The City of Katy Parks and Recreation Department operates and maintains parks within Katy City Limits
Operating as usual
We are offering a FREE adult bicycle handling course, called Train Your Bike, at 9:00 a.m. on February 5, 2023 at Woodsland Park in Katy, TX!
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The Train Your Bike class has something for everyone from new riders to the most seasoned experts.
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For more information and to register visit bit.ly/3OBBeDL
It's that time to start making plans for the spring again!🌷
⛺Our Community Campout registration is open. Follow the link to learn more and register:
https://www.cityofkaty.com/communitycampout
🏕Registration is required for all participants even if you do not plan to stay overnight and the deadline is March 20th.
Yesterday our Parks and Recreation Department planted 86 oak tree saplings at various City parks - including Chinkapin, Nuttall and Shumard Oaks.
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75 of these trees were donated as part of a tree giveaway through Scenic Texas and Moon Valley Nurseries, and the remaining trees were being fostered by Keep Katy Beautiful board members.
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Oak trees have played an important role throughout human history with multiple industrial, agricultural, and environmental applications, as well as providing shelter and food for a variety of birds, insects and animals.
We're wishing you a Very Merry Christmas!
May your holiday be full of joy, love, and laughter with all your family and friends both near and far!
The hard freeze is on it's way 🥶
In order to protect our facilities, all water related amenities have been turned off and will remain off through the weekend. Facilities will be returned back to full working capacity on Tuesday, December 27th.
Don't forget your 4 P's - Pipes. People. Pets. & Plants.
Stay Warm Katy!
Dear valued customer,
Our crews are working hard to complete today's trash & recycling routes; however, we are experiencing some delays. Should we not be able to service you before the end of the day, we will service you tomorrow. This route is expected to complete today.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience, and feel free to contact our customer service department with any questions or concerns at 281-342-8178 ext. 105 or email [email protected].
12/05/2022 3:30 p.m.
We're bringing Coleton Black to Katy Market Day's A Katy Old Fashioned Christmas next Saturday December 3rd!
Come do some Christmas shopping with over 200 vendors, enjoy all the family fun, and listen to Coleton play from 1-3pm!!
We can't wait to see you there!
‼️Attention to our Fall Community Campout Registrants:
Due to the forecast of high winds and rain combined with cold temperatures, we have decided to cancel the overnight camping and breakfast portion of the campout.
If you are registered, please still come and enjoy the evening festivities (activities, games, dinner, and a movie) beginning at 4pm. All registered participants, please check your email for more details!
To everyone else- we hope to see you for an overnight at our Spring Campout in March 2023!
Reminder to get your Campout Registration in by tomorrow (11/7)! Even if you're unsure or don't plan to spend the night, we still ask for an RSVP! ➡www.cityofkaty.com/campout
See you Friday!
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Take a ride over to Woodsland Park tomorrow and attend this bike-safety class hosted by Houston-Galveston Area Council and CyclingSavvy!
Time: 9am-noon
Cost: Free
Address: 443 Danover Rd. Katy, TX 77494
The class will meet under the basketball pavilion.
For more information: bit.ly/3OBBeDL
Thank you to the wonderful furry families that came out to our Howl-O-Ween dog park event! Congrats to our costume contest winners:
Most Creative: Prisoner and Alcatraz family
Yummiest: Sushi Dogs
Best Group Costume: Power Rangers
There were tons more creative, cute, and funny costumes and among all the fun, we raised record-breaking amounts of monetary and food donations for our local pet shelters!
❗️Reminder to register for the Fall Campout even if you're not spending the night! ⛺️
This year we have some fun activities being hosted by Keep Katy Beautiful and Katy Heritage Society and in honor of Veteran's Day, the VFW museum will be open! VFW Post 9182 & Auxiliary - Katy, Texas
And Parkway Fellowship returns for another delicious hot dog meal!
Learn more about the event and register here: www.cityofkaty.com/campout
This event is such a fun blast from the past and Katy Heritage Society works so hard to bring back the nostalgia! Get your tickets now: https://www.katyheritagesociety.com/events
Construction will begin on the entrance sign to Katy City Park play station "train park" this week. The park will remain open during this time. Please use caution around the construction fencing. Alternative entrances to the park are on the West side near the pavilion, from the South side by the tennis courts and the East Side near the basketball courts.
