Fruitful Commons

FBFF-Morning Garden Workday
2025-05-29 04:00 - 07:00, 2025-05-27 04:00 - 07:00, 2025-05-22 04:00 - 07:00, 2025-05-20 04:00 - 07:00, 2025-05-15 04:00 - 07:00, 2025-05-13 04:00 - 07:00, 2025-05-08 04:00 - 07:00, 2025-05-01 04:00 - 07:00 (America/Chicago) and 10 more dates | Festival Beach Food Forest, 29 Waller St, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Event Details

Morning Garden Workday – Festival Beach Food Forest

Help us keep the Food Forest vibrant and healthy at our weekly workdays! Come join a small group of food-forest-friends who love to leave the screens behind and put their hands in the dirt.
Please bring:

water
sturdy shoes
comfortable loose fitting clothes
hat for shade

Gloves will be provided. We can’t wait to see you in the Food Forest! (Having trouble with the RSVP? That’s okay, you’re still welcome to join!)

Address
29 Waller Street, Austin, Texas 78702

Tree Care Mini Grant Office Hour
2025-05-21 07:00 - 08:00 | TX
Join Fruitful Commons staff between noon and 1 pm on the third Wednesday each month from April to September for office hours! Bring your questions about our Tree Care Mini Grant program, your ideas for applying for a new project, or questions about an ongoing mini grant project.
Please Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/uZ7eIZmHQL-gsG1anxRlCg

River Gazing Meditation at Festival Beach Food Forest
2025-05-18 05:00 - 06:00 | Festival Beach Food Forest, 29 Waller St, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
River Gazing Meditation
Sunday, May 18, 10:00-10:45 am
Festival Beach Food Forest
29 Waller St,
Austin, TX 78702
Monthly meditation practice in partnership with Weird Warrior Yoga! Inspired by the ancient yogic practice trataka (candle gazing meditation), modified for the season of Spring. We will learn about meditation and the trataka technique, have time to explore the food forest and practice meditation, then re-gather to chat about our experiences. RSVP at weirdwarrioryoga.com

Seed Gathering
2025-05-12 07:30 - 09:00, 2025-04-14 07:30 - 09:00 | TX
Seed Gathering
Join the Austin Public Library and Central Texas Seed Savers to share your passion for seed saving, gardening and sustainable living. Bring your own seeds to share or help us process donations for the Seed Collection to keep it growing.
Monday, April 14th
Austin Central Library
710 W Cesar Chavez st, Austin, TX 78701

Second Saturday Workday at Festival Beach Food Forest
2025-05-10 04:00 - 07:00, 2025-04-12 04:00 - 07:00 | Festival Beach Food Forest, 29 Waller St, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
What to expect:
Volunteer days at FBFF involve various gardening and site maintenance activities that vary by season. Sometimes we are planting and sowing seeds, sometimes we are spreading mulch, working on pathways and irrigation, pruning or cutting back vegetation, etc. It’s always a beautiful day and a learning opportunity. Come prepared to be plugged in to a task by the FBFF Plant Team volunteers.
What to bring:
– Wear work clothes and sturdy closed-toe shoes
– full water bottle
– [optional] your own gardening gloves and tools
– whatever weather protection is needed that day (sun protection, a rain jacket, etc.)
– whatever else you need to be safe and satisfied (snacks, medication, EpiPen, etc)
Plant Team Volunteers often stay after the work day to unwind and socialize in the park for a bit — you are welcome to join, and might consider packing a lunch or a cooler (no glass).

Seed Swap at the Treefolks Picnic
2025-05-04 06:00 - 11:00 | Live Oak Brewing, 1615 Crozier Ln, Del Valle, TX, 78617, United States
Seed Swap at the Treefolks Picnic

Bring seeds to share! Our community partners for the Seed to Tree Partnership, TreeFolks, are having their annual fundraising picnic. We hope you will buy a ticket to support TreeFolks and come join us for a swap.

Sunday, May 4
11 am-4 pm

First Saturday Plant Walk at Festival Beach Food Forest
2025-05-03 04:00 - 06:00, 2025-04-05 04:00 - 06:00 | Festival Beach Food Forest, 29 Waller St, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Event Details
First Saturday Plant Walk – Festival Beach Food Forest
Every First Saturday from 9am to 11am we walk among the plants and point out what is growing, what can be harvested, how to use the medicinal herbs and invite you to be part of the Food Forest family. It’s a perfect time for people who have never visited to come and check it out, or for people who have come many times to take home a bag of medicinal herbs and plants to make tea with or add to their meals at home.
First Saturdays are a perfect time to connect with the earth, find relief and relaxation from the mechanical world and be taken in by the diverse kaleidoscope of our natural and social systems. We want you to find yourselves inside of something larger, feel the mind-blowing delight from discovering something new about the systems of our earth, and be humbled by the grace and interconnection of it all. An earthen mandala will be generated from your unique expression as it joins with the whole.
Schedule:
9am Welcome & sign-in
9:15am Educational Plant Walk
10:45am CommuniTea time
11:00am Volunteer Orientation
Bring a basket or bag to harvest herbs and plants and a water bottle and other preparations that you might take if you were going on a very gentle trail walk in the hill country.
See you at the next First Saturday Plant Walk!
When
Saturday, January 4th, 2025 from 9:00am to 11:00am
Address
29 Waller Street, Austin, TX 78702
See you at the next First Saturday Plant Walk!

Tree Ceremony Healing Burial
2025-04-12 08:00 - 10:00 | Festival Beach Food Forest, 29 Waller St, Austin, TX, 78702, United States

Garden Classes at St. John Faith Community Garden
2025-03-29 04:00 - 06:00 | St. John Faith Community Garden, 7501 Blessing Ave, Austin, 78752
Spring Garden Classes
Lesson 4: Watering and Irrigation
Justin Duncan, NCAT
March 29
March 8th-29th, 9-11 am
7501 Blessing Ave, Austin, 78752
St. John Faith Community Garden is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with the Prairie View A&M University for this year’s garden classes! Get ready for expert-led sessions that will elevate your gardening skills and knowledge. Don’t miss out—sign up, attend, and dive into a fun and educational experience while connecting with fellowshipping. Let’s grow together! 🌱
Please RSVP here

Garden Classes at St. John Faith Community Garden
2025-03-22 04:00 - 06:00 | St. John Faith Community Garden, 7501 Blessing Ave, Austin, 78752
Spring Garden Classes
Lesson 3: Growing Medicinal Plants
Dr. Arun, Prairie View A&M University
March 22
March 8th-29th, 9-11 am
7501 Blessing Ave, Austin, 78752
St. John Faith Community Garden is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with the Prairie View A&M University for this year’s garden classes! Get ready for expert-led sessions that will elevate your gardening skills and knowledge. Don’t miss out—sign up, attend, and dive into a fun and educational experience while connecting with fellowshipping. Let’s grow together! 🌱
Please RSVP here
