Blog
Sharing the Love: Community Fundraising & Special Volunteer Day on February 25 at the Skyfarm
Please support Marlin and Aaron in their goal to raise $15,000 for the Skyfarm this month.In the Fall of 2021, just weeks after the Skyfarm first came into our lives at Blackwood, we were contacted by Marlin, our very first volunteer....
Why Choose Nature Camp?
Blackwood Nature Camp is a week-long, overnight boys and girls camp for ages 8-14. The purpose of Nature Camp is to provide children with the opportunity to step away from their screens and busy lives and spend time outdoors, making friends, and learning about...
Meet The Camp Director: Aidan Mollhagen
In preparation for our upcoming camp season, we sat down with this year's Camp Director, Aidan Mollhagen, a fourth-year philosophy student at the University of Texas at Austin. A Houston native, he enjoys the outdoors and has been an avid hiker and backpacker since...
A Look Back on 2022 at Blackwood
We are grateful as we reflect on an impactful year at Blackwood Educational Land Institute. From the launch of the Skyfarm at POST Houston and a feature segment on Good Morning America to our first gala dinner in the fall, 2022 was a banner year for our organization....
Summer Nature Camp 2022 Recap
Another Nature Camp season has come to a close, and our staff has been reflecting on all the fun memories made and new friendships forged throughout the summer. We played many games in the forest, cooked pizzas outdoors, spent countless hours fishing and swimming in...
At Market This Week: April 30th at Urban Harvest
Teas We create Blackwood teas from the bounty of herbs we grow in the regenerated Texas soil of our Kitchen and Hopscotch gardens, or from nutritive plants or herbs we forage from our own back yard (really, our "Back 10" acres, a newer section of land we are actively...
Why You Need Wilderness Medicine Training
Since 2015, Blackwood has sponsored one or more Wilderness Medicine courses each year. We will be offering the next Wilderness Advanced First Aid (WAFA) course on March 12-15, 2023, with our outstanding instructor Tim Graham. Here’s why we think these courses are...
Mobile Chicken Coop
Eighty-seven happy hens now reside in our recently renovated mobile chicken coop, located on the northwest corner of Blackwood (otherwise known as the Coastal Prairie). They are free to roam throughout the day and spend cozy evenings safe inside their new home. The...
Farm to Table Experience – September 30, 2017
I’ve attended numerous activities at Blackwood Land. All of them have been impactful, and Blackwood has truly hit a culmination point on their most recent integrated — the Farm Dinner Experience. They kept me enraptured emotionally, physically and mentally throughout...
Meet our summer interns!
The most intriguing and passionate people find a way of connecting with us here at Blackwood. We love getting to foster relationships with the ever-curious and create space for them to support our work at Blackwood. This summer, we’re delighted to have two interns to...
10 Ways to Support Local and Sustainable Agriculture in the New Year
New Year’s is all about turning over a new leaf or coming at old passions with a renewed vigor. No matter if local food has been in your life for years of if it’s just now on your radar, if you’re looking to support local and sustainable agriculture in the new year,...
The Land with Becca Verm: Part 2
You begin with dirt. Dry, cracked, neglected dirt. Or perhaps some overgrown jungle of a forgotten lot teeming with bounties of invasive grasses and weeds. Slowly peeling back layer after layer, you unearth a weary soil. But you take that limp and lifeless dirt and...
