Forget this week’s target run. The Austin Home + Garden Show has everything you never knew Austinians needed, wanted, and wanted tools and trinkets around the home. The Austin Convention Center will be packed with tools, fashion, tissue and electronics this January 6-8.
Like any expo, this will offer demos and browsing opportunities, as well as service and product specials that can save attendees hundreds of dollars. Go up and share your inspiration with DIY enthusiasts. New this year, entrants can learn from a pair of famous designer and Flea Her market-loving sisters called Junk Her Gypsy and Austin’s own Zilker Botanical Gardens.
Amie and Jolie Sikes run a junk gypsy at Round Top, a feminine, bohemian, and decidedly rural retail store. The rogue designer takes the junk tea-obsessed aesthetic of the city, turns trash into treasures for many Austin women, and creates custom her pieces for a celebrity with a rockabilly aesthetic: Miranda Lambert. , Dirks Bentley, Billie Joe Armstrong and others. They take the stage at 2 p.m. on her Jan. 7 for an unspecified chat between seminars on garden planning and creating more energy efficient homes.
Zilker Botanical Garden, partner of the Home + Garden show, has signed on for the first activation and continues with the simple task of garden design and maintenance. In all level talks, you’ll find useful tips anyone can try, a demonstration of growing broccoli microgreens in her week, plus her Q&A portion detailing different types of plants that need different care. is promised. The Texas Bamboo Society and the Austin Herb Society will participate and exhibit and sell merchandise. The botanical garden frequently hosts workshops at its home base, but this event appears to be broader than its usual program.
The show also features social media influencer Rhonda Kaiser, Denise Celser of Built Green Custom Homes and Jewel Parker of ShelfGenie. In addition to the convenience of having all his shopping in one place, the show offers a free shuttle to Barton Creek Mall and free parking is available.
The Austin Home + Garden Show invites visitors from noon to 8:00 pm on January 6th. January 7 from 10am to 8pm. January 8th from 11am to 6pm. Tickets ($10 for adults, free for children) are available at austinhomeandgardenshow.com at a reduced rate ($8) through his opening day, January 6. The Zilker Botanical Gardens (2220 Barton Springs Road) offers visitors free tickets to the show.