The Austin Pond Society has just completed it’s 22nd Pond Tour over the weekend of June 4-5 with the Ponds on the South side of Austin showing on Saturday and the North side on Sunday. Altogether, there were 25 ponds on display with 2 of the ponds also open in the evening to show off the effects that clever lighting can do. The ponds ranged in size from a few hundred gallons to monster ponds of 30,000 gallons or more which also included the largest ever waterfall that the Pond Society has had on any tour, a monster of over 40ft tall.
Although the weather was a bit of a dampener with the constant threat of rain, the Tour was well attended. Our thanks go out to the Austin Pond Society organizers and the many volunteers that it took to make this an outstanding event.
To view pictures of each of the ponds, click on the name of the pond LISTED BELOW which will take you to the site where the pictures are stored. The reports are scheduled to be posted daily as they are posted on the other website. Each morning, the new links will be made “live”. Some of the ponds are grouped together. Others are a single report.The date next to the pond number indicates that the link is live.
September - Night Blooming Cereus by the Pond by Mary Word
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AUSTIN POND SOCIETY 22ND ANNUAL POND TOUR - JUNE 4-5
POND TOUR - SOUTH
S1 (5-9-2016) Jeff and Janice – Central Austin
S2 (5-9-2016) Roger and Jo – Zilker Area
S3 (5-9-2016) Chris and Alice – Westlake
S4 (5-14-2016) Marc – Westlake
S5 (6-16-2016) Mark and Debi – Westlake
S6 (6-17-2016) Dan and Paula – Barton Creek
S7 (6-20-2016) Grant – South Austin
S8 (6-21-2016) David and Barbara – South Austin
S9 (6-20-2016) Jason and Simone – South Austin
S10(6-22-2016) Monte – South Austin
S11(6-22-2016) Mack and Robin – Onion Creek
UPCOMING MEETING INFORMATION AND VIDEOS OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
Monday – January 18th.
The Speaker was Jane Tillman and her subject was, “Put out the welcome mat for Backyard Birds” Jane Tillman is an active member of the Travis Audubon Society, and a Capital Area Master Naturalist. She is the President of the Native Plant Society of Texas, Austin chapter. To view her very entertaining video, use this link BACKYARD BIRDS
Monday – February 15th.
The Speaker was Shane Stefek from Water Garden Gems and his topic was “Water Quality and Algae Control”. You can view a video of his presentation here by using this link.WATER QUALITY AND ALGAE CONTROL
Monday – March 21st.
We held our meeting at the Austin Aquarium located at 13530 N Hwy 183 #101.For a Google Map to Austin Aquarium use this link. AUSTIN AQUARIUM – GOOGLE MAPS
To view a video of the meeting.
AUSTIN POND SOCIETY MEETING AT THE AUSTIN AQUARIUM MARCH 2016
Monday – April 18th.
This meeting is dedicated to our “Annual Plant Swap” where members can both bring and swap plants, fish and anything pond or garden related.To view the video of the meeting, use this link. AUSTIN POND SOCIETY APRIL MEETING – PLANT SWAP.
Monday – May 16th.
This is our “Sponsor Night” when all of our wonderful sponsors will be given time to talk about their products.Those that sell merchandise will bring samples for the members to purchase. To view the video, use this link AUSTIN POND SOCIETY MAY MEETING-SPONSOR NIGHT
Monday – June 20th.
More than 70 members showed up for our post POND TOUR meeting dedicated to the members whose ponds were on the tour.
To watch a video use this link POST POND TOUR MEETING
Monday – July 18th.
The Speaker was Mark Klym and his topic was “Texas Amphibian Watch”. This was very interesting as we got to learn about the “other” amphibian life in our ponds. A video of Mark’s presentation can be viewed at this link. AUSTIN POND SOCIETY JULY MEETING 2016
Monday – August 15th.
The Speaker for the August Meeting was Douglas Soltan from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. He was speaking on Native Plantings & the title of his presentation was “ Texas All Stars “. I’m glad you could join us. Below is a link to his presentation AUSTIN POND SOCIETY 2016 AUGUST MEETING
Monday-September 19,
The Austin Pond Society held a new event at the September Meeting. Members brought in their “Old” and gently used pond and garden equipment and many,many plants. Although the membership wandered around and looked at the items on display, it appeared that the items that generated the most interest were the plants. The meeting then adjourned inside for the Photo Contest, Board Elections and other business.
Monday-October 17
The October Meeting will be held on the 17th at the Zilker Botanical Gardens starting at 6:30 pm. The guest speaker will be Taylor Miller from Taylormade Waterscapes. He will be speaking on “ Building & Keeping your Ponds to be Energy Saving & Less Maintenance“. He has been building ponds since 2002 and has lots of experience on his subject. Hope to see you there.
To view more meeting information, use this link Meeting Information
POND TOUR - NORTH
N1 (6-23-2016) Mayfield Park – West 35th St
N2 (6-24-2016) Mark and Tracy – Mt Bonnell
N3 (6-27-2016) Anne – North Central Austin
N4 (6-27-2016) Thomas – North Central Austin
N5 (6-27-2016) Donna and Reed – North Central Austin
N6 (6-28-2016) Matt – Harris Branch
N7 (6-29-2016) Mary and Fred – Pflugerville
N8(6-30-2016) Todd and Linda – Oak Knoll
N9(7-1-2016) Mike and Ursula – Anderson Mill Area
N10(7-1-2016) Phil and Linda – Anderson Mill Area
N11(7-4-2016) Kirk and Xenia – Cedar Park
N12(7-5-2016) Jody and David – Cedar Park
N13(7-6-2016) Michele and Steve – Leander
N14(7-6-2016) Betty and Ralph – Leander
Latest Blog Postings - Click Image
The latest post is entitled, AUSTIN POND SOCIETY AUGUST MEETING 2016
APS Library - For a list of available literature - Click Image.
There is now a list of available books about all aspects of ponds that we carry in our fairly extensive Library. You can check them out at the meeting for free. Our Librarian is Betty Blackson and you can reach her at librarian@austinpondsociety.org
Members, Do You Need Fish?
Members, do you need to stock your pond or add to your current Koi? If so, contact Jeannie Ferrier at president@austinpondsociety.org with any questions as she sometimes has a few rescue fish that need a good home.
Welcome to a New Sponsor
Welcome to a new sponsor located in Bastrop. If you have any small clean up projects that you need help with, give them a call at (563) 663-7373 or contact them at butlerbrothersoddjobs@gmail.com
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