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"We may have to learn again the mystery of the garden: how its external characteristics model the heart itself, and how the soul is a garden enclosed, our own perpetual paradise where we can be refreshed and restored."

Thomas Moore

Austin Organic Gardeners meet the second Monday of each month (except December) at the Austin Area Garden Center in the Zilker Botanical Garden, 2220 Barton Springs Road just east of the Mopac expressway. In addition to an educational presentation, there is a question-and-answer session and plenty of informative conversation. Members often bring seeds or plants to share. You are welcome and cordially invited to attend our meetings.

Membership dues are $8.00 per household per year. This gets you a listing in the directory, a quarterly newsletter, a postcard containing meeting schedules, and wholesale prices for kelp, fish emulsion, and row cover. You can also join our Yahoo group where some of the most experienced gardeners in the area will answer your gardening questions.

Following are the dates, speakers, and topics for our 2009 meetings:

Meeting Times: Doors open at 7:00 PM for socializing and the meeting starts at 7:30.

     
May 10 John Dromgoole, local organic gardening expert and owner of The Natural Gardener, will speak on "What's New in Organic Gardening"
April 13 George Altgelt, owner of Geo Growers and local expert on soils of Central Texas will speak on "The Importance of the Home Garden"
March 9 Dick Pierce with the Austin Permaculture Guild will talk on gardening in Austin with a permaculture perspective. This will include a discusison on why gardening in Austin is so unique, frustrating, rewarding, needed, helpful to the environment, and not spoken/written of elsewhere.
February 9 Our February meeting will be a panel from local community garden non-profit organizations. The panel will have representatives from the Green Corn Project, Urban Roots, the Sustainable Food Center, and the Austin Area Permaculture Guild. Each panelist will have about 10 minutes to discuss their organization followed by open questions. There will be tables setup for each group before and after the meeting.
January 12 Dr. Molly Ogorzaly, Director of Growing Gardeners, will talk about Poisons, Panaceas, and Psychoactive Drugs from Plants: a brief history of man's use of plants to kill and cure