SPORTS + OUTDOORS

Each January, Urban Harvest holds an annual fruit tree sale with an abundance of excellent varieties that work exceptionally well for our area. Knowledgeable volunteers will help you select fruits best for you, and give you information on planting and care. The Urban Harvest 2011 Annual Fruit Tree Sale will be held Saturday, January 15th, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out, at the University of Houston Robertson Football Stadium.

This annual sale brings together far more types and varieties of fruit trees than can be found anywhere else in the greater Houston area.  Fruit trees are easy to grow in metro Houston, with little care and big results.  Learn more about growing fruit trees from Urban Harvest.  They make it very easy by bringing you the very best varieties that can be  grown in our area.

View the Fruit varieties available at the January 15, 2011 sale: A guide to selection, planting and care of fruit trees and plants  and a price list of varieties for sale.

To help attendees learn more about the varieties of fruit trees for sale, Urban Harvest will host several classes:

Classes:
Fruit Trees for Your Backyard Free at the Farmer's Markets on November 13, December 5 and January 2
Prepare for the Fruit Tee Sale at United Way on January 4 and 8
High Density Home Orchard at the University of Houston on January 11
Backyard Orchard Package at the University of Houston, seven class beginning November 30
Fruit Tree Pruning Package, at homes, four classes beginning January 21

Funds raised by this sale go directly to the many vital Urban Harvest programs, including outdoor classrooms at schools, donation gardens supplying fresh food to soup kitchens and food pantries, and the many organic gardening classes offered so inexpensively by Urban Harvest and its talented and knowledgeable staff. It also helps fund the Urban Harvest Farmers Markets where local growers bring their produce to sell.

The sale itself helps to make Houston a greener place to live.

Pictured:  Pomegranates ready to pick. Photo by TreeSearch Farms.