Mon Jan 30: The Good, the Bad, and the Do-able; Houston Garden Center, 6:30 PM

We will convene Monday January 30 at the Houston Garden Center in Hermann Park to talk about our gardens: the Good (what’s working), the Bad (what’s not working), and the Do-able (what to do now). Last month we broke up into small facilitated groups to allow us all to share our thoughts on selected topics. [...]
Jan 25 Event: Houston Green Film Series: Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi, Rice Media Center

Transition Houston and Seed Swap Houston have arranged for this public viewing of the film “Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi” from 6:30 to 9 PM at the Rice University Media Center. Shot in eleven countries and focusing on Pacific Islanders, the film celebrates traditional foods and the plants they grow from. The footage introduces the [...]
How we’re coping with heat, drought, freezes

Prior to the meeting I asked Houston’s most beloved gardeners what they’re doing differently to cope with our changing climate and reported my findings at the meeting. Bob Randall responded that clearly what is going on is climate instability. 2008 here was one of the wettest years. And of course, it is getting hotter every [...]
Nov. 14 meeting: Food Preservation

Patricia Greer of Pat Greer’s Kitchen spoke about drying vegetables as a way to preserve food. Pat dries all kinds of produce. She recommends the 9-shelf Excalibur Dehydrator without the timer. She uses mixed dried greens in soups. Keeping the drying temperature at 115F or below preserves the active enzymes. Pat says a convection oven [...]
HUG October 10: Gary Edmondson, What to Plant and Do Now in your Home Garden

Gary Edmondson has been teaching Permaculture and a variety of other gardening classes at Urban Harvest for about 12 years. He began his talk by saying that for a successful garden you need at least 6 hours full sun per day, raised beds filled with the best soil you can afford, and access to water. [...]
HUG Meeting Sept. 12th: Bob & Nancy’s Great Adventure

Bob Randall, Ph.D., former Executive Director of Urban Harvest, and author of “Year Round Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers for Metro Houston,” entertained us with his experiences of growing produce in Houston. He and his wife, Nancy, moved here from the edge of the Mojave Desert in 1979. Bob worked with vegetable growers in Houston full [...]
HUG Meeting – August 8th: Water Collecting and Water Conservation

Nell Wheeler, Master Plumber and urban farmer, led a panel discussion on Water Collecting and Water Conservation. Panelists LaVerne Williams, AIA, LEED AP, architect & building ecologist, bioneer, and founder & CEO of Environment Associates, Architects & Consultants, and Angela Chandler, long time environmentalist and plant care expert with Treesearch Farms filled out the panel. [...]

Donate

We are currently raising money for the organization through sales of plants, books and CDs. We also have a donation jar at the meetings. Our meetings are always free to the public. We appreciate visitors bringing snacks and refreshments. And we’re always in need of utensils (paper plates, cups, napkins, etc)!

Learn More

Where We Meet

We meet every the 2nd Monday of every month at 6:30 PM at the Houston Garden Center Address and Directions: Houston Garden Center 5911 Golf Course Dr., Houston, TX 77004 To access parking go to Golf Course Drive and enter the lot right across from Miller Outdoor Theater. We will gather and socialize from 6:30 [...]

Learn More

About Us

Mission The mission of Houston Urban Gardeners is to create an informed active gardening community of people growing their own vegetables, fruits, and herbs in their backyards all year round. We do this through free monthly programs on all aspects of gardening and growing food in the Houston area. Meetings Our meetings remain free and [...]

Learn More

Recipes

Sweet Potato Chips

Curried Veggies and Quinoa

Laurel's Garden

Laurel’s Garden – Dec. ’11

I LOVE fall gardening in December! For me it’s the best time to grow crops. One cool morning about a month ago, Louis and I went to my 4 x 8 ft. community garden plot at Levy Park. We dug up all the sweet potatoes–32 lbs. They completely filled a laundry-basket sized box. In 2010 [...]

Learn More
What’s Going On In My Garden – August 2011

Not nearly enough is happening in my vegetable garden to satisfy my Inner Perfectionist. He’s shouting so loudly it’s drowning out my Inner Cheerleader. I’ve been out of town three of the last four weeks, which hasn’t helped. Surveying my small inner city farm I see tired and sun-blanched kale; epazote, bulbous fennel, and mint [...]

Learn More

Next Meeting – Jan 30, The Good, the Bad, and the Do-able

Follow Us On:

Donate

Where We Meet

About Us

Recipes

Laurel's Garden