real-life inmates who found solace..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Withering on the Vine

One Gardening Group Struggles While Another Thrives

"...community it serves? In the microcosm of Austin's community gardening movement, two big organizations have taken radically different routes...."

July 31, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Public Notice: Trying to Get Swimmers’ Ears

Plus parks, public safety, naked gardening, and more...

"...Also May 1: It's World Naked Gardening Day! And the good folks at LawnStarter want you..."

April 30, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Off the Map

An off-the-grid family copes with depression and a tax audit outside Taos, N.M., in this warm and unusual drama directed by Campbell Scott.

"...actress (de Angelis, in her film debut), nude desert gardening, and a wry, left-field sense of humor that punctuates..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Summer Reading for Tiny Chefs

Kid-friendly food books perfect for cooking and gardening adventures

"...heat is on for new, fun kids’ activities. Books, gardening, and snacks are always a hit, and several new..."

May 31, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

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

At-home gardening in Austin for food and mental health

"...the transition to online orders and curbside delivery, personalized gardening businesses that lived somewhat online before the stay-at-home order..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Planting a Seed

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

"...staff, and students, and they start teaching them about gardening at a very young age. It was completed in..."

March 23, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Way We Garden Now

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

"...Nationally recognized gardening writer Katherine Whiteside was in Austin recently, and I..."

April 13, 2007 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

'Texas Fruit and Vegetable Gardening'

The next best thing to living next door to a master gardner

"...Texas Fruit & Vegetable Gardeningby Greg Grant Cool Springs Press, 256 pp., $22.99 (paper)..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

After a Fashion

Life renews, and so does Oscar Wilde

"...damn, that felt good. I've always been interested in gardening, but it wasn't until my sister and mother bought..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

2005 Kids Summer Camps

An annotated list of several places where kids could be going this summer to enjoy physically and mentally invigorating activities

"...RONDA'S MONTESSORI GARDENING lets the wee ones (2-5 years) get their hands..."

April 29, 2005 Features Feature

Postmarks

No Schism

"...important role ACG has played in spearheading the community gardening movement in Austin. SFC and ACG staff enjoy cordial..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Column

Common Ground

Alice Waters and Carla Marshall Promote Vegucation

"...Carla Marshall created an organic gardening curriculum for young children and has been teaching it..."

June 28, 1996 Food Feature

Hyperlocal for the Holidays

From shoes to dollhouses to leather goods, these Austin designers are doing it their way

"...Favorite charity: Fresh Chefs Society Outdoor + Gardening: Delta Dawn Gardenswww.deltadawngardens.com..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Features Feature by Nina Hernandez

Victory Gardens Redux

A Resurgence of Urban Agriculture

"...report 2008 sales increases up to 40%; the National Gardening Association expects even stronger growth in 2009...."

Feb. 20, 2009 Food Feature by MM Pack

Changing Focus and Location at the Sustainable Food Center

Critics charge original mission of serving poor has strayed

"...a 12-year-old nonprofit that encourages healthy cooking and community gardening, and that until this fall made its humble home..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Day Trips

"...than just roses. Several restored houses are full of gardening supplies and the grounds are covered with a wide..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...community volunteers and young gardeners. Felipe Camacho runs the gardening program aided by knowledgeable senior citizen volunteers such as..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Third Time Lucky

"...of Stonewall off Hwy290 on Jenschke Lane (830/644-2681). Summer Gardening Camp..."

July 2, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Dorsey Barger

When she's passionate about something, hospitality pro goes all in

"...a lease agreement. Because he had experience with both gardening and restaurant service, they recruited their friend Lance to..."

March 6, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Our Fair Share

Good food doesn't have to cost the Earth

"...having a yard doesn't exclude, either. Edwards mentions container gardening on rooftops, in windows, and in shared courtyards. Guerrilla-gardening..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Radio Snack

Food on the airwaves in Austin

"...listeners were well acquainted with Growing Concerns, Cecilia Nasti's gardening spot that ran 22 years. "I came to realize..."

July 15, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

Edible Landscaping

Become inspired to look at gardens as flexible canvases

"...is not a newbie writer jumping on the edible gardening bandwagon: The original edition of her Edible Landscaping was..."

May 27, 2011 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

News Bullets

"...Community Gardening Stalwart Dies..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature

Retired Teachers Preach the Gospel of Green

Won't you be my green neighbor?

"...native plants," Pat says. "We do very little vegetable gardening, because you can't dig very deeply when you're sitting..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by James Scott Bankston

Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch

First-Place Winner

"...I had decided I was going to take up gardening, grow my own and all that. So I had..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Event Menu

Sept. 21-27

"...Dawn Garden Party benefiting Urban Roots. Bring your own gardening gloves, a gardening tool, and a lawn chair, and..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

How Green Was My Alley

Local restaurants grown their own

"...and overseer of the garden, and David Kolosta, their gardening guru, were brainstorming about ways to increase customers' awareness..."

May 25, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

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