JoAnn Purser
June 4th, 2013, 8:14 AM
This year is the 19th annual tour, featuring 21 ponds. As always, we have a wide assortment of large and small ponds, both pro-built and DIY, all of them spectacular. Some of the DIY ponds you won't believe were not built by a professional crew. There is even a home with a very modern take on our favorite garden feature - its entire entry courtyard is a tiled formal koi pond, with a marble slab walkway suspended above it.
General Information
The Austin Pond Tour is a self-guided driving tour, meaning you can visit these locations at your own pace, in your own car, in any order. However, the pond numbers have been organized in such a way as to cover all the ponds in the easiest manner. Directions are given from major intersections, but of course, you may circumvent these directions with shortcuts depending on the order that you visit each pond.
Tour Dates and Times
Saturday, June 8 — North Austin (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Saturday Night — Night pond locations (8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.)
Sunday, June 9 – South and Central Austin (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Purchasing Wristbands
Wristbands can be purchased at any of the ponds on tour days for $20; children 12 and under are free with a paid adult.
Purchase your wristbands here on the website or at one of the vendor locations before 8 pm on June 7th for a $5.00 discount!
You can purchase wristbands online here or from one of the vendors around town. If you purchase your wristband(s) from our website, print out a copy of the receipt and present it at the first pond you visit to pick up your wristbands. You can also purchase wristbands at one of these garden centers: Emerald Garden, Great Outdoors, Hill Country Water Gardens, McIntire's Garden Center, Natural Gardener, and Shoal Creek Nursery.
http://www.austinpondsociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=235&Itemid=87
General Information
The Austin Pond Tour is a self-guided driving tour, meaning you can visit these locations at your own pace, in your own car, in any order. However, the pond numbers have been organized in such a way as to cover all the ponds in the easiest manner. Directions are given from major intersections, but of course, you may circumvent these directions with shortcuts depending on the order that you visit each pond.
Tour Dates and Times
Saturday, June 8 — North Austin (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Saturday Night — Night pond locations (8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.)
Sunday, June 9 – South and Central Austin (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Purchasing Wristbands
Wristbands can be purchased at any of the ponds on tour days for $20; children 12 and under are free with a paid adult.
Purchase your wristbands here on the website or at one of the vendor locations before 8 pm on June 7th for a $5.00 discount!
You can purchase wristbands online here or from one of the vendors around town. If you purchase your wristband(s) from our website, print out a copy of the receipt and present it at the first pond you visit to pick up your wristbands. You can also purchase wristbands at one of these garden centers: Emerald Garden, Great Outdoors, Hill Country Water Gardens, McIntire's Garden Center, Natural Gardener, and Shoal Creek Nursery.
http://www.austinpondsociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=235&Itemid=87