6th Annual MLK PEACE through PIE Community Social

This is Beauty Community Garden's first ever Pie(s) & More online silent auction!

Auction proceeds go toward Beauty's Community Garden's Program calendar-year running from August 1, 2022 - July 31, 2023, and the Desert to Beauty's project expansion initiative focused on growing Beauty's Community Garden into a holistic, inviting, culturally-rich, educational green space for its projects and programs.

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Beauty’s Community Garden is located in Independence Heights–the first African American municipality in Texas, and one of 40 food deserts in Houston.

Yvette Leno inherited the property from her grandparents Ernest and Beauty Leno who purchased the land in 1926. In 1991 the family homestead was destroyed. In 2012, Yvette repurposed the land into a community garden that she named after her grandmother “Beauty.”

Today Beauty’s Community Garden is growing into the vision Yvette imagined, a place for community members to come together to access and learn about healthy whole foods they can plant. The garden is a natural place to plant roots and make connections to the benefits of choosing healthy foods, learning about nutrition, and its impact on a person’s physical and mental wellbeing.

Beauty's Community Garden runs over 6,000 square feet, with a 20 ft container. The garden features a variety of fresh produce, herbs, and community connected spaces where between 10-15 volunteers support the garden weekly.