- In this introductory online workshop, former Houstonian and permaculture practitioner Mickey Kleinhenz will share how integrated permaculture principles are brought to life at Rainbow Bridge Perm...

We would love to invite you and your friends and family to join us for an MSM Garden Community Workday to help us in the garden and keep it looking beautiful! We are also looking to install raised ...

Join us as we learn about how fermentation works and how fermentation is not just about health; it is also about food preservation. This class shows the best ways to ferment your garden produce so ...

Interested in homesteading, but not sure how to begin? This class will cover practical and affordable ideas on how to start wherever you are. We'll discuss common misconceptions, realistic timeline...

Learn about keeping small livestock (poultry and rabbits) in your backyard, on your porch, or in other small spaces around your home. Think you need a large property to raise animals? Think again. ...

Join Urban Harvest and special guest Gabe Borja to learn how to become more self-sufficient in your own space. Come learn from Gabe's experiences, mistakes, and successes, and discover practical wa...

- Learn gardening methods for a flourishing garden - Discussing succession planting, seed saving, techniques to increase resilience, productivity, and self-sufficiency. - Share a potluck at the e...

- Starting your tomato and pepper seeds in the winter to have plants in the spring - Discussing popular spring crops and fruit trees and when to plant - Discussing high yielding fruit and vegetab...

- Ecological principles that offer best strategies in cultivating a vibrant garden resistant to pests. - How to attrach beneficial insects This class is also available in the GOV 8-Part Series....

- Learn about tomatoes and other nightshades, peas, beans, mint, and other vegetable families - Highlighting community gardening opportunities This class is also available in the GOV 8-Part Ser...

- Learn how temperature affects growing success, focus on fall vegetable gardening, best locations and conditions for crops to thrive. - Learn about planting schedules, temperature considerations,...

- Selecting garden tools, designing productive growing spaces, water management strategies - Crop rotation and garden layout for long-term success This class is also available in the GOV 8-Part...

- Best practices in composting and soil building - Understanding different composting methods - Crop rotation This class is also available in the GOV 8-Part Series. -- Cost: $30 If yo...

- Discuss the principles that make organic methods successful in Houston's climate - Learn how to design a productive vegetable garden using permaculture concepts while considering climate, rainfa...

Small & Slow Rain Gardens Join us for a one‑hour Zoom introduction to permaculture rain gardens—beautiful, functional landscape features that slow down stormwater, let it sink into the soil, and...

Design companion plant groupings, explore multiple uses of a greenhouse, harvest compost, integrate rather than segregate, and build soil for the next cycle. Description: November is about taki...

October is when the fall garden begins to take shape. This class focuses on planting cool-season crops, improving soil fertility, and keeping young plants healthy as they establish. Participants...

Permaculture Foundations for a Successful Fall Garden. Planning your future harvest, the secret language of weeds, Bokashi composting, and the permaculture principle of Observe & Interact. Des...

We would love to invite you and your friends and family to join us for an MSM Community Garden Workday to help us in the garden and keep it looking beautiful! Main Street Ministries Houston 510...

Long before laboratories and high-powered microscopes, humanity viewed the botanical world with a mix of reverence, mystery, and awe. Plants weren't just survival tools, they were characters in our...

Did you know that you can eat sweet potato leaves and that the leaves actually contain more nutrients than the tubers? Every day, we walk past plants such as Turks caps, blackberries, loquats, and ...

Each Year Urban Harvest offers a course series providing all the basics of growing a wide variety of vegetables in our climate using organic methods. Instruction includes special guests with expert...

Have you ever wished you could be self-sufficient in your own space? Join us for a 3-part series on homesteading. You may either choose an individual class, or sign up for the whole series. The par...

Volunteers will help gardeners who need an extra set of hands in their plots with general upkeep. Will assist around the garden as a whole with weeding, mulching, maintaining the compost piles, and...

Have you ever wished you could hold onto the taste of summer in the fall? Join us for a 2-part series on canning. Part 1 will be a virtual class where you'll learn about the basics of canning. We'...

Volunteer with Kyle Frese, Permaculturalist and Edible Landscape Specialist, in maintaining and transforming the Orchard with Regenerative techniques to create a whole system based on Permaculture ...

🌿 Permaculture is a holistic, ecologically grounded approach to designing sustainable living systems that conserve energy, restore ecosystems, and strengthen community resilience. Urban Harvest’s 1...

Volunteers will help gardeners who need an extra set of hands in their plots with general upkeep - refreshing soil, weeding, helping to build trellises. Will assist around the garden as a whole wit...

Assist the Mobile Market staff in collecting Mobile Market experience surveys from community members. Survey collection is integral to the sustainability of the Mobile Market program and provide...

