Pease Park Conservancy works in partnership with the City of Austin to set the standard for world-class park management – emphasizing environmental excellence – to improve and care for this treasured green space for the enjoyment of all.

Our Mission

Pease Park Conservancy celebrates the diverse ecology and history that make Austin’s first public park valuable and unique. The Conservancy works to restore, enhance and maintain this 84-acre public green space for the sustainable use and enjoyment of all.

OUR VISION

Pease Park will be known as an accessible urban green space for all, where land stewardship, environmental innovation and inclusive programming embrace the community's history and inspire its future.

Our Impact in 2023

What We’ve Achieved

Planted more than 4500 trees throughout Pease Park
Leveraged more than $15M to enhance this public green space
Oversee ~1500 volunteers per year to restore and maintain the park’s ecological well-being
Completed the award-winning, unanimously-approved Pease Park Vision Plan in 2014
Brought art installations to the park through Pease Park Conservancy’s Art in the Park initiatives, including internationally-acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty’s Stickwork and Pease Park’s very own Thomas Dambo Troll
Added 3 miles of mulch trails that wind through the forested hillside

Established Kingsbury Commons as a Monarch Waystation

Restored the historic New Deal-era picnic tables, Janet Fish wall, & 1920s Tudor Cottage
Managed the spread of ecologically harmful plant species throughout Pease Park
Planted hundreds of native plants that will thrive in Central Texas, helping to prevent erosion and supporting the local ecology
Created programming around 4 essential pillars (Art, Wellness, Learning, Conservation) which engage over 12,000 community members in free programs annually
Launched the educational program, Peasecology, and facilitated field trips with over 19 different schools

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Pease Park Conservancy and the City of Austin have worked closely together to sustain and enhance the 74 acres of Pease Park beginning with the development of the Pease Park Vision Plan in 2014.

In accordance with the first phase of the Vision Plan, the Conservancy fundraised for and invested $10 million in the renovation of Kingsbury Commons, the southernmost 7 acres of the park. Upon completion of that project, Pease Park Conservancy is now responsible for Operations, Maintenance, and Programming within Kingsbury Commons according to the signed Park Operations and Maintenance Agreement (POMA).

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Awards & Recognition

The Kingsbury Commons renovation project was awarded Gold under the Sustainable SITES Initiative rating system.

The Conservancy received a Preservation Austin Merit Award for the rehabilitation of the Tudor Cottage.

Ten Eyck Landscape Architects and Pease Park Conservancy were awarded an Honor Award in recognition of outstanding professional achievement from American Society of Landscape Architects in April of 2022.

Clayton Korte was awarded the 2022 Design Award of Merit by AIA Austin for their work on the Tudor Cottage & Terrace, restroom building, and volunteer hub in Kingsbury Commons.

Mell Lawrence Architects was awarded the 2022 Design Award of Excellence by AIA Austin for his work on the Pease Park Treehouse.

The Pease Park Treehouse was named Best of Austin: Kids & Family Wildcard in The Austin Chronicle in 2022.

Pease Park received the Texas Travel Award at the Statewide level for best park in 2023.

Clayton Korte won an AIA 2023 Small Project Award for their design work at Kingsbury Commons.

In the 2024 Austin Chronicle Best Of Awards, Pease Park won the Reader’s Poll for “Best Playground and Malin’s Fountain won the Critic’s Pick for Sports & Recreation “Best Troll with a Purpose.”