I recently installed this small vegetable garden at a home in the Mueller neighborhood. It is the first phase in a traditional, patchwork-style kitchen garden that will eventually include two more beds and some blackberries along the fence. (In case you were wondering, the family finished the outline of their beds with river rock they collected on their land near the Llano River.)For those of you who have never been to Mueller, the yards are tiny! Ah, but the community there is LARGE. I also did a workshop and garden installation there last fall and I quickly learned that folks who live in Mueller are serious organizers! They organize many events such as potlucks, festivals, workshops, walks and even farmers’ markets. While I was installing the garden, a neighbor across the street asked me if I would be willing to speak about vegetable gardening at the Mueller Plant Fest. So, I will be giving a short talk about vegetable gardening in small spaces at the Mueller Plant Fest this Saturday, April 10th at 11:30. If you’re interested in attending, come on out! The garden I installed will be on a walking tour. Here’s the list of other activities and information:
When: Saturday, April 10, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Where: Ella Wooten Park at the corner of Antone St. and Mendez
FREE!
Exhibitors will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Speakers will be from 11:30 to 12:30
Prairie walks will run from 12:30 to 2
Garden tours will be after 2 p.m.
The Mueller Plant Fest will feature:
Live music by Mueller’s own Bluebonnet Brothers
Children’s activities by Mueller parents
Self-guided walking tour of selected Mueller residents’ gardens (“Secret Gardens of Mueller”)
Three prairie walks: Prairie Dynamics, Birds in the Mueller Prairie, Prairie Design and Maintenance
Speakers: Small-space vegetable gardening, Prairie Dynamics, Urban Wildlife
Travis County Master Gardeners Plant Clinic
Junior Master Gardener Children’s Activities
Exhibitors:
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Native Prairie Association of Texas
Naturally Curious (bookseller of nature books)
Brian and Shirley Loflin (authors and photographers)
Articulture (plant art)
Useful Wild Plants
Travis County Audubon Society
Green Corn Project
Watershed Protection
Friends of the Mueller Prairie
American Association of Landscape Architects (landscape design advice)
Maplewood Elementary School (plant sales of student-propagated plants)
Clifton Career Center (plant sales of student-propagated plants)
Here are more photos from the installation:
Before
During
After
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