Join us for an unforgettable evening of food, fellowship, and fundraising at this year's Urban Harvest Sunday Supper event! As a cornerstone of our efforts to enrich the Houston community, Sunday S...

Please join us in tending the Permaculture Garden in Seasonal Gardening, cultivating, propagating, and harvesting. Days: Th May 7th and Th May 21st Time: 1pm-3pm.

Fall herbs are the perfect way to refresh your garden after the summer heat. This class will focus on annual and perennial herbs. We’ll discuss the best ways to successfully grow several of the mos...

Urban Harvest outreach booth at the Citizen's Environmental Coalition Earth Day event. The booth: will have Herbal Balm Demonstration, Seed starting Demonstration, Samples of soil, and What is ...

Volunteers will assist in setting up/breaking down, as well as helping visitors find their way around the area. No experience needed, just a friendly attitude and willingness to engage with mark...

This session will cover the basics of how to successfully grow vegetables for the fall and what to plant. We’ll discuss the basics of what all plants need. We’ll learn about the planting seasons, s...

Help Urban Harvest better understand our community! Volunteers will assist with counting visitors entering the farmers market and collecting short surveys from shoppers. The information gathered he...

Sustainable Supporters are a community of generous and dedicated donors who have committed to support us all year long. By giving monthly to Urban Harvest, you let us plan better for the future,...

A Permaculture Skill share day in Stewarding the Happy Place Community Garden. Our Permaculture fellows will lead skill share project for service learning. We will be digging in to: Rain Ga...

Volunteers needed to assist us with our Permaculture Skill share day in stewarding the orchard and supporting bio-mimicry of a naturalized system. We'll be joined by Kyle Frese of Decentralized Far...

Volunteers needed to help us engage community and break ground to transform a vacant lot into a new garden for the Lawndale/East end community. This is a Pop-Up Gardening event with Tastings, plant...

🌿 Join us for a hands-on volunteering opportunity at Trees for Houston on Thursday, February 19th from 1pm to 3pm! Plant our spring tomatoes with us. Volunteers will receive a free tomato plant ...

In this dynamic and interactive course series, we offer teaching techniques encouraging ways to apply permaculture principles and strategies in a wide range of educational settings. Participants wi...

We are looking for volunteers for the following date and time: Dec. 12th, 2pm-4pm, location: HCC West Houston Institute, 2811 Hayes Rd, Houston, TX 77082 - 10 volunteers needed Volunteers wil...

🌿 Join us for a hands-on volunteering opportunity at Freed Park Community Garden on Friday, November 7th from 4pm to 7pm! Help us restore the orchard with earthworks, tree and shrub planting for th...

🌿 Join us for a day of service learning in regenerative agriculture with Urban Harvest at Alief Community Garden! Help us restore the orchard through earthworks, raingardens, composting, and the Se...

🌿 Permaculture is a holistic, ecologically inspired approach to designing sustainable living systems that conserve energy, restore nature, and build resilient communities. Urban Harvest’s 100-hour ...

Our upcoming project focuses on the design and restoration of the Seven Layer Food Forest garden, where we will implement Permaculture principles for a holistic approach to ecological systems rest...

The Beloved Community + Urban Harvest at Cane River Gardens Presents Service Learning in Bioremediation, Earthworks and Plant Guilds. Breakfast bites will be served! A partnership with ...

Volunteer with our us at our office Jean Fefer Community Garden. The sessions are focused on sustainable gardening techniques with a holistic approach: plant guilds, succession planting, and ca...

Volunteers assist with planting, weeding, watering, and harvesting produce, as well as maintaining garden infrastructure and seasonal upkeep. They also support educational classes by helping set up...

Hey Houston, we need your help at Urban Harvest. During the month of September on every Saturday, we'll be having an outreach table at our farmers market. We're in need of a few volunteers to help ...

The Bush Nature Center at Barbara Bush Elementary School welcomes volunteers with any level of gardening experience. We're doing general garden clean-up every other Friday. Please note: -Voluntee...

Volunteer with our Permaculture Summer Intern at our office Jean Fefer Community Garden. The sessions are focused on summer gardening: plant guilds, succession planting, and capturing energy th...

The Spring Branch Elementary Garden welcomes volunteers with any level of gardening experience. We will start regular volunteer workdays on Friday mornings. Please note: Since our garden volunte...

A comprehensive and must-have grade guide that explains how to adjust food plant lists, planting schedules, and more for the Houston region by Bob Randall, PhD. Dr. Randall is a food systems anthro...

We need some extra hands to come out every first and third Saturday of the month from 2:00pm to 4:00pm to help with garden maintenance. Please email Julia Babcock at sspcgarden@gmail.com to conf...

