Joy to the weird at 37th Street Lights
December 17, 2025 Austin’s most famous street for Christmas lights, 37th Street, is back this year. We went to see it last Friday, and that Old Austin spirit was in fine form with live music, ...
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Leona Botanical Cafe & Bar offers patio-garden hangout
December 15, 2025 Since last year, my social media feeds have been buzzing about an intriguing new restaurant concept in South Austin — Leona Botanical Cafe & Bar. A “botanical garden” ...
Fall arrives in my Texas garden just before sleigh bells
December 14, 2025 Fall color isn’t much of a player in central Texas gardens, as much as we long for it. And what there is doesn’t arrive until mid-December. But here we are, and my species ...
Plantasia nursery in Lockhart offers Texas natives and more
December 12, 2025 A place for plant people? Yes, please! I came across Plantasia in Lockhart last weekend during the Holiday Home Tour and stopped to check it out. Sturdy cedar tables ...
Festive decor, Texas-style, at Lockhart Holiday Home Tour
December 08, 2025 Foyer Christmas tree at The Judge’s House Several times a year, I head to Lockhart, a BBQ town 45 minutes southeast of Austin. Its small-town charms include a handsome ...
Austin Open Day Tour: Pollinators’ Paradise garden
October 31, 2025 Last week I got a sneak peek of the 5 Austin gardens on the November 8th Garden Conservancy tour. Woo-hoo! I thought I’d miss the tour this year because I’ll be manning a ...
Austin Open Day Tour: Este Garden
November 03, 2025 Let’s continue with a sneak peek of the November 8th Garden Conservancy tour in Travis County. Today I’ll show you Este Garden. Quick side notes: I’ll be manning a ...
Austin Open Day Tour: Belmont Parkway garden
November 04, 2025 Continuing with my sneak peek of the November 8th Garden Conservancy tour in Travis County — today I’ll show you the Belmont Parkway garden. Quick side notes: I’ll be ...
Austin Open Day Tour: Artist’s Eclectic Eden garden
November 05, 2025 Continuing with my sneak peek of the November 8th Garden Conservancy tour in Travis County — today I’ll show you the garden called Artist’s Eclectic Eden. Quick side notes: ...
Austin Open Day Tour: Canyon Vista garden
November 07, 2025 Continuing with my sneak peek of tomorrow’s Garden Conservancy tour in Travis County — just under the wire! — today I’ll show you the Canyon Vista garden. Quick side notes: ...
Cottage garden charm in Tom’s Tarrytown garden, Part 1
April 25, 2025 Spring is when I get invited — or invite myself — into gardens all around Austin. It’s a rush to see as many as I can before summer and the Death Star arrive. Right now though, ...
Cactus flowers, lizards, and another owl sighting
April 23, 2025 It may be peanuts, but that’s a good thing when it comes to peanut cactus. My peanut (Echinopsis chamaecereus) erupted with starry orange flowers last week, and they’re still ...
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