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• 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
• See employment opportunities

 

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 and many NEW classes are taught in the garden.  Please check the course description for the location of the class.  Visit here for walking and parking directions to Oberholtzer Hall and Westbury Community Garden, which are the most frequently visited locations.

Classes   Gardening     Starting an Outdoor Classroom Mon, Dec 12, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm   Starting a Community/School Garden #1 Plan & Design Mon, Jan 16, 4:00 – 7:00 pm   Planning the Spring & Summer Vegetable Garden Thurs, Jan 19, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   Growing Great Tomatoes Tues, Jan 24, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   Growing Organic Vegetable Series – 10 Thursdays Starts Thurs, Jan 26, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   Starting a Community/School Garden #2 Implement & Grow Mon, Jan 30, 4:00 – 7:00 pm         Fruit Trees     Fruit Trees for Your Backyard Wed, Nov 30, 11:00 – noon   High Density Orchard Thurs, Jan 5, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   Prepare for the Fruit Tree Sale Talk Sat, Jan 7, 2:00 – 4:30 pm   Prepare for the Fruit Tree Sale Talk Tues, Jan 10, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   Backyard Orchard Package     #1 Growing Citrus in Houston Thurs, Dec 8, 6:30 – 9:00 pm   #2 Fruit Tree Care Sat, Jan 21, 9:30 am – noon   #3 Peaches, Plums, Persimmons & Jujube Sat, Jan 28, 9:30 am – noon   #4 Apples, Pears & Pomegranates Sat, Feb 11, 9:30 am - noon   #5 Berries, Figs & Grapes Sat, Feb 18, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm   Hands on Pruning (3 classes)     #1 Apples, Pears, Blueberries & Strawberries Fri, Jan 20, 4:00 – 6:00 pm   #2 Peaches, Nectarines, Plums & Blackberries Fri, Jan 27, 4:00 – 6:00 pm   #3 Grapes, Muscadines, Jujubes, Persimmons & Mulberries Fri, Feb 3, 4:00 – 6:00 pm   #4 Citrus, Pomegranates, Avocados, Figs & Tropicals Fri, Feb 10, 4:00 – 6:00 pm         Sustainability     Hands on Gardening with Natives for a Watersmart Landscape Sat, Dec 3, 9:00 – 11:30 am   Sustainable Living Through Permaculture #1 Sun, Jan 22, 2:00 – 6:00 pm   Sustainable Living Through Permaculture #2 Sun, Jan 29, 1:00 – 5:00 pm   Designing Our Green Homes & Communities Series – 6 Classes Starts Sat, Feb 4, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm

 

 

 

Alice Waters

Restaurateur, author, activist

Monday, Feb 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Wortham Center, Cullen Theater
Presented in Association with Urban Harvest

 

 

12th Annual Fruit Tree Sale - January 14, 2012

The best fruit trees are available only during the winter at this sale. Select from a vast array of appropriate fruit trees for the metro-Houston area.
Fruit Tree Sale Talks
Fruit Tree Sale Blog

 

 

 

Membership discount available at pre-sale talks and Fruit Tree Sale!

$5.00 off when you purchase a membership either at our pre sale talks or at the Fruit Tree Sale. Membership is a great way to support our programs, and there are benefits for you as well! Please email erin@urbanharvest.org if you have any questions.

 

 

 

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

 

 

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.

 

 

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.