Grow organic vegetables, herbs and flowers in your plot and commune with fellow gardeners to learn and grow your garden knowledge. Take home, share or donate your harvest with the community. Eve...

Fifteen years ago when Westbury Community Garden broke ground, the science teacher at nearby Foerster elementary established a WCG plot for his students. The kids walked down to the garden to have ...

We need some extra hands to come out every Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon from 4:15 to 5:15pm to help with garden maintenance. Please contact Cierra Griffin at cierragriffin2013@gmail.com with ...

We need some extra hands to come out every Tuesday from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. to help with garden maintenance. Our garden is organic and we donate produce to the Star of Hope on Reed Rd. Please con...

Activities: Summer Gardening, mulching, watering and cultivating summer fruit and vegetables in a Food Forest garden. Mondays - June 16, 23 and 30.

Team Up. Dig In. Give Back. Looking for a unique team-building experience that gives back? Urban Harvest invites your corporate group to join us in cultivating change—literally! Your team will ...

Weekly assistance in helping maintain their garden. Please contact Judy Rose at helpinghandsgarden@sbcglobal.net with 'Urban Harvest Volunteer' in the subject line to confirm your volunteer day/t...

We need some extra hands to come out on May 17 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. to help with garden maintenance, including getting our wild tomatoes under control. They grew too fast before we could tra...

Assist with the maintenance and beautification of this local garden. Please contact Ms. Mary Davis via email, and reference "Urban Harvest Volunteer" in the subject line so that they can be made a...

Assist Houston Health Foundation with their community garden. About the Community Family Garden: With a particular focus on vulnerable families and children, the Houston Health Foundation’s firs...

A comprehensive and must-have grade guide that explains how to adjust food plant lists, planting schedules, and more for the Houston region by Bob Randall, PhD. Dr. Randall is a food systems anthro...

Looking for 1-2 event assistants to help set up, execute and close down event . Must be able to lift at least twenty (20) lbs, be detailed oriented and exhibit great customer service. Details a...

Volunteers are invited to attend the Monthly Garden Workdays at Freed Park's Community Garden every third Saturday of the month! Projects to complete will vary monthly and may include tasks such as...

Help fill the garden beds at the Opportunity Center.

Help assemble garden beds at the Opportunity Center.

UPDATE: The tour will be at the Waelder Ranch location to see and learn about the Buffalo. (The new site is not ready to receive the Buffalo.) A farm tour of the Waelder, TX site and location ...

Join us for lite bites, talk and discussion on reciprocity and story of the Three Sisters, indigenous practice of growing Corn, Squash and Beans for the Gulf Coast Climate. Followed by a planting a...

Assist with the cleaning and beautification of the garden at Chabad of West Houston.

Assist Westbury Community Garden members in various gardening, building and maintenance projects. Please also complete their waiver via this link - https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/DvtD...

Asking for volunteers to help clean up Highland Park Community Garden.

We are asking for assistance in a large scale seed sorting project.

Help clean up garden beds at the Opportunity Center.

Urban Harvest’s Affiliate Garden community includes one of the largest networks of edible gardens in the country. Our organization teaches people how to start and maintain a community garden; provi...

Volunteer opportunities primarily for permaculturalists but open to all that are interested in learning about Permaculture Principles.

We are looking for volunteers to help assist in organizing garden items at our office. Thank you.

Happy place community garden: Permaculture pathways for people - garden cleaning up & maintenance. (4502 Brinkley St. Houston 77051) Harry Holmes community garden: Permaculture People Care: g...

Permaculture Gardening. Activity: managing plant guilds, edible forest gardening. Cultivate community health with us by team harvesting culinary herbs for our Mobile Market! Learn to Harvest, ...

NATURAL PEST CONTROL Angela Chandler Saturday July 20th 9:30-11:30 Zoom (live class) $20 If all else fails, learn tips and tricks for organic and natural pest control in your urban gard...

Become a VOLUNTEER. If you are interested in volunteering for Urban Harvest, please click on the VOLUNTEER button to the right and fill out the questions so we can better assist you with opportuni...

Help maintain our teaching garden in the East End which includes vegetables as well as other plants.

Permaculture Enthusiasts welcome. Activities: Gardening, planting, mulching in the orchard.

Beauty’s Community Garden provides a fresh approach to healthy living through urban gardening. Our mission is to close the gap on food inequities and achieve a community culture of health and well-...

We need volunteers to help maintain this garden as well as prep for an event on July 14th. Duties include but are not limited to laying mulch/hay and removing weeds. Need 6-7 volunteers on Wedn...

Learn How to Start a Sustainable Community or School Garden

Updated in 2019, the Urban Harvest School Gardening Guide provides teachers, parents, and garden educators with resources to help teach children about organic vegetable gardening. It focuses on how...