We appreciate your patience as we build a new and improved entrance to the park!
We're kicking off Katy Rice Festival tonight and couldn't have done it without our sponsors!!!
Let's hear it! 👂
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Check out the Kids/Teen Zone Entertainment Line-up!
Come and cheer on Katy's young talent in the KT (Kids/Teen) Zone. Check out the schedule below!
Just ☝️ day away from our Katy Rice Festival Kick-off! 🙌
Carnivals, Costs, and Cash, OH MY! 😮 Find out about all that and more on our FAQ page: https://www.katyricefestival.com/faqs
We'll be out at the park tonight with Katy Police Department and we hope you are too!
Tonight Tuesday, October 4, 2022, the Katy Police Department will host our annual National Night Out event. This national campaign is designed to strengthen the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement. We can't wait to see you there!
For more info, contact Melissa Hernandez at [email protected]
LIGHTS OUT TEXAS! We have entered the weeks of Peak Migration! Turn off non-essential indoor and outdoor lights from 11 pm – 6 am until October 29 to protect traveling birds!
Learn more at: https://tx.audubon.org/urbanconservation/lights-out-texas
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center needs your help replenishing their supply! They have already sent 25 units to Florida to assist with Hurricane Ian. This is a simple way to contribute to disaster relief for our neighbors across the Gulf.
Woodsland Park is an easy in-and-out off Danover Rd between 90 and 10. Stop by over lunch, before you pick the kids up from school, or on your way home!
Appointments are not required by are recommended:
https://www.commitforlife.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/358732
📣We love rice, yes we do, we love rice how bout you?! 👏
Register for the 2022 Katy Rice Festival Rice Cooking Contest! Details below🍚
👨🍳CALLING ALL HOME CHEFS! 👩🍳
Are you ✨famous✨ for your extraordinary rice? Is it the most requested dish at a work potluck, family get together, or dinner with friends? Is everyone you know begging for your recipe? 🍽WE WANT TO TASTE IT!🍽
The Katy Rice Festival is pleased to announce the return of the Rice Cooking Contest hosted by the City of Katy Fussell Senior Center on October 3, 2022! Chefs are encouraged to enter any dish with 🌾RICE🌾 as the primary ingredient to be judged by our panel of experts. Dishes will be considered based on taste, texture, creativity, and overall impression.
The Rice Cooking Contest is open to all amateur chefs. Additional information and registration may be found at https://www.cityofkaty.com/government/city-departments/senior-services
🏃♂️Don't delay!🏃♀️ Entries are due on September 26, 2022. Submit yours to [email protected] today!
🦆Migratory birds are making their nightly trek south for the winter. Help protect our feathered friends by turning off all non-essential lighting outside and inside from August 15 – November 30 from 11 pm to 6 am each night and especially during Peak Migration from September 5 – October 29.
Learn more from Audubon Texas and sign up for bird migration alerts: https://tx.audubon.org/urbanconservation/lights-out-texas
5 Reasons you're sick of hearing about pollinators and preservation:
1. You're afraid of bees and wasps. 🐝
2. Mosquitoes suck. Literally. 🦟
3. (O)Possums and other rodents are disgusting creatures. 🐁
4. Birds just 💩on your car windshield right after you washed it at Buc-ees! 🚗🫧
5. You just realized you might NOT actually know how pollinators benefit YOU! 🤔🤯
It's time to know ➡️ Swipe through the images below to learn more!
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Just a few spots left! Apply at: www.katyricefestival.com/parade
The parade deadline is quickly approaching and we still have a few open spots!
We will be judging entries in the staging area again and awarding the winners prior to the parade so you can show off your hardware 🏆 to the community!
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Categories are: Best Use of Rice, Most Creative, and Best in Show
🔜Find more details and apply here: https://www.katyricefestival.com/parade
Raise your hand if you want:
Free admission into Katy Rice Festival...
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To log hours of volunteer/community service...
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To make memories and meet new people...
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To contribute to a community event that puts all proceeds back into the community and be a part of something that makes you feel good inside, boosts your confidence and life skills, and makes you the best person you can be an- Oh sorry, did we get a little carried away there?
