Many thanks to the following 3 Volunteers for helping me continue prepping the site for the Apiary Pollinator bed along the North fence line. We removed more broken glass, metal auto parts, weeds/grass, tree roots, broken concrete & misc junk from the site & screened the large pile of donated soil which a gardener…
The KIPP charter school system has built a campus at the corner of S. Main (HWY 90) and Hillcroft. It is called KIPP-MOSAIC. On our January 2021, community service day some KIPP staff members and their principal, Ryan Presley, worked with us to create a pollinator garden along the north fence. Two other volunteers came…
On Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 a group of gardeners planted 16 trees and 9 shrubs along the east side and a bit of the north side of the garden property. Trees For Houston brought in the trees and taught the volunteers how to plant. But the Trees For Houston crew of four did most of…
WCG had a small but hardworking group of individual Volunteers working safely with our garden leaders. This was our last Workday for 2020. The volunteers pictured here helped immensely in preparing our Butterfly Beds both for winter and for 2021 Spring wildflowers to come. And also helped with turning the East Compost bin contents. Pictured…
On this gorgeous, sunny late Fall day, Nov 7, 2020, our WCG Purple Martin Team cleaned out, washed the house interiors & blocked them (hopefully) from European House Sparrow & Starling intrusions. (Trying Mike Blaha’s suggestion to stuff bags into the interiors!) We’ll be back the end of February /early March as soon as the…
We had an energetic bunch of students from Sharpstown International School National Honor Society and several individuals who signed up for Community Service Day on Saturday, February 22. It was a beautiful, clear, cool morning and a very productive day of service! A group of students worked in compost production Area A with the Compost…
An energetic group of Emery HS Student volunteers and 3 teachers came to help WCG on Friday 2-14-20, a frigid Valentine’s Day💕morning. The group split up to help Westbury Community Garden Leaders, Kat Elder & Wayne Slaikeu and Hazel & Al Potvin. One group weeded in the main Butterfly Beds and then planted Texas Bluebonnets…
As a precautionary measure, Westbury Community Garden is postponing our March 28 10th Anniversary Celebration. Many city and state officials desire proactive steps to guard the health of our communities. WCG will contact you again, when a new date is scheduled in the fall. We look forward to your participation on our new date. =====================================================================…
The Teach For America Volunteer group came to WCG this morning, Nov 7, 2019, to work in the Butterfly Gardens. Tasks performed : pruned Coneflowers & Red Texas Star Hibiscus ( gathering seed heads to share with other gardeners) clipped flower heads from Tropical Milkweed throughout the Garden, to encourage late migrating Monarch Butterflies to…
The Duke University Houston Alumni Group joined us at our monthly Saturday Community Service Day on 9/28/19. On this beautiful and unseasonably warm day, 12 adults with their 5 children helped me immeasurably in the Butterfly Beds and the orchards. Volunteers also assisted George Rejsek, Compost Chairman and WCG President, Betsy Longoria with the Urban…