Projects
One goal of the Lost Pines Garden Club is to support and perform projects which support our local community and which illustrate effective gardening techniques including plants and materials related to gardening. Special emphasis is on tips which help address the unique opportunities and challenges of our Central Texas area including dealing with drought conditions.
Click HERE for a "Raised bed Garden project" in process at the Smithville Texas Recreation Center (HERE). This beautifies this valuable community asset for people and wildlife (e.g., butterflies, pollinators, hummingbirds, etc.). This also illustrates, and can serve as a model for elsewhere, techniques involved for a garden in a challenging area with intense afternoon Texas sun and very poor soil. This project is a collaborative effort of our Club, a "Jones-Vacek family legacy project", the Smithville Garden Club, and the City of Smithville.
Click HERE for a gallery of pictures.
Effective and water efficient lawn and vegetation watering/irrigation: Water is a precious resource in limited supply and which costs money. One major consumer of water can be lawn irrigation. Traditional spray heads can waste water by not providing water to where the grass or plants need it near the roots. Drip irrigation involves installing drip lines near the pant or grass roots. This is frequently done with planting beds. However, this can also be down with lawn which frequently
use much more water in typical suburban homes than all other water use combined. Click here for one choice on drip irrigation.
Central Texas Gardener" is an excellent PBS TV show with gardening information. Click here for their web site.
Click HERE to return to our home page
Click HERE for a "Raised bed Garden project" in process at the Smithville Texas Recreation Center (HERE). This beautifies this valuable community asset for people and wildlife (e.g., butterflies, pollinators, hummingbirds, etc.). This also illustrates, and can serve as a model for elsewhere, techniques involved for a garden in a challenging area with intense afternoon Texas sun and very poor soil. This project is a collaborative effort of our Club, a "Jones-Vacek family legacy project", the Smithville Garden Club, and the City of Smithville.
Click HERE for a gallery of pictures.
Effective and water efficient lawn and vegetation watering/irrigation: Water is a precious resource in limited supply and which costs money. One major consumer of water can be lawn irrigation. Traditional spray heads can waste water by not providing water to where the grass or plants need it near the roots. Drip irrigation involves installing drip lines near the pant or grass roots. This is frequently done with planting beds. However, this can also be down with lawn which frequently
use much more water in typical suburban homes than all other water use combined. Click here for one choice on drip irrigation.
Central Texas Gardener" is an excellent PBS TV show with gardening information. Click here for their web site.
Click HERE to return to our home page