The fall seed packs are ready to go! They are $18 per pack for WCG gardeners, $20 for non-WCG gardeners (friends, neighbors, whoever). There are 30 varieties of seeds in each pack, and there are 60 complete packs. There are limited quantities of two specialty items available for purchase separately: kohlrabi for $1.50/pkt and golden beets…
On July 9, a breakfast on the grounds was hosted at Westbury Community Garden to honor the many volunteers that have helped us keep the garden moving forward during the trying times of the COVID pandemic. The breakfast featured a luscious fruit salad, pastries, and breads from a generous H-E-B donation, bagels and coffee from…
Saturday, May 21, WCG beekeepers, Steve Ewing and Becky Stemper, celebrated World Bee Day by setting up a booth at Urban Harvest Farmers Market to showcase WCG’s apiary. A frame of working bees from one of our hives was placed in a ventilated plexiglas case so visitors could see the bees doing their work. Both…
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…
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…
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…
Our Year-End Fundraiser Westbury Community Garden is participating in the #SeedMoneyChallenge, a 30-day fundraising challenge and we could really use your support TODAY! How It Works In addition to keeping the funds we raise from individuals like you, we have a chance to win a challenge grant of up to $1000 from SeedMoney based on…
The Magical Sunflower Maze At Westbury Community Garden faced several challenges in its inaugural year. For the 2022 season, the Sunflower Committee is getting an early start to address soil fertility, irrigation, and weed issues that hampered the project last summer. We hope to have a bumper crop of sunflowers in the maze with fewer…
On November 13, WCG hosted Urban Harvest’s Annual Harvest Celebration. The luncheon and award ceremony celebrates all community gardens in the Urban Harvest network and awards gardeners from across the city for extraordinary community garden contributions. The Harvest Celebration featured box lunches from Local Foods, herbs, vegetable seedlings, and seed give-aways, garden tours, and door-prizes…
A troop of Daisy (K – 1) and Junior Girl Scouts (grades 4-5) visited WCG on November 6 for an afternoon of outdoor learning that fulfilled Gardening badge requirements for both troops. The girls walked about the garden identifying plants by sight and smell, learned about composting, completed a weeding and mulching service project, and…