Oodles of Zoodles GuiltFree Garlic Parmesan Zucchini Noodles Creamy Avocado Lime Sweet Potato Noodles Fig and Golden Beet Arugula Salad with Sunflower Seeds Mango-Almond Jicama and Cabbage Salad Veggies Round The World Nopales With Caramelized Onion (in tacos) Gobi Paratha (Indian Flatbread Stuffed With Spicy Cauliflower) Nori Rolls African Sweet Potato and Peanut Soup Pico de Gallo […]
Archive | 2018
Veg Out, Westbury! 2018
For four Saturday afternoons in March (National Nutrition Month), Westbury Community Garden hosted a nutrition education expo and celebration of growing, cooking and eating more vegetables in the June Holly Outdoor Learning Pavilion at the garden. Members, neighbors and friends of WCG were encouraged to get the Recipe 4 Success Foundation’s phone app to keep track of […]
Many Thanks To Our March Community Service Crew!
March 24 was our monthly Community Service Day. Our volunteer groups included PAIR Houston High School, Windsor Village Girl Scouts and UPS Stafford. Several WCG members worked on their community service requirement as well. It was a beautiful day to work outdoors. Thanks to all who participated!
Memorial High School MOB help Tree Farm
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.
Mormon Missionaries at the Pocket Prairie
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 […]
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 […]
Sharpstown High School National Honor Society
On a dreary overcast day, Sharpstown National Honor Society volunteers deserve a gold star for their repeat performance of helping Westbury Community Garden once again to get some much needed tasks done. Other volunteers from Meyerland Animal Hospital, an individual who found us through Volunteer Houston and some WCG gardeners helped make our January Service Day […]