Our Annual Garden Days are back and in full swing!
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Earth Care invites you to join St. Paul’s team this summer to help fight hunger. Activities will vary with the growing season. Growing to Give welcomes able-bodied folks of all ages (those under 15 must be with an adult), so this is a great opportunity for families to work together for a great cause.
You can sign up for one or all sessions, depending on your availability. Fill out the form below.
For more information, please contact
Pam Park (pamhpark@verizon.net) or
Vicki Farsaci (vickifarsaci@gmail.com)
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St. Paul’s Earth Care committee focuses on helping the church and individual members find ways to promote climate justice and to reduce our contributions to climate change. Our active members range in age from 5 to 93.
In recent years, we’ve hosted a film series, informational presentations from experts on Earth Day, and hands-on educational programs for our younger parishioners. Other hands-on projects include implementing a compost program for food waste from church gatherings, building a rain garden to filter run-off from our large expanse of roof, and, in 2022-23, transforming a wasteland of invasive plants and trees into a beautiful, restful native garden open to all.
Made possible through funds from the Lilly Foundation, granted to support St. Paul’s hospitality initiatives, the new garden is planted with trees, shrubs, and 1400 perennial plants that support native insects, birds, and mammals. Our goal is to provide a hospitable sanctuary, a “refugia,” in which all God’s creatures can find peace and sustenance.
