On Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 the Westbury Pocket Prairie got a big boost to its development when a planting team of Mormon Missionaries, college students spending a year off to do community service and evangelization, met up to plant a large collection of plants they had dug the day before. These plants came to […]
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Emery Weiner School at the Pocket Prairie
Nine 8th graders from Emery Weiner School and their Dean came to work on the Westbury Pocket Prairie on February 1, 2018. The students planted native grasses dug from the Kolter School Prairie. Ahlene Shong was instrumental in sharing her prairie plants with us. They included switch grass, big blue stem and little blue […]
2016 Tomato Tasting Results Are In
On June 4th we had to reschedule the 3rd Annual Tomato Tasting because of the week long deluge of thunderstorms, but June 11 proved to be a bright sunny day and the grounds were dry! Shifting the date also meant our volunteers had to commit to two Saturdays and out tomato growers were not able to supply […]