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WILLOW WATERHOLE GREENSPACE CONSERVANCY

WILLOW WATERHOLE GREENSPACE CONSERVANCY

About

What Is It?

 This 290-acre greenway offers Houstonians recreational opportunities and helps control flooding, and includes ponds, native plants, walking trails and gazebos, and a variety of wildlife.

Help Needed:

Help with planting; cleaning and maintaining the landscape; refurbishing, replacing, or adding signs or other features; or volunteering at the annual MusicFEST.  Please contact WWGC for COVID-related updates.

Details

Minimum Age to Volunteer

None

Time Commitment

Flexible.  Check the calendar for conservation workdays, or contact the Conservancy to start your own project.

Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?

Yes. The WWGC has hosted many Scout projects and other group projects.

Training Needed

None

Help Needed

HELP IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPE

Depending on the group and time of year, activities could include mulching; trimming trees and bushes; removing invasive plants; planting trees, iris, prairie plants, or other vegetation; picking up litter; and/or other conservation activities.

HELP AT THE ANNUAL WILLOW WATERHOLE MUSICFEST

Help at this annual 2-day spring event that includes 20 hours of free diverse music, an artist village with more than 40 participating artists, food trucks, and performers such as aerialists and stilt-walkers. Volunteer positions include greeters, setup, runners, parking guides, trash pick up, water delivery to musicians/artists, information booth, and more.

 

 

Contact Details

Contact

Please visit the WWGC website for more information about upcoming events, or to contact them for information about setting up a conservation project.

Website

http://www.willowwaterhole.org/

Location

WILLOW WATERHOLE GREENSPACE CONSERVANCY

5300 Dryad Drive
Houston, Texas 77035

Location Details

5300 Dryad Drive
Houston, Texas 77035

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Additional Information

2017 Willow Waterhole MusicFEST (2017) (2 minutes)

Brays Oaks Management District Carp-a-thon 2017 at Willow Waterhole by eVision 1 Productions (2017) (1 minute 55 seconds)

Examples of past Scout projects

The WWG website gives examples of the more than 60 Eagle / Gold Award projects completed at the park. These include:

Eagle: Aidan K. (Troop 99) installed photo / selfie stands at the Schwartz Gazebo and at Westbury Lake. (2021)

Eagle & Gold Award: Sara H. (Troop 21126) and Gian H. and Joshua W. (Troop 500) did a combined Eagle/Gold Award project, planting 31 trees at Levitt Lake. (2016)

Eagle: Mitchell M. (Troop 99) and Ben B. (Troop 242) each landscaped a Clematis Lane Traffic Circle.

Eagle: Charles P. built a crushed granite trail at Rafferty Memorial. (2017)

Eagle: Justin V. built a footbridge at South Clematis Circle.

Other projects included installing birdhouses, a chimney swift habitat, bat houses, and trail distance markers and signs, and removing dead trees and brush. 

 

