One local business is taking charge of engaging in environmentally sustainable practices, both from a practical and community-minded point of view.
Roughhouse Brewing, located at 680 Oakwood Loop off of Ranch Road 12 between San Marcos and Wimberley, said it is not only planning to brew some of their beer using honey from the ranch that houses the brewery, but it will also utilize drip hoses, and give spent grain to local farmers. But most recently, the brewery has partnered with Texas State University to create a wildlife and water conservation garden on site.
According to Nazish Pasternak, one of the owners of the brewery, the wildlife and water conservation garden will incorporate what is termed xeriscaping– with the aim of using as little water as possible to sustain the plants. It will incorporate the use of many native plants that will provide a habitat for local pollinators, which will do their job by assisting in the survival and growth of more plants at the garden, achieving an offsetting of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
