Local Garden Stores

Great Outdoors Nursery & Landscaping
2730 South Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78704
Ph: 448-2992
Web: www.gonursery.com
Specialize in hard-to-find native plants. Lots and lots of pots for your ceramic pleasure, along with trees, shrubs, and organic products. Enjoy the waterfall as you stroll through the garden.

Natural Gardener
8648 Old Bee Caves Road
Austin, TX 78735
Ph: 288-6113
Web: www.naturalgardeneraustin.com
Anything and everything you ever needed for an organic garden, flowers, xeriscape plants, vegetables, trees, herbs, organic products, tools, and books. Stroll through the demonstration vegetable garden, fruit orchard, butterfly garden, and herb area.

Shoal Creek Nursery
2710 Hancock
Austin, TX 78731
Ph: 458-5909
Web: www.shoalcreeknursery.com
Good variety of seasonal vegetables, herbs, fruit trees, seeds and gardening supplies. This nursery and its staff have been serving the local community since 1992.

Pots and Plants
5902 Bee Caves Road
Austin, TX 78746
Ph: 327-4564
Home of the pink flamingo. Specialize in native and adapted plants, especially deer-resistant varieties. Large selection of orchids.

It’s About Thyme
11726 Manchaca Road
Austin, TX 78748
Ph: 280-1192
Web: www.itsaboutthyme.com
Although herbs are their specialty with over 200 varieties, they also sale trees, xeriscape plants, antique roses, vegetables, and organic products.

Big Red Sun Landscaping & Nursery
1102 E. Cesar Chavez Street
Austin, TX 78702
Ph: 480-0688
Web: www.bigredsun.com/site/tweet.html
Specialize in environmentally conscious landscape design for residential and commercial spaces. Also a nursery and event center. Offer a large selection of native and exotic succulents, along with trees, shrubs, herbs, and indoor tropicals.

PlantEscape Garden
3507 South 1st Street
Austin, Texas 78704
Ph: 444-0013
Web: www.plantescapegardens.com
Nursery and landscape design. Specialize in succulents and cacti, citrus trees, native plants, and organic products. Home of Diaz Gallery as well.

Callahan's General Store
501 Bastrop Hwy
Austin, TX 78701
Ph: 385-3452
Web: www.callahansgeneralstore.com
Good variety of sturdy garden tools, spring & fall transplants, organic amendments. They also sell chickens, guineas, and rabbits and feed.

Buck Moore Feed & Supply
5237 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78751
Ph: 451-3469
Family business that opened up in 1972, still has the famous antique cash register that has been featured as one of KUT's sound bites. One of the only places in town to purchase organic chicken feed, they also offer spring transplants, some organic amendments and bulk seed.

Recommended Gardening Books

Appelhof, Mary. Worms Eat My Garbage. Michigan: Flower Press, 1997.
Ashworth, Suzanne. Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for
Vegetable Gardeners. Iowa: Seed Savers Exchange, Inc., 2002.
Bartholomew, Mel. Square Foot Gardening. Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1981.
Beck, Malcolm & Howard Garrett. Texas Bug Book. Austin: University of Texas Press,
1999.
Campbell, Stu. Let IT Rot! The Gardener’s Guide to Composting. North Adams, MA:
Storey Publishing, 1998.
Garrett, Howard & Malcolm Beck. Texas Organic Vegetable Gardening. Texas: Gulf
Publishing, 1999.
Jeavons, John. How to Grow More Vegetables. California: Ten Speed Press, 2002.
Jeavons, John & Carol Cox. The Sustainable Vegetable Garden. California: Ten Speed
Press, 1999.
Sperry, Neil. Neil Sperry's Complete Guide to Texas Gardening. Texas: Taylor
Publishing. Co., 1991.
Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Junior Master Gardener Health and Nutrition from the Garden. Texas: Agricultural Communications Texas A&M University: 2001.
Travis County Master Gardener Association. http://www.tcmastergardener.org/

Online Resources

American Horticultural Society
www.ahs.org/youth_gardening/index.htm
The American Horticultural Society offers financial resources, a national list of youth gardening organizations and curriculum, and a national registry of youth gardens.
The Edible Schoolyard
www.edibleschoolyard.org
The brainchild of Alice Water’s, this youth education program teaches children all about food, from field to table.
Junior Master Gardeners
www.jmgkids.com/index.k2
An international youth gardening program of the University Cooperative Extension network, JMG provides tools to teach the world of gardening to youth in grades 3 - 5.
Kids Gardening
www.kidsgardening.com
Kids Gardening is a resource for teachers, parents and the community with information on grants for youth gardens, curriculum, activities, and tips for parents.
School Garden Wizard
www.schoolgardenwizard.org
This website offers resources and a step-by-step template for teachers interested in starting a garden at their school.

Gardening Information

American Community Gardening Association www.communitygarden.org
An organization promoting the creation and sustainability of community gardens in the United States and Canada.
Austin Organic Gardeners www.main.org/aog/
Information on organic gardening techniques and planting calendar for Travis County.
Austin Permaculture Guild www.permie.us/
Food gardening classes, free talks and listserve.
Central Texas Horticulture aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/travis/index.htm
A branch of the Texas Cooperative Extension, Central Texas Horticulture provides information on gardening relevant to Central Texas. Call (512) 854-9600 to get answers your gardening questions.
City of Austin Grow Green www.ci.austin.tx.us/growgreen/
A water quality program of the City of Austin, Grow Green offers information on Native and Adapted plants for Central Texas. It is free and found at most nurseries and garden center.
The Dirt Doctor Howard Garrett www.dirtdoctor.com
Information on organic gardening in Texas, including pictures, an interactive forum, books for sale, and links to organic gardening sources near you.
Green Corn Project www.greencornproject.org
The Green Corn Project educates and assists Central Texans in growing organic food gardens at homes, schools, and community centers.
Judy Barrett’s Homegrown Magazine www.homegrowntexas.com
Homegrown is published bimonthly in Taylor, Texas. It provides information about how to garden successfully and enjoyably in Texas while having a positive impact on the environment.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center www.wildflower.org
The Wildflower Center is a botanical garden in Austin, Texas, dedicated to native plants. It specializes in sustainable use and conservation of native wildflowers, plants, and landscapes.
National Gardening Association www.garden.org/home
Regional and national gardening information for home gardens, community gardens, and school gardens. Free e-newsletter, community forum and searchable database of garden information.
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service attra.ncat.org
Managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology, ATTRA provides information and technical assistance for individuals involved in sustainable agriculture.
Organic Gardening www.organicgardening.com
Published by Rodale, this monthly publication offers free gardening advice online.
Texas A&M University Plant Answers aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/index.html
Plant Answers is a searchable database of information on plants, from vegetables to roses.
Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association www.tofga.org
Information on organic gardening & sustainable farming in Texas.
Texas Parks and Wildlife - Texas Plant Information Database tpid.tpwd.state.tx.us
Information on native and naturalized plants used for landscape restoration, erosion control, and wildlife use.