GARDENS IN WACO, TEXAS

We are creating a more beautiful and vibrant Waco, Texas.

Thanks to our donors, sponsors, and grants, we’ve been able to establish several gardens around Waco, Texas! With over 45 years of beautification efforts, we have continued to make placemaking, green spaces, and community gardens for our residents to enjoy.

SOME OF OUR RECENT GARDENS

OVER 45 Years of beautifying Waco

Tree Plantings

We are a proud certified Tree City USA, community, and this is all thanks to our incredible Parks and Recreations Team. We are grateful to partner with our city for more tree plantings in public parks.

We plant dozens of trees throughout the year alongside City of Waco Parks and Recreation, who is constantly maintaining and replacing trees that have suffered environmental disasters.

Keep Waco Beautiful has played a valuable role in making Waco a more vibrant place to live. We have worked on notable projects, such as: Miss Nellie’s Pretty Place, Indian Spring Park, Heritage Square, and many other school and senior living center gardens.

GARDENS

City of Waco Police Department Peace Garden
Opened: October 2022
Thanks to our kind donors, Tevita and Makenzie Asisi, we established a peaceful place for our first responders to take a break, debrief, and enjoy lunch outdoors in this refreshed garden area. We had several rounds of volunteers work diligently and included a local artist to install a mural for the area.

This space is home to several natives, drought tolerant, trees, and shade-loving plants.

Bledsoe-Miller Children’s Learning Garden
Opened: October 2023

Thanks to the Keep Texas Beautiful and H-E-B Green Bag Grant, we were able to create an outdoor STEM/STEAM learning garden for our children to see, smell, and taste through a walkthrough space of native, drought tolerant, and pollinator plants.

This space is built with intention to create environmental education for the soon-to-be established STEAM/STEM Center at Bledsoe-Miller Community Center.

The space also supports our local flora with pollinators and monarchs, bringing them to the area for necessary nutrition!

Interested in building a native, drought tolerant, and pollinator garden? Visit here for resources!

Garrison Street Garden: A Creating Green Neighborhoods Project
Ribbon Cut: May 2024

The National Women in Agriculture have had this community garden for several years, and thanks to a Keep Texas Beautiful and H-E-B grant, a Keep America Beautiful MLK grant, and sponsorship from Baylor University Solid Gold Neighbor, we have partnered with them to help elevate and expand their existing community garden. This space is a gathering point for East Wacoans to utilize the space for their own garden and Rapoport Academy’s educational outdoor classroom.

UPCOMING: Getterman Wellness Center: Spring 2025

Thanks to Keep Texas Beautiful and H-E-B, we received a $5,000 grant to beautify The Getterman Wellness Center’s existing walking track. This space serves those who are facing chronic illnesses and other health conditions. We plan to provide shade, seating, and several native, pollinator/drought-tolerant plants in this space to share the importance these plants have on our well-being. This space will also be utilized for outdoor wellness and serve the Baylor Scott & White’s Wellness Center’s patients in their rehabilitation.

Learn more about upcoming volunteer opportunities for this project!