September
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Upcoming Events
- Sat. Sep. 10th FOP workday 8AM
- Canyonlands Trail Head fall planting as part of the Oct. workday
- Wildflower seeding is the Nov. workday project
Visit the FOP website at www.lakewayfop.org for more information.
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Lower part of City Park was closed in early June due to a rising Lake Travis
Summer photos click here!
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September Workday Projects
32 volunteers arrived at the Pavilon in City Park at 8AM to work on several projects.
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City Park
There is a lot of debris to clean-up in City Park and most of our volunteers were working on shoreline clean-up. A small
team of volunteers cut down cedar saplings and trimmed storm damaged limbs along trails.
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Canyonlands
Dar lead a small group of workers to cut down fallen trees and work on erosion control.
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Lunch
Cold cut sandwiches and desserts were served for the hard working volunteers.
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HGB I Construction
Public access to the parking lot is still closed for several more months. Parking is available at
the Justice Center.
Fri. Mar. 4th Hamilton Greenbelt Entrance will be closed, read the
City of Lakeway's news release
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Other items
Bernie Reding was at the Wildseed Farms when John Thomas was conducting one of his
sessions and demonstrations on planting wildflower seeds. He thinks there may be some
FOP members interested in this.
From the Wildseed Farms' web site.
Did you know that to enjoy a beautiful wildflower meadow in the spring (Zones 7-11)
requires sowing seed in the fall? Wildseed Farms Market Center near
Fredericksburg, Texas will host its annual Fall Planting Days Kick-Off September 9th
through the 11th, 2016. John R. Thomas, founder and president of Wildseed Farms, will
lead an informative daily session and demonstration from 2:00 to 4:00 pm each day on
how to successfully grow bluebonnets and other wildflowers. Wildseed Farms is the
largest family-owned wildflower farm in the United States. Wildseed Farms Market
Center is located seven miles east of Fredericksburg on US Highway 290 and is open
daily from 9:30 to 6:00 pm CDT.
No reservations necessary!
www.wildseedfarms.com
800-848-0078
Clint Parker made a video about Lakeway City Park, visit his video on YouTube
Just a short display of the City Park and
beautiful Lake. A few drone shots. You guys do a great job
of keeping the place beautiful.
Lakeway City Park - The Beauty of Lakeway
Lakeway City Park Video
Clint Parker
stateparkers@gmail.com
737-484-6530
youtube.com/stateparkers
The unprecedented rain we had in August really helped the wildflowers we planted/seeded this past January,
February and March. As you may recall, that's when we planted the 4" Turks Caps and spread the
Tropical Sage and Inland Sea Oats seeds. I thought two and a half months of no rain after a very rainy
May would be the end of these plants, but the August rains saved the day. They came back better than ever.
Here's a photo of one of the Turks Caps we planted in January. All of them survived. Some are even
flourishing. This one is blooming click here!
And here's a photo of one of the patches we seeded with Tropical Sage. Until the August rain,
they were all dried up. But as you can see, they came back strong: click here!
And here's a photo of some of the American Beautyberry that has been flourishing on
Hamilton Greenbelt, particularly along the Clubhouse Trail. It's spectacular. We should
take photos this fall.click here!
submitted by Bob Schooler
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