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URBAN HARVEST

URBAN HARVEST

About

What Is It?

A nonprofit that, through its community gardens, education, and Farmers’ Markets, “inspires and empowers people of diverse backgrounds to grow and share healthy foods, in the process enriching the city we all call home.”

Help Needed:

Gardening; helping with classes or events, such as the annual fruit tree sale; working on large-scale Earth Day projects.  Please contact Urban Harvest for COVID-related updates. 

 

Details

Minimum Age to Volunteer

3. Volunteers under 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian throughout the activity. Volunteers aged 12-17 must provide a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.

Time Commitment

Typical shifts are 2-3 hours.

Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?

Yes.

Training Needed

None. All instructions will be provided.

Help Needed

GARDENER

Volunteers are always needed and welcome during workdays at community or school gardens.

For community gardens, find a garden in your area here, then fill out a group volunteer form. An Urban Harvest representative will contact you to place you. For school gardens, ask to join the email list and you will be invited to regular work days.

 

 

CLASS ASSISTANT

Help garden educators teach Houston-area school children after school at a youth partner site. Volunteer as a weekly assistant or for specific activities like cooking demos or garden maintenance. The after-school times are Mon-Fri, and run from 3-5 pm or 4-6pm (approx. 2.5 hrs each class).

For other classes or events, you can help with setup, checking in registrants, selling books, and breakdown, and attend the class (or another class) for free.

HELP AT ANNUAL FRUIT TREE SALE

This January sale relies on hundreds of volunteers to help sell more than 3,000 fruit trees for planting throughout the Houston area.

Volunteers help with unloading trees, sales, giving planting advice, cleaning up, and more. Please contact Urban Harvest in November if you want to help.

EARTH DAY WORKDAY

In April, help community gardens throughout the Greater Houston area realize large-scale projects that they could not otherwise accomplish. Projects may include building or repairing garden beds, mulching pathways, planting fruit trees, building picnic tables and more.  Volunteer organization begins in February; please email then if interested.

Contact Details

Contact

Fill out the volunteer contact form, or call (713) 880-5540.

Website

http://urbanharvest.org/

Location

URBAN HARVEST

Houston, Texas

Location Details

Houston, Texas

Urban Harvest’s projects take place throughout Houston.

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Additional Information

Examples of past Scout projects

Eagle: Hoyt B. (Troop 20) designed and constructed a new compost bin for the Harry Holmes Healthy Harvest Garden.  (2018)

Gold Award: Tiffany K. made bee boxes for Mason bees. (2018)

Eagle: Eric M. (Troop 20) set posts and installed shade canopies in the Harry Holmes Health Harvest Garden and restored garden beds that had been overgrown with weeds after Hurricane Harvey. (2017)

Gallery

Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, 2016
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, 2016
Alabama Gardens, 2014
Alabama Gardens, 2014
Fruit tree sale, 2017
Fruit tree sale, 2017
CCSC,  Earth Day 2017
CCSC, Earth Day 2017
City Hall Farmers Market, 2016
City Hall Farmers Market, 2016
City Hall Farmers Market
City Hall Farmers Market
Composting at Gregory Lincoln school, 2017
Composting at Gregory Lincoln school, 2017
Dig it Day
Dig it Day
Dominican Sisters Community Garden, 2016
Dominican Sisters Community Garden, 2016
Eastside Farmers Market
Eastside Farmers Market
Eastside Farmers Market, 2015
Eastside Farmers Market, 2015
Edible Academy, 2016
Edible Academy, 2016
Fruit tree sale volunteers, 2016
Fruit tree sale volunteers, 2016
Fruit tree sale, 2016
Fruit tree sale, 2016
Fruit tree sale volunteers
Fruit tree sale volunteers
2017
2017
Gregory Lincoln student at City Hall Farmers Market, 2014
Gregory Lincoln student at City Hall Farmers Market, 2014
Lamar Future Farmers of America honey, 2017
Lamar Future Farmers of America honey, 2017
North Montrose garden
North Montrose garden
2017
2017
Planting a fruit tree, 2015
Planting a fruit tree, 2015
Reliant volunteers, 2017
Reliant volunteers, 2017
Reliant volunteer, 2017
Reliant volunteer, 2017
Eastside Farmers Market, 2016
Eastside Farmers Market, 2016
City Hall Market
City Hall Market
University of St. Thomas volunteers, Alabama Gardens
University of St. Thomas volunteers, Alabama Gardens
Volunteer Houston team at Gregory Lincoln, 2016
Volunteer Houston team at Gregory Lincoln, 2016
2017
2017
Westbury Community Garden, 2013
Westbury Community Garden, 2013
Table at Whole Foods, 2016
Table at Whole Foods, 2016
Earth Day 2017
Earth Day 2017
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, 2016
Alabama Gardens, 2014
Fruit tree sale, 2017
CCSC,  Earth Day 2017
City Hall Farmers Market, 2016
City Hall Farmers Market
Composting at Gregory Lincoln school, 2017
Dig it Day
Dominican Sisters Community Garden, 2016
Eastside Farmers Market
Eastside Farmers Market, 2015
Edible Academy, 2016
Fruit tree sale volunteers, 2016
Fruit tree sale, 2016
Fruit tree sale volunteers
2017
Gregory Lincoln student at City Hall Farmers Market, 2014
Lamar Future Farmers of America honey, 2017
North Montrose garden
2017
Planting a fruit tree, 2015
Reliant volunteers, 2017
Reliant volunteer, 2017
Eastside Farmers Market, 2016
City Hall Market
University of St. Thomas volunteers, Alabama Gardens
Volunteer Houston team at Gregory Lincoln, 2016
2017
Westbury Community Garden, 2013
Table at Whole Foods, 2016
Earth Day 2017

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