We were SO delighted to have the Ohio State Alumni Club of Houston at the WCG on our big Earth Day Workday for the first time! This enthusiastic, hard working, friendly and fun group helped Kat Elder, Shelly and Roy Johnson with heavy weeding, pruning and mulching in the front Butterfly Beds in prep for […]
Archive | 2022
Willow Waterhole MusicFest
Saturday, April 9, was a beautiful day for an outdoor festival. Bluebonnets were in full bloom on the hillside and hundreds of visitors will attest, the music was stellar and the food trucks were outstanding at the Willow Waterhole MusicFest. There was plenty to see, hear, and do! Westbury Community Garden once again had a […]
Kinkaid High School Volunteers
The Kinkaid High School group came to work with Kat Elder in the WCG Butterfly Beds, starting off the “April Keep America Beautiful” month. The freshmen through seniors were a fantastic group of “Weed Slayers & Landscape Helpers”, working amongst the flowering Texas Bluebonnets and emerging spring wildflowers and Native plants. Betina Wolfowicz, WCG Volunteer […]
Sunflowers Planted
Six students from Bellaire High School National Honor Society and their advisor, Ms. Jennifer Kuhleman, came out to plant sunflower seeds in the maze on February 26. The students were joined by garden members Debbie Gordon, JaMera Gilbreath, Paul SoRelle, and Betina Wolfowicz. About 400 sunflower seeds were planted of the very tallest and longest […]
Workday in the North 40 Orchard 2/26/22
The Teach For America Volunteer Group joined our WCG members in preparing the orchard beds for planting replacement fruit trees at the March, 2022, workday. The remaining roots of the frozen trees from 2/15/2021 Winter Storm Uri were removed, weeds were removed, most of the bed’s diameters were extended, a grass barrier was installed and […]
Beneficial Parasitic Wasps Killing Aphids
Gardeners, please be on the lookout for and protect these small black parasitic wasps and leave the aphids alone to incubate more wasps! The wasps will take care of the aphids and some other garden pests for us. What they don’t get to, the Lady Bug Beetle larvae (the tiny “alligators with many legs”) will […]