Around the Heights
June 2021 Yard of the Month: 301 W 6th
Congratulations to our June Yard of the Month: Bart & Stacie Turner's Garden at 301 W 6th Bart and Stacie Turner’s garden at 301 W. 6th St started as just a nice place to sit in the morning and enjoy a cup of coffee. They started noticing butterflies, caterpillars, birds, bees, and ladybugs. Butterflies quickly became a favorite and how to get more butterfly action in the garden became an obsession. Bart’s Uncle Bo (owner of Landscape Innovations) originally designed and still helps Stacie maintain the garden. [...]
True North 2021 Features San Antonio Artist Danville Chadbourne
Like ancient relics, Danville Chadbourne’s three individual sculptures of stoneware and stone seemingly rise from the earth in the 600 block of the boulevard’s esplanade. Shapes and forms symbolizing cultural attitudes that are harmonious with nature and the passage of time, the artist says that, “Clay has the most associative power in archeological terms and responds easily to the expressive needs of my ideas…” Photo courtesy of Kolanowski Studio Born in Bryan, Texas, Chadbourne received his BFA from Sam Houston State University and M.F.A. from Texas Tech [...]
May 2021 Yard of the Month: 1407 Herkimer
Congratulations to our May Yard of the Month: Laura Clawson at 1407 Herkimer Laura Clawson loves to work in the yard...wherever she is! She grew up helping her parents work in the yard every weekend while her friends were watching Saturday cartoons. Laura enjoys seeing the results of a well-manicured lawn and blooming flowers. But in order to achieve that, she knows you must wait for the growth. The process of watching things grow is more fulfilling to her than the mature garden. Laura's friend Tom, owner [...]
Remembering Joy Stapp
We are deeply saddened to let you know that HHA Board member and Treasurer Joy Stapp passed away on March 26th. Joy’s passing stemmed from complications from the West Nile Virus that she contracted 10 years ago, but she ultimately passed peacefully. It’s hard to imagine a person more aptly named than Joy. She really was a joy to be around, always bringing a special warmth and positive spirit to every room she entered. Her passing leaves a large void that will certainly be felt on the [...]
The Heights Garden Club Honors Jim & Donna Bennett
Many of you know Jim Bennett and his lovely wife Donna. If you have attended events held by the Houston Heights Association, you have met this couple. They are active in monthly HHA meetings, are committee chairs, home tour docents and much more. Donna won the Marcella Perry Award in 2005, was presented with a Citizen of the Year in 2012, and given the Legacy Award in 2019. Jim Bennett was recognized as the 2000 Citizen of the Year. The 1999 Citizen of the Year, Janet Buchheit presented the [...]
Art Springs to Life on the Boulevard – True North 2021
And like magic, sculptures appear seemingly overnight along the trails of Heights Boulevard. Starting your tour at the neighborhood’s entrance sign and traveling true north along the esplanade’s winding trails, first up is Cary Reeder’s colorful and multi-dimensional “Treeodesic Dome,” made of galvanized steel and translucent vinyl on vinyl (artist featured below). Danville Chadbourne’s anthropological triptych installation of stoneware and stone, which is based upon his interpretation of cultural artifacts, is showcased in the 600 block. Jamie Spinello’s enchanting stainless steel sculpture “Allochory” (a representation of the [...]
