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National Night Out at the Garden

On Tuesday, October 7, Westbury Community Garden will once again host a National Night Out event. National Night Out aims to build relationships between neighbors and law enforcement to strengthen community ties and promote crime prevention and public safety.  We are expecting to have representatives from Houston Police Department, Harris County Precinct 5, City Council…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Planting Fall Vegetables

Saturday afternoon members of the Education Committee presented a comprehensive overview of vegetables that do well in the Houston climate in the fall / winter season. On Saturday, September 23, at 9:00 AM, there is a hands-on class at the garden as a follow up. If you missed the class, you may review the slide…

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Tomato Tasting Winners

What fun we had tasting all 45 types of tomatoes that the Westbury Community Garden’s 7th Annual Tomato Tasting on June 3. The winners by show of hand votes in the four categories of tomatoes were as follows: Favorite Cherry Tomato Golden Gem HybridIndeterminateSize: 0.5-0.75”Shape: RoundColor: GoldMaturity: 65 days / early Stunning golden color and…