Holiday Items on Sale at Green Market at Discovery Green
Gift items as well as organic fruits and vegetables available each Thursday at the new downtown park
With its emphasis on healthy living, Discovery Green is proud to host a weekly organic urban market every Thursday afternoon from 4:00 – 7:30 p.m. Managed by the Central City-Co-op, the market currently features up to 12 vendors weekly, showcasing their organically grown produce, fruits, clothing and specialty foods. The market organizers are delighted to announce that holiday gift items will be available to shoppers in November and December.
The following vendors will offer special holiday gifts and products:
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Trentino Gelato--- pre-packaged "gelato bon-bons"
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Coffee Groundz---- hot coffee and whole coffee beans
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Words and Food-- gingerbread men and "cuties", mexican wedding-style cookie "snowballs". Customers may pre-order larger quantities of pimento cheese.
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Pampered Sisters-- gift baskets of hand-crafted bath products. Featuring a new "body butter" made of shea butter, cocoa butter, and jojoba oil
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Ya Ya's Raw Rah!-- whole pies (pecan and pumpkin), chocolate truffles and chocolate sauce, herbal loose leaf teas
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Shirley Ann's Catering-- savory quiches, breads, sweet treats
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Quick N Ezee Indian-- offering hot foods and teas, ready to eat
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Natural Living-- cozy socks as stocking stuffers
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Orchid Obsession--- joining us every other week starting November 13th. Many beautiful varieties of orchids
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Cotton-Eyed Jo--- "upcycled" crafts: ornaments, dolls, recycled box art, pillows, and more
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Seanna Harrington Jewelry-- all unique, one of a kind pieces. Beaded jewelry, sculpted wire, cotton jewelry.
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Central City Co-op-- shares and open market shopping
For those holiday shoppers not quite sure of their gift needs, the organizers of Central City Co-op suggest the purchase of "Market Bucks". They can be given as a gift card, which can be given to loved ones and redeemed anytime in the upcoming months.
Visitors to Discovery Green will also be able to enjoy outdoor ice skating as Ice on the Green presented by Houston Chronicle will be open from November 27 – January 19. Skating will take place daily on the 7,200 square-foot skating surface at Kinder Lake for just $10, including skate rental. On Thursdays, Discovery Green will present Silver Blades on the Silver Screen, a classic holiday film series featuring White Christmas presented by TUTS, It’s a Wonderful Life and many more.
For more information on the Green Market, visit centralcityco-op.org or call (713) 400-7336.
Discovery Green Conservancy
The Discovery Green Conservancy operates the park. It is a private, non-profit organization formed in 2004 at the behest of the City of Houston’s Mayor Bill White. The Conservancy was charged with designing and building an urban park on property across from the George R. Brown Convention Center. The $122 million park project is a unique public-private partnership between the non-profit Discovery Green Conservancy and the City of Houston.
Location
Discovery Green is located in downtown Houston, in front of the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Hilton Americas. The park is just blocks away from Main Street, Minute Maid Park and Toyota Center.
Hours
Discovery Green is open every day from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Hours for events may vary. Areas of the park may be closed occasionally for maintenance or private events. Visitors may call 713-400-7336 or visit www.discoverygreen.com for additional information.
Parking
Several parking options, including metered, garage and surface lots, are available for park visitors. Streets on the park’s perimeter and nearby streets offer metered parking. Parking meter stations on each block accept credit cards and cash. Metered parking is in effect Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Rates vary.
Several nearby parking garages offer easy access to Discovery Green. The Convention District Garage is located under Discovery Green at 1002 Avenidas de las Americas. For daily and event pricing, call ahead to 800-427-4697 or 713-853-8000. Also, visit www.discoverygreen.com for more information about how to get to Discovery Green.
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