Episodes

Nov 21, 2024

Learn to identify trees with Gillian Lea Hodler at the beautiful Festival Beach Food Forest! Gillian is the community engagement and volunteer coordinator with Tree Folks in Austin, Texas. In this episode, discover tree characteristics of Redbud, Cypress, and Holly trees. Learn the benefits of root collar clearing, nitrogen fixing legumes, evergreens, caffeinated hollies, and more. Join the walk! It’s a slideshow! View chapter images on Podverse , a podcast 2.0 app. Tree Folks events and volunteer opportunities: https://www.treefolks.org/ Festival Beach Food Forest donations: https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is produced by Leah Lovise. Support this podcast! Send bitcoin to: https://getalby.com/p/lostinaustin

Nov 16, 2024

Find your plant friends! Join the walk with Gillian Lea Hodler of Tree Folks in Austin, Texas. In this episode, we learn how to identify tree characteristics by taking a closer look at Walnut, Goldenball Leadtree, Texas Persimmon, and Loquat trees. Hear how the permaculture designed Festival Beach Food Forest protects its trees from frost and heat. It’s a slideshow! View chapter images on Podverse , a podcast 2.0 app. Tree Folks events and volunteer opportunities: https://www.treefolks.org/ Festival Beach Food Forest donations: https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is produced by Leah Lovise. Support this podcast! Send bitcoin to: https://getalby.com/p/lostinaustin

Jun 26, 2024

In this episode we join JVL and the twins for a walk around our tiny permaculture homestead in Austin, Texas. Get a glimpse at plants that are creating microclimates. Discover what plants thrives in the Texas heat. And, why do ants farm aphids? It’s a slideshow! View chapter images on Podverse , a podcast 2.0 app. Festival Beach Food Forest donations: https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is produced by Leah Lovise . Show your support! Send bitcoin: https://getalby.com/p/lostinaustin

May 25, 2024

Sit back and relax every muscle. Join land steward, Karen Luzius on a walk around Festival Beach Food Forest. Discover antispasmodic plants, nervine and antiviral herbs, and trees that make good heart tonics. Learn which plants help with stress and which plants balance hormones. Enjoy the walk! It’s a slideshow! View chapter images on Podverse , a podcast 2.0 app. Festival Beach Food Forest donations: https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is produced by Leah Lovise . Show your support! Send bitcoin: https://getalby.com/p/lostinaustin

May 12, 2024

Be a tree detective! In this episode we join Gillian Lea Hodler of Tree Folks in Austin, Texas. Learn to identify tree characteristics by taking a closer look at Pecan, Peach, and Live Oak trees in this walk around the beautiful Festival Beach Food Forest. It’s a slideshow! View chapter images on Podverse , a podcast 2.0 app. Tree Folks events and volunteer opportunities: https://www.treefolks.org/ Festival Beach Food Forest donations: https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is produced by Leah Lovise. Show your support! Send bitcoin: https://getalby.com/p/lostinaustin

Apr 14, 2024

It’s spring in Austin, TX! Join us for a stroll around the beautiful Festival Beach Food Forest with land steward, Karen Luzius. Discover surprising benefits of plants that are native to Texas. Learn what is edible, and what is not. Get a glimpse of the layers of the forest in this shorter episode of Food Forest Walk . Enjoy the walk! It’s a slideshow! I recommend using Podverse to view chapter images. To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest , visit: https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is produced by Leah Lovise . Show your support! Send bitcoin to: https://getalby.com/p/lostinaustin

Jan 7, 2024

Join our guide Robert Leal on a tour of Festival Beach Food Forest in Austin, Texas. Permaculture design strives to mimic natural systems, embracing the ethics of earth care, people care, and care of the future, fair share. For a glimpse of some of the amazing plants mentioned in this agroforestry system, tune in on a podcast 2.0 app to view chapter images. It’s a slideshow! I recommend using Podverse to view the show. Following the walk enjoy the musical stylings of Oliver Rajamani , a melody inspired by early morning walks in the forest. https://oliverrajamani.com/ To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest , visit: https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Opening music is by Josh Robins of Invincible Czars https://invincibleczars.com/ Food Forest Walk is produced by Leah Lovise . Show your support! Send bitcoin to: https://getalby.com/p/lostinaustin

