Gordon Wingate Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 The Westbury Community Garden project is well underway! With the help of sponsorship by Leadership Houston Class XXVIII, the Westbury Civic Club in cooperation with the Westbury Area Improvement Corporation is breaking ground on Tuesday, February 23rd for a two acre community garden in historic Westbury. The Westbury Community Garden Website Leadership Houston is bringing construction and fundraising resources to bear and will be constructing the June Holly Garden Educational Pavilion and Habitat Area to augment Phase One of the Westbury Community Garden, being brought to reality through the efforts of the Westbury community and led by Ray Sher with Urban Harvest, a longtime Westbury resident. The June Holly Pavilion will be used by HISD to provide horticulture and healthy eating education opportunities to the students of Foerster Elementary and other area schools. Construction of Phase One is expected to be completed by June 1, 2010. A major garden bed build day and media event is scheduled on March 10, with appearances by Mayor Annise Parker, Councilmember Ann Clutterbuck, and other local civic representatives and political leaders. This event will serve as the primary focus of Keep Houston Beautiful's participation in the Great American Cleanup sponsored by Keep America Beautiful and the Scotts Miracle Gro Give Back to Grow Edible Community Garden grant program. An amazing project that we need more of in our city. Come out and join us on March 10 if you can! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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