Growing Roots East End Network (GREEN)
About
The Growing Roots East End Network (GREEN) aims to bring together local schools and organizations for the purpose of helping sustain, promote, and connect gardens across the East End’s school feeder patterns.
As a result of these efforts, we hope to see an increase in access to healthy foods, improve nutrition education, greater social cohesion, and economic opportunities for low-income families. The efforts of this collaborative include:
– Monthly meetings at different member gardens
– Resource sharing for maintaining gardens on a budget
– Garden work day events to get member gardens ready for the season
– Volunteer pool
Member Gardens
Community Gardens
| El Centro de Corazón – Magnolia | 7037 Capitol St., Houston, TX 77011 |
| El Centro de Corazón – John S. Dunn | 7635 Canal St, Houston, TX 77012 |
| Finca Tres Robles | 257 N Greenwood St, Houston, TX 77011 |
| Mission Milby | 2220 Broadway St, Houston, TX 77012 |
School Gardens
| Elementary Schools | Middle Schools | High Schools |
| Briscoe | Edison | Austin |
| Burnet | Rusk Academy | Milby |
| DeZavala | Yolanda Black Navarro | |
| Franklin | ||
| Gallegos | ||
| J.R. Harris | ||
| Lantrip | ||
| Tijerina |
Garden Work Days
Volunteer at a garden! All gardens offer basic tools for volunteers such as gloves and a shared pool of tools.
Please note: All volunteers must wear masks and maintain physical distancing between other volunteers.
Magnolia Growing
Magnolia Multi-Service Center
7037 Capitol St., Houston, TX 77011
Mondays, 4pm-5pm
Mission Milby Garden
2220 Broadway, Houston, TX 77011
Wednesdays, 1pm-3pm
Volunteer Registration
Monthly Newsletters
GREEN in the News
Upcoming Meetings
Meetings have been temporarily suspended due to COVID-19.
The GREEN Collaborative has supported school campuses in the East End of Houston by creating a unified voice to speak about gardening and agriculture and how it impacts the education of our students and community. Additionally, it has provided opportunities for us to work as a collective network. Through the GREEN Collaborative, we have received and distributed educational information, networking opportunities, tools, and volunteers from partners like Mission Centers of Houston, Finca Tres Robles, Port of Houston, and Sojourn East End Church to help sustain and strengthen our campus and community gardens. It has created a communication platform for us to unite and better perform our duties as community members.
GREEN in Action!
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East End Collaborative
