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Zilker Botanical Garden will host a variety of family-friendly activities on October 26th as part of the city of Austin’s 7th Annual Roots & Wings Festival. Visit the Garden to celebrate trees, pollinators, and our community where you can learn how to maintain trees, tag butterflies for scientific research, build homes for local pollinators, and much more. There will be crafts, activities, and workshops from 10:00 am-2:00 pm.
The Roots & Wings Festival is held at various locations around the city from Saturday, October 19th -Sunday, November 3rd, and is a community-wide celebration honoring Arbor Day and Monarch Appreciation Day in Austin.
Attire: Comfortable, Family Friendly Clothes; Pollinator and Tree themed costumes encouraged.
Parking: You are welcome to park in our main lot at 2220 Barton Springs Rd. If this lot is full, you will be directed to our 2nd lot at 2300 Stratford Drive.
Please meet at the Oak Grove Stage at the beginning of your shift.
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| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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| Insect Hotel Activity | 9:30am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | Make a home for our native bees, you’ll give them a home and they’ll be very pleased. Teach folks how to build a small home for our local insects that will provide them habitat in the winter. This is a rather simple activity involving tying together three pieces of bamboo. ... | 2/2 | Over |
| Monarch Tagging & Butterfly Tent Volunteer Shift 1 | 9:30am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | The Monarch Tagging & Butterfly Tent Volunteer will be aiding the public in placing tags on butterflies to track their migration and contributing to scientific research on the migratory Monarch, which as of 2022 has been officially listed as an endangered species. The Monarchs will be released in the garden... | 8/8 | Over |
| Seed Ball Making Activity | 9:30am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | Get messy with this hands-on activity where you can help folks create native Central Texas wildflower and grass seed balls! These seed balls can be thrown out into their yards this fall and grow into a native prairie. | 2/2 | Over |
| Welcome Table Greeter | 9:30am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | Greet garden visitors and assist with way finding. Welcome Table greeters will also pass out educational materials and scavenger hunts! | 2/2 | Over |
| Event Photographer | 10:00am (CT) | 1:00pm (CT) | We need two photographers to volunteer their time to photograph the Roots & Wings Celebration events at the garden. Photographers will need to:
| 0/2 | Over |
| Insect Hotel Activity | 12:00pm (CT) | 2:30pm (CT) | Make a home for our native bees, you’ll give them a home and they’ll be very pleased. Teach folks how to build a small home for our local insects that will provide them habitat in the winter. This is a rather simple activity involving tying together three pieces of bamboo. ... | 2/2 | Over |
| Monarch Tagging & Butterfly Tent Volunteer Shift 2 | 12:00pm (CT) | 2:30pm (CT) | The Monarch Tagging & Butterfly Tent Volunteer will be aiding the public in placing tags on butterflies to track their migration and contributing to scientific research on the migratory Monarch, which as of 2022 has been officially listed as an endangered species. The Monarchs will be released in the garden... | 7/8 | Over |
| Seed Ball Making Activity | 12:00pm (CT) | 2:30pm (CT) | Get messy with this hands-on activity where you can help folks create native Central Texas wildflower and grass seed balls! These seed balls can be thrown out into their yards this fall and grow into a native prairie. | 2/2 | Over |
| Welcome Table Greeter | 12:00pm (CT) | 2:30pm (CT) | Greet garden visitors and assist with way finding. Welcome Table greeters will also pass out educational materials and scavenger hunts! | 2/2 | Over |
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