Bayous, Berries, Bikes + Brews

Join us to celebrate Houston’s bayous, enjoy nature’s bounty (in the form of abundant, free blackberries), improve Houston’s greenspaces, and raise a glass with like-minded folks. On Sunday, April 26, bayou and greenspace groups including Hollywood Bayou Coalition and A Tale of Two Bridges invite you to join us for an afternoon of family-friendly festivities, including free berry-picking, along White Oak Bayou, coupled with mingling, cobbler-making, and beverages of your choice at Patterson Park Patio Bar. Last spring, the Chapmans (including then 4-year-old Paul, pictured picking berries) noticed an enormous patch of wild blackberries growing along White Oak Bayou, near Patterson Park.  Together with Emmanuel from ATOTB, we’ve been plotting a fun event to bring together neighbors and anyone who cares about bayous, greenspaces, walkability, bikeability, and urbanism in Houston. All you need is to RSVP and show up (ideally by walking or bike!) with a basket / bucket for berry-picking.  We will have a number of kid-friendly activities and setups for cooking blackberry cobbler on-site (mobile mini-ovens). If you’re part of a relevant group and would like to get involved (e.g. by hosting a table at the event), please email Taylor or Emmanuel accordingly. 

Update - we have added more great partners! Chat with Bike Houston about their work to make Houston more multimodal; learn about Fit Houston's great walking programs; speak with Bayou City Waterkeeper about their anti-pollution efforts; ask Urban Green Initiative about their work to bring Miyawaki "pocket forests" to small vacant spaces around the city.