234 Ranch Road 1050, Concan, TX 78838, US

(830) 232-5999

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friends of garner state park

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We help sustain & improve Garner Park for all generations.

We help sustain & improve Garner Park for all generations.We help sustain & improve Garner Park for all generations.

Visitor AND NATURE Center

Located on the west side of the park in Shady Meadows camping area

Hours are 9-3 Mon-Sat, and 9-1 on Sundays


News! The Garner Visitor Center will hopefully be getting a makeover in 2023. Ideas and plans are being developed to update the interior of the structure built back in the early seventies. This likely includes taking down the old paneling and lighting, overhauling air conditioning and some electrical, closing in a window or two making more wall spaces for new exhibits inside. New TWPD exhibits will present the plants and animals of the area, rivers and geology of this part of the hill country, the skies and heavens around us, the history of the CCC building the park, family traditions, and the dance culture that has existed at Garner. The old interpreter's office could become a video display room and be connected to the nature garden becoming pathway for inviting visitors through the center. The gift selection area will be concentrated to make room for the inviting exhibits. The counter space will be enlarged to accommodate a workspace enabling our park interpreter to engage better with everyone. Come by and see the changes in 2023 as they happen! 

INSIDE THE CENTER

aluminum Can recyling

Friends of Garner Recycling Project

Friends of Garner Recycling Project

Friends of Garner Recycling Project

Friends of Garner Recycling Project

Friends of Garner Recycling Project


Thanks to all Garner State Park visitors for recycling and to all our park hosts for collecting aluminum cans this past spring and summer.  What a difference you have made for the park's beauty and for Friends of Garner's fundraiser.  Here is the result of all your dedication.  Just waiting for help to bale and for the price of aluminum to be at its best for these days and times.

Friends of Garner Recycling Project

Featured Visitor Center products

FRIENDS OF GARNER NEWSLETTER

Read Our Latest Newsletter (June 2020)

COMING EVENTS

Monthly Meeting - March 15th

Join us for our monthly meeting, Wednesday, March 15th, at the Shady Grove group day shelter at 5pm.

more about our meetings

Highway Cleanup - Apr 8th

Join us to do trash cleanup on our stretch of US83 at 9am, Saturday, April 8th. 

We meet on the northeast side of the park headquarters building near the flagpole at 9am to get started. 

Link to TXDOT safety video

Spring and Summer Hayrides

Join us this spring and summer, most Tuesday and Thursday nights, to ride the Frio Canyon Trail in a hay wagon pulled by a tractor. We will tell you about the history, nature, and culture of Garner State Park. 

More information on Hayrides

Volunteers will be needed to coordinate, drive, and narrate these hayrides. Please help the tradition continue and provide memories to those that are still to come visit and enjoy Garner State Park.

Let us hear from you!

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We love our Garner guests, so feel free to visit during normal business hours.

Friends of Garner

234 Ranch Road 1050, Concan, TX 78838, US

(830) 232-5999

Visitor Center Hours

Mon

09:00 am – 03:00 pm

Tue

09:00 am – 03:00 pm

Wed

09:00 am – 03:00 pm

Thu

09:00 am – 03:00 pm

Fri

09:00 am – 03:00 pm

Sat

09:00 am – 03:00 pm

Sun

09:00 am – 01:00 pm

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FRIENDS OF GARNER

We are the Friends of Garner.

For those who float the river all day and dance all night...

For those who hike the trails...
For those who appreciate outdoor beauty and wildlife...
For those who return year after year...

We are the Friends of Garner.

For thousands of years, people have enjoyed the protection of the hills, the lushness of the land, the abundance of the animals, and the coolness of the Frio River... the same reasons we love it today.

We are the Friends of Garner.

We formed our non-profit organization solely to conserve and preserve your Garner State Park for generations through donations and activities.

We are the Friends of Garner.

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