Join us for a day celebrating mushrooms, worms and birds! Central Texas Mycological Society will host their scarecrow mushroom cultivation workshop and bucket tek workshop. Enjoy a presentation by the Travis Audubon Society to learn which native plants attract birds to your yard along with a fun craft activity to take home. Then discover how red wiggler worms help the soil and composting with hands on activities presented by Keep Austin Beautiful throughout the day.
10am – Central Texas Mycological Society
Lo-tek Mushroom Cultivation Scarecrow Workshop
Join us for a workshop that combines a bunch of spooktacular things we love about fungi! First, fun with fungi while learning basics of mycoremediation growing mushrooms outdoors, and creating a scarecrow to protect your garden. Since it’s okay to decay, we will be building scarecrow together that will decompose over the fall and winter with the help of recycled oyster mushroom blocks.
11am – Travis Audubon Society
Gardening for Birds with Native Plants
Do you want to attract more birds to your yard or neighborhood greenbelt? In this talk you will find out how native plants help birds, and get acquainted with several easy to grow native plants that appeal to birds and other wildlife.
12pm - Central Texas Mycological Society
Bucket tek Workshop (Registration Required)
Learn how to recycle mushroom blocks to build healthy soil, sequester carbon, increase water retention and divert organic matter from the waste stream. *The Bucket tek Workshop requires registration and for you to bring your own container.*
10am-2pm – Keep Austin Beautiful
Wormy Composting
We will bring our vermi-compost bin and youth will have the opportunity to explore the wonders of our red wiggler worms!
Click here for more information and to register for Bucket tek!