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More Texas wildflower joy near Independence

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Austin interior design on display at Tribeza Interiors Tour

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Digging is 18 years old, and other news

Digging is 18 years old, and other news

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Folk art fence faces in South Austin

Folk art fence faces in South Austin

In a South Austin neighborhood, goofy folk art faces created from upcycled junk are designed to make you smile …
Winter beauty at the Wildflower Center

Winter beauty at the Wildflower Center

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Last chance to play at Fortlandia at Wildflower Center

Last chance to play at Fortlandia at Wildflower Center

Fortlandia ends soon at the Wildflower Center. Before it goes, I visited to see the creatively designed play forts for kids …
Cutting Garden and Fling Party at Chanticleer

Cutting Garden and Fling Party at Chanticleer

In the cutting garden at Chanticleer, arches of entwined willow march along a pine straw path, offering passage through a riot of flowers …
Ringing Bell's Woodland at Chanticleer Garden

Ringing Bell’s Woodland at Chanticleer Garden

The most secret part of Chanticleer is the entrance to Bell’s Woodland, beyond the cutting garden, which you enter through a hollow tree …
Falling into ruin at Chanticleer Garden

Falling into ruin at Chanticleer Garden

Chanticleer’s Ruin has a fairy tale quality. Plants creep up crumbling walls and emerge from paving, and ghostly faces appear in pools …
Rocking a dry garden at Chanticleer's Gravel Garden

Rocking a dry garden at Chanticleer’s Gravel Garden

Many plants we grow in Central Texas appear in Chanticleer’s Gravel Garden, and it’s fun to see them in a new context …
Wading into Chanticleer's Pond Garden

Wading into Chanticleer’s Pond Garden

The Pond Garden at Chanticleer draws visitors like a magnet. Water features always do. This time it drew a great blue heron as well …
Into the Asian Woods at Chanticleer

Into the Asian Woods at Chanticleer

Who says you can’t have flowers in a shade garden? In Chanticleer’s Asian Woods, I spotted a floating bouquet of zinnias, dahlias, and more …
Exploring Chanticleer's Elevated Walkway, Serpentine, and Bulb Meadow

Exploring Chanticleer’s Elevated Walkway, Serpentine, and Bulb Meadow

Exploring the Elevated Walkway, agricultural Serpentine, and Bulb Meadow in fall flower at Chanticleer Garden …
Chanticleer's dreamy House Garden

Chanticleer’s dreamy House Garden

I call it a meadow garden. Chanticleer calls it the Flowery Lawn. Whatever you call it, it’s gorgeous: Chanticleer’s House Garden …