Virtual Café Garden Tour

The Café Garden is designed to create a comfortable outdoor living space. Enjoy a self-guided tour at the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens Courtyard to learn how you can create a sustainable landscape in your yard. Interpretive signs highlight various principles of sustainable landscaping. In this garden interpretive signs describe these concepts:

• How Cardboard Works as a Weed Barrier (Sign 1) - last updated 2018
• How Mulch Recreates the Forest Floor (Sign 2) - last updated 2018
• How to Slow the Flow of Rainwater (Sign 3) - last updated 2018
• How Healthy Soil Makes Healthy Plants (Sign 4) - last updated 2018
• How Nourishment Comes Naturally (Sign 5) - last updated 2018

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