KAB provides resources and education to inspire individuals &
the Austin community toward greater environmental stewardship

Keep Austin Beautiful supports a wide variety of community beautification efforts.  Click on any of the headers below to discover how we can assist you in keeping Austin beautiful. 


Tool Shack
Keep Austin Beautiful's Tool Lending Library, can supply you with tools for a garden installation or maintenance project. Save the expense and check out our tools today!

Neighborhood Beautification Grants      

Grants range from $500 - $2500 and support neighborhoods in their efforts to beautify and improve the community. Begin envisioning a project in your neighborhood to apply for our 2012 grants. KAB would to thank the City of Austin Dillo Dirt for their generous donations of compost and Austin Energy for their donations of trees to support KAB beautification projects.

Seed Savers
A grassroots effort to connect native plant enthusiasts with public gardens that need a bit of color and diversity.  Volunteers save native seeds from their own gardens (at their homes, schools, parks, etc) and send them to Keep Austin Beautiful to distribute to public gardens that are just getting started. 

 

Tree of the Year

KAB’s a proud partner of the Tree of the Year award program that celebrates beautiful and healthy trees in Austin and provides citizens with examples of the benefits of proper tree selection, care and placement. Each year two trees are awarded the title of Tree of the Year, one being a large shade tree and the other a small  understory tree.  

Graffiti Removal
Are you tired of graffiti popping up around your neighborhood?  Get involved to quickly remove new tags and stop this problem in its tracks.

UT Project 
In 1999 Keep Austin Beautiful and The University of Texas Volunteer and Service Learning Center partnered to initiate The Project. The event has become one of the largest one-day student and community run service events in the nation.