community gardens and plant therapy

Tucson Botanical Gardens - Michelle Conklin, Juliet Niehaus, and other folks - helped us make the connection last week between community gardens and horticultural therapy - may be there is some thing there for us as a congregation - a ministry involving plants and people who can no longer get easily to church, or other community activities... hmmm...

http://www.tucsonbotanical.org/

Meanwhile Christine Sine has got us all thinking about community gardens in Edmonds - she's advising the Church of the Beloved on starting a garden at Rosewood Manor - where they meet...

http://belovedschurch.org


And together with the Beloved, St Alban's people are planning a springtime celebration next weekend, the Little Feast

http://littlefeast.eventbrite.com

Wondering how other folks have made connections between community gardens and other services to the community...

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