Westbury Community Garden and the Native Plant Society of Texas – Houston Chapter will jointly host a screening of The Extraordinary Caterpillar by Jeff McKay. The film features Sam Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab, Doug Tallamy, entomologist, author and founder of the Homegrown National Park Movement, and Dr. David Wagner, renowned entomologist from University of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…