Pease Park
Celebrating PPC's Heroes of Hispanic Heritage ...

Hispanic Heritage Month starts today and Pease Park Conservancy is honored to have cultivated a team with such rich and diverse backgrounds!

Representation matters and thanks to these incredible individuals, we have been able to broaden our community offerings and how we serve Spanish speakers through bilingual communications, programming, and our Ecologist School Field Trips. Join us in celebrating the value and leadership they bring to the organization and its mission by getting to know them!

Celebrating PPC's Heroes of Hispanic Heritage Month
Pease Park
Latinos in Conservation: Sisimac Duchicela

As Latino Conservation Week comes to an end, we want to reflect on the many different ways in which Latinos are playing a role in conservation. From organizing events for groups to spend time in nature like Latino Outdoors’ initiative does, to working in land management, parks departments, and leading research across various topics concerning conservation - the work doesn’t end here! We hope you’ll stay connected with this initiative led by the Hispanic Access Foundation!

Latinos in Conservation: Sisimac Duchicela
Blog Post, News, Kingsbury Commons
Pease Park
What's going on with the Splash Pad?

Thank you for your feedback and concerns regarding the splash pad at Pease Park.

At this time, public safety remains our top priority. We cannot reopen the water feature until we are absolutely certain it is safe to do so. The sophisticated controller equipment that continuously monitors water quality, dispenses the chemicals, and automatically shuts off the splash pad when water quality is out of balance must be operating properly to ensure that it is safe for play. Unhealthy water quality can cause illness and death.We want to assure you that we are working diligently to diagnose the problem and make the necessary repairs. We are working with GPSI, the firm that designed and built the splash pad, as well as IPS, the manufacturer of the controller equipment.

What's going on with the Splash Pad?
Pease Park
Latinos in Conservation: Latino Outdoors

For the past 10 years, the week of July 15 through July 23rd has been recognized as Latino Conservation Week - An initiative led by the Hispanic Access Foundation to further amplify the presence of Latinos in the outdoors. During this time organizations and community groups across the country have gathered and participated in various events to promote conservation efforts in their local environments.

In honor of Latino Conservation Week, we spoke to Josie (San Antonio Regional Coordinator) and Bianca (Program Coordinator) of Latino Outdoors about the history of Latino Outdoors, the work that they do and why it’s important to build an inclusive outdoors:

Latinos in Conservation: Latino Outdoors
Blog Post
Pease Park
Memory and landscape are intertwined..

One of February’s long celebrated moments of remembrance. Since 1976 we have made it an American practice to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” — Pease Park Conservancy is working to center narratives, prioritize experiences, and most importantly to restructuralize how public land is cultivated and shared.

Memory and landscape are intertwined..

Texas Conservation Corps Understory Clean Up At Pease Park

Texas Conservation Corps Understory Clean Up At Pease Park

Recently, the Texas Conservation Corps came out and made a huge impact in the Caswell Shoals area of Pease Park. In collaboration with the Watershed Protection Department, TxCC cleared not only all of the ragweed from the northern edge of the bikeway to the southern edge of the pollinator garden, now known as the trail meadow, but they also cut and treated invasive Ligustrum plants with herbicide.

Kingsbury Commons Half-Way There

Kingsbury Commons Half-Way There

We have passed halfway! The Kingsbury Commons Project is now 54% complete and we are starting to go vertical. Just over the past few weeks the project has really begun to take shape with the formation of the walls for the new restroom and storage building, and the formation of the treehouses skeleton. It is truly remarkable and exciting to think that in such a short time, all of Austin will get to enjoy these new amenities.

Exploring the Interpretive Plan: Theme 2

Exploring the Interpretive Plan: Theme 2

In this episode, we hear from MuseWork and RECLAIM about the second theme in the Pease Park Interpretive Plan, which focuses specifically on the cultural history of Pease Park, including acknowledging that Governor Pease, who donated the initial tract of land for Pease Park in 1875, was an enslaver and that there were enslaved people who worked on the land that is now part of the park.

Interpretive Plan Video Series Launch!

Interpretive Plan Video Series Launch!

It’s here! For over a year, Pease Park Conservancy has been working hard to develop an Interpretive Plan for the park. We worked with PARD, as well as specialists from MuseWork and RECLAIM: Our Stories, Our Voice, and now we are bringing our work to you. Check out our introduction to the Pease Park Interpretive Plan video series, this will be a four part series that explores what an interpretive plan in, and the three themes that were determined for Pease Park.

How Tuesday: Baking Your Own Bread

And just like that, we are debuting our final installment of How Tuesday! This week, Chuck Smith, Chief Operating Officer of Pease Park Conservancy, showcases one of his many skills — baking bread!

We’ve all been seeing it everywhere, the pandemic has made bakers out of all of us whether we are culinary experts of not and it has been FUN! Chuck takes us through his special recipe for baking bread and makes it easy for you to do yourself.

Tune in and enjoy — this is a savory one for sure!