In 2014, Bert Gonzalez, a Westbury Community Garden founding member, asked if there was a possibility of converting a raised bed that was one concrete block high to a garden where one could sit or stand to tend the plants. Bert’s wife, Diana, had trouble squatting and bending; they might have to give up gardening….
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…
On Wednesday, April 8, a group of 40 6th graders from YES Prep Northside came to the garden to help on the prairie. Their main task was to clear the bamboo that had been dumped between Plant It Forward Farms and the Westbury Pocket Prairie. In one hour 28 students, under the direction of Al…