I want to...

• Find Gardening Advice and tips.
• Become a member or renew my membership.
• Start a community garden or school garden.
• Volunteer with Urban Harvest or in a garden..
• Hire an Urban Harvest consultant

 

Featured Items:

 

Directory of Gardens
Find out about some of the many great community gardens and school gardens in our area.

 

Classes:

Urban Harvest Classes. Visit our calendar of classes. Classes are taught at various locations with many classes being taught in the garden. Please check the course description for the location of the class. Visit here for walking and parking directions to Westbury Community Garden.

Classes   Gardening     Propagate Your Own Plants Thu, Jan 3, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   Starting a Community/School Garden     #1 Community, Planning & Habitat Garden Wed, Jan 9, 6:00 – 8:30 pm   Planning the Spring & Summer Vegetable Garden Tue, Jan 22, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   Growing Organic Vegetable Series – 10 Thursdays Starts Thu, Jan 24, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   Starting a Community/School Garden     #2 Garden Design & Fruits & Vegetables Wed, Jan 30, 6:00 – 8:30 pm   Constructing the Home Fruit & Vegetable Garden Sun, Feb 10, 2:30 – 5:00 pm   Growing Great Tomatoes Sat, Feb 16, 9:30 – 11:00 am   Hands On Planting the Spring & Summer Vegetable Garden Sun, Feb 17, 2:30 – 5:00 pm   Gardening with Natives for Watersmart Landscape Sat, Mar 2, 9:30 – 10:30 am   Organic Container Gardening Sun, Mar 3, 2:30 – 4:30 pm   Starting a Community/School Garden     #1 Community, Planning & Habitat Garden Wed, Mar 6, 4:00 – 6:30 pm   Hands On Planting the Spring & Summer Vegetable Garden Sat, Mar 23, 2:30 – 5:00 pm   Landscaping with Edibles Sun, Mar 24, 2:30 – 5:00 pm   Starting a Community/School Garden     #2 Garden Design & Fruits & Vegetables Wed, Mar 27, 4:00 – 6;30 pm   Constructing the Home Fruit & Vegetable Garden Sun, April 14, 9:00 – 11:30 am   Fruit Trees     Citrus Tastings at the Farmers Markets     Eastside Market Sat, Dec 1, 9:00 – 11:30 am   Highland Village Market Sun, Dec 2, 11:00 – 1:00 pm   City Hall Market Wed, Dec 5, 12:00 – 2:00 pm   Fruit Trees For Your Backyard at Eastside Farmers Market Sat, Dec 1, 9:30 – 10:00 am; 10:30 – 11:00 am   Growing Citrus in Houston Thu, Dec 6, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   How to Prune & Train Fruit Trees Fri, Jan 4, 4:00 – 6:00 pm   Prepare for the Fruit Tree Sale Sat, Jan 5, 2:00 – 4:30 pm   High Density Home Orchard Management Thu, Jan 10, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   Fruit Tree Care Sat, Jan 26, 9:30 – 11:00 am   Prepare for the Fruit Tree Sale Orchard Pruning Package (4 classes) Tue, Jan 15, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   #1 Apples, Pears, Blueberries & Strawberries Fri, Jan 11, 4:00 – 6:00 pm   #2 Peaches, Nectarines, Plums & Blackberries Fri, Feb 1, 4:00 – 6:00 pm   #3 Grapes, Muscadines, Jujubes, Persimmons & Mulberries Fri, Feb 8, 4:00 – 6:00 pm   #4 Citrus, Pomegranates, Avocados, Figs & Tropicals Fri, Feb 15, 4:00 – 6:00 pm   Peaches, Plums, Persimmons & Jujubes Sat, Feb 2, 2:00 – 4:30 pm   Apples, Pears & Pomegranates Sat, Feb 16, 2:00 – 4:30 pm   Berries, Figs & Grapes Sat, Feb 23, 2:00 – 5:00 pm   Fruit Tree Care Thu, Mar 28, 6:30 – 8:00 pm   Sustainability     Sustainable Living Through Permaculture 1 Sun, Jan 27, 2:00 – 6:00 pm   Sustainable Living Through Permaculture #2 Sun, Feb 3, noon – 5:00 pm   Designing Our Green Homes & Communities Series – 1 Sat & 6 Sundays Starts Sat, Feb 9, see calendar of classes for dates and times

 

 

 

Become an Urban Harvest Member! Help us grow gardens and a greener city by becoming an Urban Harvest member today. Membership supports our 3 hardworking programs, Community Gardens, Education and Farmers Markets.

 

 

Farmers Market Fruit Tree Sale – March 23, 2013, 8:00 am – noon, located at Richmond and Eastside. The best fruit trees are available during the winter and spring. Select from appropriate fruit trees for the metro-Houston area.

 

 

Urban Harvest Farmers MarketsVisit our farmers markets on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday for locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, cheese, honey, and much more!

 

 

 

I Grow-Houston Community Garden Initiative
The first in a series of allotment gardens will start in Sunnyside and planting will begin in early fall 2012. Accepting applications for gardeners who live in the area. Also supplies and sponsors are needed! All inquiries please email igrow-houston@urbanharvest.org or call our office at 713-880-5540.

 

 

 

Permaculture courses help you learn the information you need to design and assemble an ecologically sustainable garden, home, community or natural area. Learn more by signing up for the Sustainable Living Through Permaculture 1 & 2. Permaculture classes are at the bottom of the Calendar of Classes under Sustainability.