Dec 18, 2023

Join the walk with land steward, Karen Luzius on the second half of her guided tour of Festival Beach Food Forest deep in the heart of Austin, Texas. Traverse the berms, enjoy the shade of the canopies, discover the benefits of cover crops, and admire the arthropods. In conclusion, enjoy a poem by Marcia Beckford. Walk this way! To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest , visit: https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is produced by Leah Lovise. Show your support! Send bitcoin to: https://getalby.com/p/lostinaustin Music by Josh Robins of Invincible Czars . https://invincibleczars.com/

Oct 17, 2023

Take a walk with land steward, Karen Luzius, on a guided tour of Festival Beach Food Forest , an ecological garden deep in the heart of Austin, Texas. Learn about the stacking functions of permaculture, find incredible nutrition in wild native plants, meet plant communities and their happy pollinators! To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest , visit: https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is produced by Leah Lovise. Show your support! Send bitcoin to: https://getalby.com/p/lostinaustin Music by Josh Robins of Invincible Czars . https://invincibleczars.com/

Oct 1, 2023

Join the walk with plant enthusiast Grace Gilker at Festival Beach Food Forest , an agroforestry system deep in the heart of Austin, Texas. Discover Texas native plants whose leaves make delicious teas, native grasses whose roots tap for water, and a volunteer plant who will make you blush. Bamberger Ranch Preserve https://www.bambergerranch.org/ Bracken Cave Preserve https://www.batcon.org/ The Conquest of the Karankawas and the Tonkawas, 1821-1859 by Kelly F. Himmel To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest , visit: https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is hosted by Leah Lovise. Show your support! Send bitcoin to: https://getalby.com/p/lostinaustin Music by Josh Robins of Invincible Czars . https://invincibleczars.com/

Sep 17, 2023

Join a tour of the Festival Beach Food Forest with our guide Grace Gilker. In this episode we learn about permaculture plant guilds, the benefits of chop-and-drop mulching, and find new uses of old favorites. This episode was recorded on August 5th, 2023. Enjoy the walk! To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest, visit:https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest […]

Aug 19, 2023

In this episode we join Aly Tharp for the second half of her guided tour at Festival Beach Food Forest. We’ll hear some of the plans for Phase 2 development at the Forest, taste figs fresh off the tree, and snack on turks cap flowers. Walk with us! To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest, visit:https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ […]

Aug 5, 2023

Join the walk with community organizer Aly Tharp on this guided tour of the beautiful Festival Beach Food Forest. In this episode learn how the project took root, hear fun facts about some of the plants that grow in this diverse agro-forestry system, identify nitrogen fixing trees, and much more. To donate to Festival Beach Food […]

Jul 2, 2023

Join gardener Karen Luzius on this guided tour of the beautiful, permaculture designed Festival Beach Food Forest. Discover an abundance of food and medicinal plants growing in this diverse agroforestry system located deep in the heart of Austin, Texas. To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest, visit:https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is hosted by Leah Lovise.Show your support! […]

Jun 10, 2023

In this episode we’re walking through the Festival Beach Food Forest with Caroline Riley, a trained clinical herbalist and permaculture consultant. Discover the medicinal properties of some of the plants that are growing at the Food Forest, and eat flowers along the way. Learn more about Caroline Riley at:https://www.mutableearthbotanicals.com/IG @mutable.earth.botanicals To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest, visit:https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food […]

May 27, 2023

It’s April 2023 and we’re walking through the Festival Beach Food Forest with permaculture specialist Robert Leal, to learn about some of the edible and medicinal plants that grow there. We also hear how it all started at Festival Beach with Jenna Jasso. To donate to Festival Beach Food Forest, visit:https://festivalbeach.org/donate/ Food Forest Walk is […]