The North-by-North-Austin (NXNA) Garden Tour has launched its ticket site: https://nxna.ticketbud.com/nxnagardentour   Please buy your tickets in advance so we can ensure there will be enough maps!
The Garden Tour on Saturday, June 1st will include NINETEEN (19) gardens – 5 school gardens, 1 community Garden, 13 private gardens.  There is a good variety of gardens to see.  There will be a brochure with all the gardens illustrated and described including a map for the self-guided tour.  Buy your ticket online or at a neighborhood meeting near you, and you’ll get 3 “starter” addresses to pick up your brochure.  You can pick your next destination based on the descriptions of gardens of interest to you. There are exotic cactus and succulent collections, funky chicken coops, classic Texas hide-aways, school gardens for pre-schoolers to high schoolers, a “Keep Austin Weird” gem, even Faerie Gardens . . . this tour has it all!
Tickets are $10.  A limited number of cash-only tickets will be available at the 3 starting locations the day of the Tour.  So don’t miss out and get your ticket online at ticketbud (above) or the link at lovenorthaustin.
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 – Garden Tour Day
10am-4pm    self-guided tour of 19 gardens across North Austin
SUNDAY, JUNE 2 – Garden Talks & Photography
at North Austin YMCA, 1000 W. Rundberg
10:00am       Watershed Tour – Northstar Creek Restoration Project
1:30pm    Photography Exhibit by Daniel Llanes
2:00pm    Native Plant Society of Texas presentation
3:00pm    Waterwise Gardening – COA Watershed Dept
 
The proceeds from the Garden Tour will be benefitting Austin Voices for the North Austin Community School Alliance’s gardening projects at 3 North Austin schools. www.austinvoices.org
North Austin Civic Association (NACA) is proud to be a BLUEBONNET sponsor of the NXNA Garden Tour!
For more information:
http://www.lovenorthaustin.com/2013-garden-tour.html
http://nxnagardentour.blogspot.com/2013/03/tour-19-cool-gardens.html
https://www.facebook.com/NxnaGardenTour