Rosedale Neighborhood
Austin, Texas 78756
Helping a Nice Place to Come Home to Stay That Way
The Rosedale Ramble
Each spring since 1993, the Rosedale neighborhood has beentreated to the Rosedale Ramble, created by Karen Collins and a host of helpers.Each year's Ramble is a collection of historical and interesting facts abouthomes, events, and people of the neighborhood. The Ramble can be experiencedwhile wandering the route it describes or at leisure in your easychair!
In the past, the full story of past Rambles has been available for purchase. To find out whether this service is currently available, contact the RNA presidents at the address provided on the Contacts page.
Index of houses featured in past Rambles
The Rosedale Ramble tours have revealed interesting facts such as where in Rosedale you can find...
- ... two log structures over a century old and still used as a home
- ... two outdoor showers
- ... an Ann Gardner Arens sculpture
- ... a Dawn Redwood tree
- ... two award-winning xeriscaped yards
- ... a flowering tabacco plant
- ... a New Orleans elevator gate used as a garden gate
- ... a bathtub as a yard decoration
- ... cisterns collecting rainwater
- ... a garage where a real airplane was built
- ... a home where two sets of twin boys lived
- ... a house made entirely of hollow tile
- ... the area where Comanches camped
- ... a huge beautiful outdoor mural
- ... Rosedale's only parking meter
- ... a house with a slate roof
- ... the roosting place of night hawks
- ... Half Moon Springs
- ... a house built from converted wheat storage bins
- ... a Texas smoke tree
- ... a revetment
- ... a yard with over 200 different herbs
- ... the former home of an Olympic gold medalist
- ... a spruce tree taller than a 5-story building