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Sign-up here! Ages 14+ www.katyricefestival.com/volunteer
⁉️ Did you know ⁉️ Pollinators require specific plants to provide food and shelter for their offspring?
That’s why Katy Parks and Rec is hosting a BioBlitz to learn what pollinators live in our community and if our city has the habitat they need to thrive. 💪🐝🦋🦇💪
Come and help us document by taking and uploading photos 📸of the pollinators (insects/animals) and plants you find.
Learn more here https://fb.me/e/2WmUcEu8i
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Katy Parks is excited to announce our first of many Blood Drives 🩸💉 hosted by Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center at our Woodsland Park Community Center!
📅Thursday September 29th 11am-5pm. Stop by on your lunch break, before or after you grab the kids from school, OR on your way out of work for the afternoon!
Sign up is not required, but it is recommended! Right here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://www.commitforlife.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/358732
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Movie in the Park THIS Friday!
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This movie may be more captivating for the "big kids" so we have your littles covered with a bounce house, face painting, and other fun games, so bring the whole family for one last summer night! Event begins at 7pm, Movie start time is around 7:45pm.
Thank you so much to everyone who stuck out the rain to rewind back in time with us!!
The performance by Satellite Band had us rocking to the beat with sound and lighting production managed by Texas Live Sound!
Houston Party Rental helped light up the night with the disco dance floor, LED cocktail tables, the giant bright light, life-size Rubik's cube, and light-up Jenga! While the LED furniture and bar were brought in by Premier Sound and Lighting
Guests got to take home a piece of the party with a keepsake print from Pixster Photo Booth to rewind over and over and over again!
And the party didn't stop there, Joystix Classic Games & Pinballs brought in 8 different arcade games from Pinball & Pac-Man to Galaga and Buck Hunter where everyone got to enjoy the most beloved games from "back in the day"!
Everything was a blast and we loved having everyone there to enjoy the party with us!!
Sick of being inside or cancelling plans because of the rain?
Well, Katy's Retro Rewind is happening rain or shine! The band, arcade games, photo booth, disco lounge, food truck, mocktails, costume contest, and air guitar contest are ALL still on and will be moved indoors to the Civic Center and City Hall as needed.
We will see you at 7!
Keep following to ensure you see all the information and notifications for this month's exciting events! 🎉
🔊 Hey Katy, it's time for our BioBlitz! Katy Parks & Rec is proud to host a Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz throughout the month of September.
⁉️⁉️⁉️What IS a BioBlitz⁉️⁉️⁉️
YOU, our community members, work with US, park staff, to create a snapshot of the variety of wildlife that can be found in local parks using the iNaturalist app. To participate, community members will use the app to take pictures of plants, insects and animals to see what wildlife is present in our city and provide the park system with more information about local pollinators, which are essential to our ecosystem.
Learn more about Parks for Pollinators here: www.nrpa.org/parks4pollinators
We echo the thoughts of our council members and community! What a wonderful surprise it was to hear from Mrs. Aileen Rios as we were planning this year's park improvements. We are thankful for Aileen and Harvest Midstream for a generous donation that jump-started these beautiful court renovations!
An avid Katy tennis player, along with her employer, donated $8,000 to renovate all 6 Katy City Parks tennis courts. To celebrate she challe
Pick a decade, ANY decade...
Just like Bill and Ted, we're going to travel back in time and have an EXCELLENT adventure at our Katy Retro Rewind event! 🎸🤘 And if you don't know who Bill and Ted are, that's okay, there's plenty of other decades to celebrate!
Dress the part and you just might win our costume contest. 🥸 You'll be able to capture each moment in time as well in our time traveling photo booth!
More Details at: https://fb.me/e/1OhZwBJVw
Time to brush up on your throwback and thrifting skills! Katy Retro Rewind is just around the corner and we've got a TOTALLY RAD ⚡️ night planned!
Join us Saturday, September 3rd at 7pm on the Historic Downtown Plaza for live music by Satellite Band 🤘 and tons more fun from your favorite decades including a 🪩 disco lounge, 🎮 classic arcade games, 📸 photo both, 🎸air guitar contest, and 🍹 mocktail bar!
