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You Can Help Villa Finale Preserve History
Meg and I have been busy bees conducting research on and off site. We’ve enjoyed looking through old photographs and documents in our quest to put together enjoyable and informative exhibits at the...
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A New Year A New Beginning
This new year promises to bring a new beginning to Villa Finale, starting with the commencement of construction at 401 King William in early January. Updates are to be made to the interior and...
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The Other Way: Organic Horticulture and the Landscape at Villa Finale
For roughly 100 years we have been using synthetic, chemically based products to care for our landscapes, gardens, and farms. There is another way, the original way, the way that nature intended for...
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Composting at Villa Finale
Compost is an essential tool that we at Villa Finale use to care for our landscape. Compost is essentially an ecosystem in which materials go from raw organic matter to premium soil using the “circle...
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Vermicomposting at Villa Finale
Here at Villa Finale we have chosen to take the organic or “green” approach when caring for our landscape. One of the things we have taken on to help us accomplishing this goal is creating our own...
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Beating the Texas drought through organic landscape maintenance
For those of you that are not located in South Texas, or anywhere in Texas for that matter, we have had a very challenging year when it comes to keeping a lush landscape. Not only was it very hot, very...
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Villa Finale’s landscape restoration begins!
The landscape restoration project here at Villa Finale is well underway and big changes are already evident throughout the site. At the moment, we are finishing the initial demolition and pre-work...
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Villa Finale’s grounds: A serene getaway
Our South Texas weather has been perfect recently for enjoying the outdoors here in San Antonio; so if you happen to find yourself in the South Town area, why not stop by Villa Finale and enjoy our...
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Announcing “Where at Villa Finale is …” a grounds scavenger hunt!
Folks enjoying lunch at Villa Finale. It has been such a pleasure to see so many people enjoying Villa Finale’s grounds. What started out as a First Friday invitation has been so well-received that...
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Times they are a changin’ at Villa Finale
This October, 2013 will mark the third anniversary of Villa Finale opening its doors to the public. As a new site, we are still looking at better ways we can serve the general public and the...
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