Category: Walks
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11. Layers of the Forest
It’s spring in Austin, TX! Join us for a stroll around the beautiful Festival Beach Food Forest with land steward, Karen Luzius. Discover surprising benefits of plants that are native to Texas. Learn what is edible, and what is not. Get a glimpse of the layers of the forest in this shorter episode of Food…
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10. Communing with Plants
Join our guide Robert Leal on a tour of Festival Beach Food Forest in Austin, Texas. Permaculture design strives to mimic natural systems, embracing the ethics of earth care, people care, and care of the future, fair share. For a glimpse of some of the amazing plants mentioned in this agroforestry system, tune in on a podcast 2.0 app to…
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9. Good for the Heart
Join the walk with land steward, Karen Luzius on the second half of her guided tour of Festival Beach Food Forest deep in the heart of Austin, Texas. Traverse the berms, enjoy the shade of the canopies, discover the benefits of cover crops, and admire the arthropods. In conclusion, enjoy a poem by Marcia Beckford. Walk…
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8. A Super Guild
Take a walk with land steward, Karen Luzius, on a guided tour of Festival Beach Food Forest, an ecological garden deep in the heart of Austin, Texas. Learn about the stacking functions of permaculture, find incredible nutrition in wild native plants, meet plant communities and their happy pollinators! To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest, visit:https://festivalbeach.org/donate/…
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7. Smelling for Roses
Join the walk with plant enthusiast Grace Gilker at Festival Beach Food Forest, an agroforestry system deep in the heart of Austin, Texas. Discover Texas native plants whose leaves make delicious teas, native grasses whose roots tap for water, and a volunteer plant who will make you blush. Bamberger Ranch Preservehttps://www.bambergerranch.org/ Bracken Cave Preservehttps://www.batcon.org/ The…
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6. Who’s that Lady?
Join a tour of the Festival Beach Food Forest with our guide Grace Gilker. In this episode we learn about permaculture plant guilds, the benefits of chop-and-drop mulching, and find new uses of old favorites. This episode was recorded on August 5th, 2023. Enjoy the walk! To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest, visit:https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest…
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5. Nectar at the Base
In this episode we join Aly Tharp for the second half of her guided tour at Festival Beach Food Forest. We’ll hear some of the plans for Phase 2 development at the Forest, taste figs fresh off the tree, and snack on turks cap flowers. Walk with us! To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest, visit:https://festivalbeach.org/donate/…
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4. Building Polyculture
Join the walk with community organizer Aly Tharp on this guided tour of the beautiful Festival Beach Food Forest. In this episode learn how the project took root, hear fun facts about some of the plants that grow in this diverse agro-forestry system, identify nitrogen fixing trees, and much more. To donate to Festival Beach Food…
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3. Lovely Tea
Join gardener Karen Luzius on this guided tour of the beautiful, permaculture designed Festival Beach Food Forest. Discover an abundance of food and medicinal plants growing in this diverse agroforestry system located deep in the heart of Austin, Texas. To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest, visit:https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is hosted by Leah Lovise.Show your support!…
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2. Munch on Flowers
In this episode we’re walking through the Festival Beach Food Forest with Caroline Riley, a trained clinical herbalist and permaculture consultant. Discover the medicinal properties of some of the plants that are growing at the Food Forest, and eat flowers along the way. Learn more about Caroline Riley at:https://www.mutableearthbotanicals.com/IG @mutable.earth.botanicals To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest, visit:https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food…