Gallery

MusicFEST volunteer, 2017
MusicFEST volunteer, 2017
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
Sara Hansen, Gian Allen, and Joshua Watson planted 31 trees for their Gold / Eagle projects
Sara Hansen, Gian Allen, and Joshua Watson planted 31 trees for their Gold / Eagle projects
Ben Brown Eagle landscaping project
Ben Brown Eagle landscaping project
Charles P. crushed granite trail Eagle project, 2017
Charles P. crushed granite trail Eagle project, 2017
Cub Scout Pack 705 after planting an oak tree, 2017
Cub Scout Pack 705 after planting an oak tree, 2017
Photo by Jay Broadfoot
Photo by Jay Broadfoot
MusicFEST 2017 (Eduardo Perme photo)
MusicFEST 2017 (Eduardo Perme photo)
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
Spreading wildflower seeds, 2017
Spreading wildflower seeds, 2017
MusicFEST volunteer, 20171
MusicFEST volunteer, 20171
Ben Brown Eagle traffic circle landscaping project
Ben Brown Eagle traffic circle landscaping project
MusicFEST 2017 (photo by Clint Rusk)
MusicFEST 2017 (photo by Clint Rusk)
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
Mitchell Mezyk Eagle project
Mitchell Mezyk Eagle project
Birdwatchers
Birdwatchers
Mitchell Mezyk Eagle project
Mitchell Mezyk Eagle project
Trafton Academy students potted 150 hickory seedlings, raked, spread seeds, & mulched, 2017
Trafton Academy students potted 150 hickory seedlings, raked, spread seeds, & mulched, 2017
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
UpArt Studio artist painting traffic signal box, 2017
UpArt Studio artist painting traffic signal box, 2017
Hansen-Allen-Watson Gold/Eagle project
Hansen-Allen-Watson Gold/Eagle project
Mitchell Mezyk Eagle project
Mitchell Mezyk Eagle project
Eron Lord Eagle project - moved posts, cleared brush, picked up litter, 2017
Eron Lord Eagle project - moved posts, cleared brush, picked up litter, 2017
Sharpstown HS National Honor Society members helping with mulch, 2017
Sharpstown HS National Honor Society members helping with mulch, 2017
Photo by Jay Broadfoot
Photo by Jay Broadfoot
Eron Lord Eagle project, 2017
Eron Lord Eagle project, 2017
Alexander Mayberry Eagle project included installing educational signs, 2017
Alexander Mayberry Eagle project included installing educational signs, 2017
Stormwater sign - Mayberry Eagle project
Stormwater sign - Mayberry Eagle project
Flyway sign - Mayberry Eagle project
Flyway sign - Mayberry Eagle project
Prairie sign - Mayberry Eagle project
Prairie sign - Mayberry Eagle project
MusicFEST volunteer, 2017
MusicFEST volunteer, 2017
MusicFEST artist, 2017 (Clint Rusk photo)
MusicFEST artist, 2017 (Clint Rusk photo)
Warren Billiard Eagle tree-planting project with Westside HS friends, 2017
Warren Billiard Eagle tree-planting project with Westside HS friends, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers, watering recently-planted iris
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers, watering recently-planted iris
Brandon Battle Eagle project 2017 (chimney swift habitat & kiosk)
Brandon Battle Eagle project 2017 (chimney swift habitat & kiosk)
During Carpathon fishing tournament, 2017
During Carpathon fishing tournament, 2017
Ben Nisley chimney swift habitat Eagle project, 2017
Ben Nisley chimney swift habitat Eagle project, 2017
Building new trail for Noah Rafferty Eagle project
Building new trail for Noah Rafferty Eagle project
MusicFEST parking volunteer, 2017
MusicFEST parking volunteer, 2017
Sy Shepard Eagle project
Sy Shepard Eagle project
Scouts who built Rafferty Trail, chimney swift habitat, kiosk, 2017
Scouts who built Rafferty Trail, chimney swift habitat, kiosk, 2017
Sphera Solutions volunteers planting prairie garden1
Sphera Solutions volunteers planting prairie garden1
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
Sy Shepard Eagle project
Sy Shepard Eagle project
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
MusicFEST volunteer, 2017
MusicFEST volunteer, 2017
Photo by Lisann Gelband Kennedy
Photo by Lisann Gelband Kennedy
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
Mayor Turner with MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
Mayor Turner with MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
Chimney swift tower Eagle project, 2017
Chimney swift tower Eagle project, 2017
Trafton Academy students potted 150 hickory seedlings, raked, spread seeds, & mulched, 2017
Trafton Academy students potted 150 hickory seedlings, raked, spread seeds, & mulched, 2017
Warren Billiard Eagle tree-planting project, 2017
Warren Billiard Eagle tree-planting project, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
MusicFEST volunteer, 2017
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
Sara Hansen, Gian Allen, and Joshua Watson planted 31 trees for their Gold / Eagle projects
Ben Brown Eagle landscaping project
Charles P. crushed granite trail Eagle project, 2017
Cub Scout Pack 705 after planting an oak tree, 2017
Photo by Jay Broadfoot
MusicFEST 2017 (Eduardo Perme photo)
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
Spreading wildflower seeds, 2017
MusicFEST volunteer, 20171
Ben Brown Eagle traffic circle landscaping project
MusicFEST 2017 (photo by Clint Rusk)
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
Mitchell Mezyk Eagle project
Birdwatchers
Mitchell Mezyk Eagle project
Trafton Academy students potted 150 hickory seedlings, raked, spread seeds, & mulched, 2017
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
UpArt Studio artist painting traffic signal box, 2017
Hansen-Allen-Watson Gold/Eagle project
Mitchell Mezyk Eagle project
Eron Lord Eagle project - moved posts, cleared brush, picked up litter, 2017
Sharpstown HS National Honor Society members helping with mulch, 2017
Photo by Jay Broadfoot
Eron Lord Eagle project, 2017
Alexander Mayberry Eagle project included installing educational signs, 2017
Stormwater sign - Mayberry Eagle project
Flyway sign - Mayberry Eagle project
Prairie sign - Mayberry Eagle project
MusicFEST volunteer, 2017
MusicFEST artist, 2017 (Clint Rusk photo)
Warren Billiard Eagle tree-planting project with Westside HS friends, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers, watering recently-planted iris
Brandon Battle Eagle project 2017 (chimney swift habitat & kiosk)
During Carpathon fishing tournament, 2017
Ben Nisley chimney swift habitat Eagle project, 2017
Building new trail for Noah Rafferty Eagle project
MusicFEST parking volunteer, 2017
Sy Shepard Eagle project
Scouts who built Rafferty Trail, chimney swift habitat, kiosk, 2017
Sphera Solutions volunteers planting prairie garden1
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
Salem Lutheran Church volunteers
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
Sy Shepard Eagle project
Justin Varkey Eagle project, 2017
MusicFEST volunteer, 2017
Photo by Lisann Gelband Kennedy
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
Mayor Turner with MusicFEST volunteers, 2017
Chimney swift tower Eagle project, 2017
Trafton Academy students potted 150 hickory seedlings, raked, spread seeds, & mulched, 2017
Warren Billiard Eagle tree-planting project, 2017
MusicFEST volunteers, 2017

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Hayden Mintzer says

    September 30, 2018 at 6:39 pm

    I am an 8th grade student at Lanier Middle School interested in helping your organization by completing a service project. I have participated in several cross country meets at your location. I would love to speak with you about any needs you have and ways I may be able to help. I look forward to hearing from you.

    Reply
    • Claire Furse says

      October 8, 2018 at 11:11 pm

      Hi Hayden,

      Thank you for your comment! To find out ways to get involved with the conservancy, please email info@willowwaterhole.org. Let me know if you would like any further help.

      Reply

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