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VegOut! This month
For four Saturdays in March, Westbury Community Garden will join The Health Museum and Recipe For Success in a program for National Nutrition Month. We extend a special invitation to students, parents, teachers and staff at Parker Elementary School. Where: Westbury Community Garden pavilion 12581 Dunlap St. Houston, TX 77035 You can RSVP for the…
Special Farm Dirt Compost Opportunity For Members
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WCG will order bags of Farm Dirt Compost at a discount on February 15 for distribution Saturday, February 18. The 1 cubic foot bags of premium compost are offered to members for $7.50 per bag. The MSRP is $10 a bag at locally owned garden centers. Starting February 2, you may place your order and…
City is Now a Certified Wildlife Friendly City
Invitation to Proclamation, Tues., April 18, 1:30 p.m. From: “Aplaca, Jed – PRD” <Jed.Aplaca@houstontx.gov> Date: Apr 10, 2017 CONGRATULATIONS to all the groups in Houston who have helped with this directly or indirectly. Houston is now certified as a wildlife friendly city. All the credit should go to the citizens who have pushed for…
Beneficial Parasitic Wasps Killing Aphids
Gardeners, please be on the lookout for and protect these small black parasitic wasps and leave the aphids alone to incubate more wasps! The wasps will take care of the aphids and some other garden pests for us. What they don’t get to, the Lady Bug Beetle larvae (the tiny “alligators with many legs”) will…
Fundraiser Success!
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Last Saturday’s spring fundraiser, the Founders’ Breakfast in the Garden, was a big success by every measure. The weather was beautiful. Donors enjoyed bidding on a wide variety of donated items in the Silent Auction. There was everything from bags of soil and compost to restaurant gift cards. There were about 30 books in the…
Michigan Tech Volunteers
A small crew of students from northern Michigan gave two mornings of volunteer work at the garden on March 9 and 11. They came down for the warm weather and learned about fire ants. They cleaned up sugar cane and trees in front of PIF and brush along the apartment boundary, installed a metal edging…