Ramble #65: Farmer's Market at Republic Square
Saturday, April 11, 2026, 9:00 AM
Change in plans
Due to the discovery that Zilker Botanical Garden’s free day corresponds to Kite Fest, which means major crowds, bad traffic, no parking at the garden, and unreasonable amounts of walking, we are going to pivot.
Let’s visit the Farmer’s Market at Republic Square in downtown Austin.
The SFC Farmer’s Market takes place every Saturday at Republic Square, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. They will even validate your parking for the State of Texas garage, 300 San Antonio St. More info about that on their webpage.
Let’s plan on meeting in Austin at 4th and Guadalupe at 8:30 AM on April 11.
Once there, you’ll find many things of interest: the vendors and booths, people, probably lots of dogs, as well as architecture surrounding the square. The United States Federal Courthouse building (just to the west) is especially interesting. Go to the top of a parking garage and explore the view of Austin buildings. Walk around and see what you find!
We’ll plan out the rest of the morning when we meet up.
And bring water with you!
Agenda
Meet at 8:30 AM
4th St and Guadalupe
We’ll discuss later plans when we meet that morning
Communication
We now use a WhatsApp group to disseminate last minute information about rambles, or during the outing. You can choose to leave the group between events, or ignore any activity you do not attend.
Access to the group will be by invite. You will need to:
Install WhatsApp on your phone
Request to join the group:
Send an email with your request
text Gary
use this link
scan a QR code on location
This will enable us to let everyone know about any last minute cancellation due to unforeseen (or foreseen) circumstances.
Need to contact us? Find us on Facebook, or send an email to info@rric.club.
Reminder: a paid subscription is not required. Our newsletter will always be free.