Хьюстон қаласының Garden Villas ауданы

Garden Villas is a subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States. Garden Villas is north of Hobby Airport on the banks of Sims Bayou. The lots range from one half acre to over Most homes in the subdivision were built in the 1930s and 1940s, but construction continued through the 1950s, and the area was largely built out by the end of the decade. There are a few homes that were built in the 1980s and even the late 1990s.

W. T. Carter, Jr., a River Oaks developer, platted Garden Villas in 1926 and planted nearly 6,000 pecan trees in the neighborhood. In 2007 the civic club established a revitalization program. In 2010 the Houston Press ranked Garden Villas as one of "The Five Most Underrated Neighborhoods In Houston."

Stephen Fox of Cite said that the original plan of Garden Villas had a "curious mixture of countrified openness and Baroque formality" and that "Garden Villas still seems very much on the edge of Houston, thanks to the presence nearby of the industrial and airports districts." Richard Connelly of the Houston Press said in 2010 that the neighborhood has "great old houses from the `30s and `40s, lots of pecan trees, and reasonable prices." headquartered at 8300 Mykawa Road. The community is, as of 1988, in proximity to the City of Houston Firemen's Training Academy of the Houston Fire Department.

The neighborhood is zoned to the Houston Independent School District. The community is within Trustee District III, represented by Manuel Rodríguez, Jr. as of 2008. Garden Villas Elementary School was located at the head of the town plan established by Edward Wilkinson. as of 1988 the school had a 1932 two story entrance block that has neo Georgian detail and a two story addition built in 1950, made by Harvin C. Moore and Stayton Nunn. As of 1988 HISD had plans to demolish both original sections. Schools serving the neighborhood include Garden Villas Elementary School, Hartman Middle School, and Sterling High School. Ortiz Middle School is adjacent to Garden Villas (Ortiz is on the other side of Telephone Road), yet Garden Villas students are not zoned to Ortiz. Mount Carmel Academy, a charter school, is in Garden Villas.

Mount Carmel High School, a Catholic high school, was in the area until 2008, when it closed. Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston is scheduled to open in the Mount Carmel facility in fall 2009. Our Lady of Mount Carmel school, a Kindergarten through Grade 8 school operated by the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston, was in the area. It opened in 1954, and closed in 2020.

The Garden Villas Park, classified as a "Community Park" by the City of Houston, is located at 6720 South Haywood Drive. Garden Villas Community Center, located on the same lot, has an outdoor basketball pavilion, a lighted sports field, a playground, a volleyball court, and a .49 mile hike and bicycle trail. The park facilities were built in 1959 by William R. Jenkins. as of 1988 the recreation building was a nine square grid one. Stephen Fox of Cite said that "does get a little
stretched in the middle to accommodate the program."