What Can You Grow In The Fall – October

We all hate to see beautiful, healthy, organic produce go to waste! There are thousands of children and hundreds of families who could benefit from but can’t afford the nutrition that rots in our gardens. Here’s an idea about how to address the issue: The Epiphany Church Health Outreach Services (ECHOS) runs a food pantry. They are…

For four Saturdays in March, Westbury Community Garden will join The Health Museum and Recipe For Success in a program for National Nutrition Month. We extend a special invitation to students, parents, teachers and staff at Parker Elementary School. Where:  Westbury Community Garden pavilion 12581 Dunlap St. Houston, TX 77035 You can RSVP for the…

The ever busy Memorial High School MOB came to help with tree jobs, their specialty.   This fine group of Freshmen helped repot trees at our tree farm to give them a better chance of maturity.     Thank you, MMOB.

Westbury Community Garden owes many thanks to Eagle Scout candidate, Case B., who chose WCG’s “Gardening Within Reach” program for his Eagle project. “Gardening Within Reach” is an ongoing effort to build more two-level sitting/standing garden beds in the E-row for garden members who have knee, hip, or shoulder problems that make gardening in an…

A small crew of students from northern Michigan gave two mornings of volunteer work at the garden on March 9 and 11.  They came down for the warm weather and learned about fire ants.  They cleaned up sugar cane and trees in front of PIF and brush along the apartment boundary, installed a metal edging…

Invitation to Proclamation, Tues., April 18, 1:30 p.m.   From: “Aplaca, Jed – PRD” <Jed.Aplaca@houstontx.gov> Date: Apr 10, 2017 CONGRATULATIONS to all the groups in Houston who have helped with this directly or indirectly.  Houston is now certified as a wildlife friendly city.  All the credit should go to the citizens who have pushed for…