Festival Beach Food Forest is a pilot project transforming over 2 acres of parkland on the shores of Lady Bird Lake into an edible forest garden where people connect, grow together, and share the harvest. The westernmost 2/3 of an acre will make up Phase One, which has been approved by Austin City Council as part of the Holly Shores Master Plan.
The project protects and enhances the natural beauty, tranquility, and ecological health of our East Austin land, while also making fresh fruit and vegetables part of the daily experience of neighbors and visitors enjoying the park.
This is a community supported project open to anyone who would like to help. To get involved, please contact us here.
The project protects and enhances the natural beauty, tranquility, and ecological health of our East Austin land, while also making fresh fruit and vegetables part of the daily experience of neighbors and visitors enjoying the park.
This is a community supported project open to anyone who would like to help. To get involved, please contact us here.
Proposed Master Plan for the Food Forest
Our team of permaculture designers and landscape architects have been hard at work doing their in‐house ecological assessments, using GIS images, contour maps, and field walks to chart the flows of the site. Permaculture designs in other places have proven to restore health to the soil and sustain and regenerate that health over time.
Map of Site
The site of the proposal is the City of Austin park land on the south side of the Festival Beach Community Garden. The residents and community garden members have embraced this project and continue to give full support.
