Eat, shop, play, and more at local businesses on Saturday, April 21st and 5% of your purchases will be donated to these local environmental groups: Clean Water Fund, Friends of Barton Springs Pool, Hill Country Conservancy, Sierra Club, Texas Land Conservancy and TreeFolks!
On Wednesday, April 18th, Whole Foods Market will be hosting a Community Giving Day at both locations! Five percent of sales will benefit the campaign.
Also, grab some friends and join us on the patio at the Downtown location on Wednesday evening for live music by Austin icon, Alejandro Escovedo!
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Special Thanks to the Businesses that signed up with TreeFolks:
| Austin Java | Green Mesquite | |
| Baby Acapulco | Jo’s Coffee | |
| El Interior | Matt’s El Rancho | |
| Far West Liquor | Uncle Billy’s | |
| Genuine Joe Coffee Shop |
Now that it’s time to mow the grass again, protect your trees from getting bumped by mowers and string trimmers by creating a mulch circle around the trunk. The vascular system of a tree can be seriously injured if its bark is removed by a tool or piece of machinery. Remove all of the grass and weeds around the base of the trunk out to the drip line of the tree. For larger trees you can make the mulch ring as wide as you like. Add a two-inch layer of wood mulch to the cleared area. Be very careful not to pile any mulch up against the trunk of the tree – this can rot the bark and suffocate the tree. – Colleen Dieter
TreeFolks is pleased to announce that H-E-B has selected EarthShare of Texas to be the beneficiary of its in-store coupon promotion for April, in recognition of Earth Day. This means that customers can tear off and add check-out coupons worth $1, $3, or $5 to their total bill.
We are so very proud of our Executive Director, April Rose, who was a finalist in the Environment category of the 2012 International Women’s Day Awards last Friday, March 9th at Ten Thousand Villages on South Congress Avenue. There were 3 finalists in each of the 3 categories: Environment, Humanitarian, and Animal Welfare. We’d like to congratulate each of the finalists and the 3 winners who were recognized for their outstanding contributions to our community!
Show your appreciation for Bartholomew Park by learning about urban forest ecology, how it is represented in the park and how it impacts the creek. The skills you learn will be put to use in the park AND are simple steps you can apply at home.