Gardens of Texas: Growing with Resilience with Pam Penick

Gardens of Texas: Growing with Resilience

With the increasing weather extremes Texas is experiencing — heat waves to deep freezes and droughts to floods — how should gardeners adapt? Drawing from the visionary landscapes in her new book, Gardens of Texas, Pam Penick shares how resilient gardeners are embracing change, shifting their plant palette, nurturing wildlife, and finding deeper joy in the process. Discover practical strategies for creating gardens that weather the storms and grow stronger — and how cultivating resilience in your landscape can also cultivate it in yourself.

About Pam Penick

Pam Penick is the author of Gardens of Texas, Lawn Gone!, and The Water-Saving Garden, and she’s the voice and photographer behind Digging, her influential garden blog. Her writing has appeared in Better Homes & Gardens, Fine Gardening, and other publications. As an advocate for climate-resilient design, she's been inspiring waterwise, wildlife-friendly landscapes for nearly two decades. Pam gardens under live oaks in northwest Austin, where she keeps an eye out for screech owls and foxes but could do with fewer deer. For more information, visit Digging at penick.net.

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• This Saturday, 13th September, 10:00 am, Free Class: Mycology 101 for Growers and Gardeners with Angel Schatz in Bee Cave
• Next Tuesday, 16th September, 10:00 am, Free Class: Composting Basics with Paula Wolfel in Bee Cave
• Next Saturday, 20th September, 10:00 am, Free Class: Trees of Hope with Bailey Hoops in Bee Cave

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