Watch the Go Gardening Show - Season 5 - Episode 7

The Go Gardening Show is a project that is being produced by the Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District and Gardening Volunteers of South Texas. Go Gardening is also made possible through our co-title sponsor Edwards Aquifer Authority and San Antonio River Authority.​ You can now watch those Episodes on GVST's YouTube channel.​

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Go Gardening Show - Season 5 - Episode 7

Welcome to Season 5 of the Go Gardening Show!

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This month's Go Gardening Show brings to light one of those famous GG Hidden Gems and then a landscape that has been "in the works" for several decades.

 

First up...if you've never heard of Charis Park, then hopefully this first segment will shed some colorful light on this great little park. Situated in the Alamo Heights area, it is a vision brought to life by a local church. The nature park was once a mostly-paved parking lot for the church, but now with some creative landscape design, Charis Park is hub for community gathering and peaceful meditation among some vibrant native plant and pollinator areas, repurposed construction materials and playscapes for children.

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Next, the Go Gardening crew visited a long-time resident of San Antonio and her journey to create a natural park-like setting in her own backyard. She took her time and achieved that goal doing most of the work herself. While the landscape was both wonderful to tour, the story behind its development made our visit that much more enjoyable.

 

Go Gardening's mission is to help people conserve water in the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers by teaching homeowners how to convert turfgrass areas to low-to-no water use landscapes featuring native plants.