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Founders’ Breakfast Celebrates Sponsors and Milestones
March 22, 2025 will mark an important milestone at Westbury Community Garden. WCG will celebrate 15 years as an urban agriculture green space in Westbury. As a testament to our success, among our 77 garden members, 12 are founding members who joined and built the community garden in 2010! Three others aren’t currently gardening but […]
15th Anniversary Festival
A festival is coming to Westbury Community Garden on March 22, from Noon to 3:00 PM! And the best news… It is free and open to the public. Come out and browse the many exhibitor tents to learn about various gardening topics, permaculture, landscaping with native plants, coastal prairies and wetlands, Monarchs and milkweed, nutrition […]
Year Round Crop Yield Calculations For Two WCG Beds
Have you ever wondered actually how much produce can be grown on a 100 square foot plot? WCG raised allotment gardens are roughly 4′ x 25′ – that’s a 100 square foot plot. This study was conducted on two such plots leased by yours truly, your WCG President, and my garden partners. THE CROPS In […]
Plant Sale Fundraisers at Bayou City Community Market
Westbury Community Garden held its first Plant Sale Fundraiser just in time for cool season planting on October 12. The sale was part of Bayou City Community Market located in the parking lot of Westbury Baptist Church, 10425 Hillcroft, near the corner of Willowbend Blvd. The market is held on the second and fourth Saturday […]
National Night Out
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, was the first time we’ve celebrated National Night Out (NNO) at Westbury Community Garden. We hope to make it an annual event! National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out enhances […]
2024 Tomato Tasting Winners
On June 1, Westbury Community Garden held its 8th Annual Tomato Tasting. It seemed that tomatoes ripened earlier this year. Climate change? Though some tomato varieties were already spent for the season, 20 tomatoes were presented for the comparative taste test. About 45 people took part in the tasting and voting. The winner in the […]
Tomato Tasting Sponsors and Donors
WCG was extremely fortunate to receive a sponsorship donation from Southwest Fertilizer, our favorite independent neighborhood garden center, located at 5828 Bissonnet. Southwest Fertilizer’s support covered the supplies and printing associated with the Tomato Tasting Festival – a huge boon to the garden. Southwest also donated two items to the Fishbowl Raffle fundraiser for the […]
Summer Vegetable Gardening
One of my first lessons as a gardener came 33 years ago when I spent the summer building a large vegetable garden in my backyard. I was off for the summer from my teaching job and my goal was to build 6 large garden beds and plant them while off for the summer. I tried […]
World Bee Day Is A Time To Celebrate at WCG
May 20th is World Bee Day – a time to celebrate the importance native bees and honeybees. Westbury Community Garden will observe World Bee Day on Saturday, May 18, from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM. World Bee Day will have fun learning opportunities for kids and adults alike. A frame of honeycomb with live working […]
Harris County Commissioner Proclaims Community Garden Appreciation Day
On March 22, at the Compassionate Houston Annual Fundraiser luncheon, Dr. Bob Randall, co-founder of Urban Harvest and his wife Nancy, were honored for lives dedicated to increasing food security in Houston. The program featured video interviews of Dr. Bob and several other community garden representatives, including WCG President, Debbie Gordon. Janna Roberson, Executive Director […]