Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas

Please contact us at Green Spaces Alliance regarding land conservation in and around Bexar County, community gardens in San Antonio, environmental education options for the public, or to support us in any one of our endeavors.

Executive Director Susan Hughes
Email: susan@greensatx.org
4901 Broadway, Ste. 211
San Antonio TX 78209
Office: (210) 222-8430
Fax: (210) 222-8022

Research and Communications Manager Blair Condon
Email: blair@greensatx.org
4901 Broadway, Ste. 211
San Antonio TX 78209
Office: (210) 222-8430
Fax: (210) 222-8022

Community Gardens Coordinator Angela Hartsell
Email: angela@greensatx.org
4901 Broadway, Ste. 211
San Antonio TX 78209
Office: (210) 222-8430
Fax: (210) 222-8022

Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas

Land Preservation

Green Spaces' primary function is to preserve land. We work with landowners to place properties under conservation easements. Under a conservation easement, the property is returned to its natural state with native plants and animals, maintained as a natural-scape, and protected from any future development. Green Spaces works to preserve both large and small parcels of land in Bexar County and the surrounding counties.

Community Gardens Program

In concert with Green Spaces' primary function is our effort to establish more green space within the urban environment for public enjoyment. Community Gardens are a means for individuals to participate in the preservation of green space, come together with neighbors, cultivate healthy eating habits, educate others about the environment, give children places to safely play and learn, spend time outdoors, clean-up the neighborhood, get more physical activity and beautify the urban landscape.

Begun in the summer of 2006, the community gardens initiative identified four pilot projects in the city where neighborhood groups wished to start community gardens. By the summer of 2007, numerous groups had contacted Green Spaces seeking support for other garden projects throughout San Antonio, and today Green Spaces boasts more than 30 gardens throughout the city. Green Spaces Alliance acts as a clearinghouse of financial support, physical resources and shared knowledge for communities wishing to become part of the urban garden movement.

Environmental Education

In an effort to stimulate public environmental stewardship, Green Spaces offers numerous education programs each year. We host lectures and seminars for professionals and the general public.

The Picture Your World Youth Photography Project, initated in 2002, is a program that opens young people's eyes to the natural environment under the guidance of professional photographers and artists. Picture Your World takes students 8-18 into beautiful natural areas around San Antonio where they can creatively capture the environment around them while also learning about our region's unique species and resources. Workshops are offered every month throughout the school year, and culminates in May with a photography contest, all open to the public.