The yard
Mowing, edging, weed-eating, pulling weeds, and hauling the clippings off. The usual reason people call.
Tomball · Magnolia · Pinehurst · Stagecoach
We're a group of young adults who mow lawns and do yard work — completely free — for people who've fallen behind because life happened. No cost. No catch. Nothing to sign.
- 100% Free
- Volunteer-run
- Tomball & Magnolia, TX
Why “Wayside”
When he saw him, he had compassion on him.
Things fall by the wayside. So do people.
In the story, a man is left beside the road. Two men see him and cross to the other side. The third one stops to help.
We're trying to be the third one.
Three steps
How it works
- 01
You tell us
Tap or call Troy at (832) 422-5926. We need a name, an address, and a sentence about what's going on. That's it.
- 02
We call you
A real person calls or texts you back, usually within a couple of days. We'll agree on a Saturday that works and ask where the gate is.
- 03
We show up
A crew arrives in marked shirts with our own equipment, does the work, and leaves.
What to expect
We're not a lawn service
We're a hand when you've fallen behind, not something you sign up for. Usually that's one visit to get things back under control. If you're behind again later, just ask — we'll come back when we can.
And it doesn't have to be the yard. If it's small and you can't do it yourself anymore, ask.
Things you can't reach
Air filters, lightbulbs, smoke detector batteries. The stuff that's fine until it isn't.
Heavy things
Moving furniture, carrying boxes, getting something in from the car.
If you're not sure whether we do it, ask anyway. The worst we'll say is that it's outside what we can do.
We stick to simple things. We don't do repairs, electrical, plumbing, tree work, or anything that needs a ladder taller than a step stool.
Who you're talking to
Hi, I'm Troy.
I started The Wayside Project because I kept noticing the same thing driving around Tomball and Magnolia — yards that had clearly gotten away from someone. Usually that's not laziness. It's a bad back, a hospital stay, or a husband who used to handle it.
I'm in my twenties, I live and work here in North Houston, and I do marketing for my family's business. This isn't a company and it isn't a fundraiser. It's a few of us with mowers and a Saturday morning.
We don't sell anything, and we're not going to ask you to come to church. We just want to cut your grass — or help with other basic things around the house like changing your air filters.
The other half of this is the people who show up. A lot of us want our faith to be something we actually do, not just something we say we believe — and there's no obvious place to start. This is a place to start. Somebody gets their yard back, and a handful of twenty-somethings get a morning that meant something and a few people to spend it with. I think it helps both sides.
If you want to talk to a real person before you decide anything, call or text me. I'll answer.
No proof required
Who this is for
You don't have to prove anything to us. There's no income check and no paperwork. If a yard has gotten away from you, that's enough.
- Elderly neighbors
- Widows and widowers
- Recovering from surgery or illness
- Living with a disability
- Caring for someone full-time
- Single parents stretched thin
- A hard financial season
- Veterans
You can also request help for someone else. Most of our requests come from a daughter, a neighbor, or a caseworker — not the person whose yard it is.
Our promise to you
We ask first
We text or call before we come, and only after you've said yes. You can tell us to stop or leave at any time.
You'll know it's us
We arrive in marked shirts with a named crew lead, and we'll tell you who's coming before we get there.
We don't need much
Just a name, an address, and what's going on. No Social Security number, no date of birth, no account information.
If someone contacts you claiming to be from The Wayside Project and asks you for money, it is not us — call Troy at (832) 422-5926.
Where we go
Tomball & Magnolia
We stay local on purpose.
- Tomball
- Magnolia
- Pinehurst
- Stagecoach
- Decker Prairie
- Rose Hill
- Hockley
- Klein
- Spring
- Waller
- Cypress
Not sure if you're in our area? Ask anyway — if we can't reach you, we'll try to point you to someone who can.
For caseworkers, churches & home health
Vetting us? Start here.
If you work with elderly or homebound clients, you're right to be careful about who you pass along. Here's everything you'd want to know, in one place.
- Who runs it
- Troy Thakur, Tomball/Magnolia area. Full name, photo, and direct cell above.
- What it costs, what we collect
- Nothing, and almost nothing. No invoice, no tip expectation, no “free estimate” that turns into a bid. We take a name, a service address, contact info, and a short description of the situation. Nothing financial, ever.
- What we don't do
- We don't sell, share, or resell any information from this site. We stick to simple things: no repairs, electrical, plumbing, roofing, tree work, or anything that needs a ladder taller than a step stool.
- Who shows up
- Volunteers 18 and over, in marked shirts, with a named crew lead. We tell the homeowner who's coming before we arrive.
- Faith
- We're Christians and that's why we do this, but help is never conditional. We won't invite your clients to church in exchange for yard work.
- Want to talk first?
- Call Troy at (832) 422-5926. Happy to meet in person, come to a staff meeting, or send you cards to hand out.
Why this exists
It goes both ways
There are young adults who want to put their faith to work and don't know where to start. And there are people two streets over who need a hand right now. This puts them in the same yard on a Saturday morning.
For the neighbor
The work gets done. No cost, no obligation, and nobody asking anything of them afterward.
For the volunteer
A real way to live out what you say you believe — with people your own age, in your own town, on a Saturday schedule that fits an actual life.
Nobody leaves empty-handed.
Start here
Get involved
Ask for help, come mow with us, or just tell us what you need. Every one of these takes about two minutes.
Or call Troy directly at (832) 422-5926.