Listed below are the Sponsors for the Austin Pond Society. We encourage you to give them your business and support. You can reach them by clicking on the link to their email. If they have a website, you can reach that by clicking on their business card.
Located in Cedar Park
Email: steve@hillcountrygardens.com
1407 N Bell Blvd, Cedar Park, Texas 78613
Phone: (512) 260-5050
Water Garden Gems
Located in Marion, Texas
3230 Bolton Road, Marion, TX 78124
Phone:(210) 659-5841
Hours:9:00 am – 5:00 pm
10% discount by showing your APS Membership Card You can contact them using this link.
The Austin Pond Society held their Monthly Meeting this past Monday, February 17th at the Zilker Botanical Gardens in Austin where most of their meetings are held. The only exceptions is when they go on location to other sites such as Mayfield Park or Austin Aqua-Dome and such.
This meeting was attended by around 35 people, some of whom were there on an exploratory basis to see if they wanted to become members which of course we always encourage visitors to do. All were invited to share in the fabulous pizzas along with salads and deserts brought in by the Members.
Bill Biggadike, Kim Reynolds. Steve Garza
At 7:00 pm, Barb, our President, introduced the Speaker for the evening, Bill Biggadike of Bill Biggadike and Associates whose topic for the evening was going to be on Pond and Garden Lighting. Several of the members had expressed an interest in this topic. After a short video, Bill opened up the floor for questions of which there were many and he and his two associates, Kim Reynolds and Steve Garza spent the next hour answering them. Bill apologised for the quality of the video which presented the age old problem of taking pictures at night in the dark and not being able to use artificial light.
Pond and Garden Lighting
Following the presentation, Barb took over and conducted the small bit of business that she had. Julie, as the AAGC Representative was the first person up and gave a brief outline of the meeting that she had attended. Some time was spent in discussing the upcoming Pond Tour to be held on June 6-7. BJ talked about the number of ponds that she currently has on her list and the need for at least a half dozen more. There was also some discussion on the vacancy for a Pond Tour Chairman, a position which is so important and has yet to be filled. We really need someone to pull the Pond Tour all together combining the work by the various individual members and committees that each have separate rolls in getting this great event ready for the Public.
Business Section of the meeting.
The meeting closed with the raffle drawing and the members drifted away after a rapid clean up of the room. The next meeting is scheduled for March 16 and the speaker will be Adam Coffin from The Great Outdoors. His topic will be “Insects and diseases that are new or lesser known” and should be interesting to learn about the creepy crawlies that inhabit our yards and gardens. Hope to see you there.
Austin Pond Society held its first meeting of the year and as is always the case, it was held on the third Monday of the month at Zilker Botanical Gardens. There were around forty attendees all were ready to welcome the new season. As usual, we were treated to a meal which consisted of two different kinds of chile with all of the fixin’s. Deserts were provided by the members. This was Ted’s first attempt at feeding the membership and he did an outstanding job. Thank you Ted. If this was a taste (excuse the pun) of what we have to come in the future, then we are in for some very good meals. Another reason to join the Pond Society.
Desserts brought in by the Members.
The Speaker for the evening was one of our long time favorites, Reeve Hobbie who is a Master Gardener with Travis County Agrilife Extension Services. His topic for the evening was “Native and adapted perennials”. His presentation with the visual aid of slides was very interesting and picturesque and he had a very attentive audience.
Following the Speaker, Barb, our President had a few words to say concerning the relevant business of the day. Among other things, she mentioned that Jeannie Ferrier who along with husband Steve, do all of the fish rescues, is looking for anyone who may be interested in learning how these rescues are accomplished by giving a helping hand. You can contact Jeannie at fishrescue@austinpondsociety.org. The meeting ended with the drawing for the raffle.
Some of the Members
The next meeting will be held on Monday, February 17 at the usual place, Zilker Botanical Gardens. The next Speaker will be Bill Biggadike and the topic will be Landscape Lighting. Hope to see you there.
Video of Reeve Hobbie with his presentation of Native Wildflowers