⏪Event details here: https://fb.me/e/1OhZwBJVw
To all our local businesses- YOU 🫵 are the reason Katy Rice Festival is so successful each year and we need your help doing it a 42nd time!
Be a sponsor: www.katyricefestival.com/sponsors
Make the 2022 Katy Rice Festival the most memorable yet!
It's not just about your logo on a banner, it's about being a part of celebrating the history of the community. To learn more about being a sponsor visit:
➡️https://www.katyricefestival.com/sponsors
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🦆Migratory birds are making their nightly trek south for the winter. Help protect our feathered friends by turning off all non-essential lighting outside and inside from August 15 – November 30 from 11 pm to 6 am each night and especially during Peak Migration from September 5 – October 29. Learn more from Audubon Texas and sign up for bird migration alerts: https://tx.audubon.org/urbanconservation/lights-out-texas #LightsOutTexas #AudubonTexas #BringBirdsBack
‼️ ‼️ ‼️ REMINDER ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ Movie in the Park THIS Friday! 🎬🎞🎥🍿🍧🏉 This movie may be more captivating for the "big kids" so we have your littles covered with a bounce house, face painting, and other fun games, so bring the whole family for one last summer night! Event begins at 7pm, Movie start time is around 7:45pm. #katyparks #katysummernights #movienight #movieinthepark #footballseason
Pick a decade, ANY decade... Just like Bill and Ted, we're going to travel back in time and have an EXCELLENT adventure at our Katy Retro Rewind event! 🎸🤘 And if you don't know who Bill and Ted are, that's okay, there's plenty of other decades to celebrate! Dress the part and you just might win our costume contest. 🥸 You'll be able to capture each moment in time as well in our time traveling photo booth! More Details at: https://fb.me/e/1OhZwBJVw #RetroRewind #katytx #decades #historicdowntownkaty
Our summer musical theatre workshop students and instructors from Katy Town Theatre had so much fun we decided to offer Fall Workshops! 🎤🎭 September Workshop Details: Auditioning and Casting Decisions Grades 9th-12th 💃🕺 A musical theatre workshop where students will get specialized instruction and insights into audition preparation and requirements, judging criteria, and character development. ❔Learn more here: https://katytowntheatre.com/ ➡️Register here: https://bit.ly/3Pim3yv 📲Stay tuned for the October Workshop information for grades 3 to 9! #fallworkshop #katyparksprograms #musicaltheatre #auditionprep
Congratulations to Caitlin and her family! You're the lucky winner of the Park and Recreation Month Build-A-Park Challenge Prize pack!!! 🏆🏆🏆 Thank you to all who participated - for sharing your photos, stories, and smiles 😁 with us! We look forward to more fun as we continue to build up the Katy Parks and Recreation Parks and Programs.🛝🤘 #mykatypark #katyparks #winner #buildaparkchallenge #ParkandRecreationMonth
📢DOG PARK UPDATE 02/25/2022: ⚠️SMALL DOG AREA CLOSURE FRIDAY 2/25 THROUGH MONDAY 2/28⚠️ The small dog area at the Katy City Dog Park will be temporarily until Monday as new amenities are being installed and setting. 🚧 The large dog area of the park will not be affected by this installation and will remain open for our larger furry residents. 🐕❤️ 🐾🐾Can't wait to share the new amenities with our smaller guests! See you soon 🐾 🐾
Have you heard of The Green Hour? The National Wildlife Federation’s Green Hour program is designed to encourage: kids, parents, grandparents, educators, park agencies, camps, and more to adopt a goal of an hour per day of time for children to play and learn outdoors in nature. ☀️Research also shows the best way to connect young people to a lifelong concern for nature, wildlife, and the outdoors is through regular positive experiences with nature. 🪁Today is National Fly a Kite Day and we took to the sky at Woodsland Park to celebrate the occasion and get that *Green Hour* 🌳View some of the other ideas that Green Hour has for this week here: https://www.thegreenhour.org/activity/ #nationalflyakiteday #katyparks #getoutside
📢Katy City Dog Park is now OPEN!📢 We hope you enjoy the improvements! 🐾 👍
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