There’s a new growth area at church. There is a rectangle between the church parking lot and Iowa Avenue that is turning into a large vegetable garden. Until now it has just been dirt with a few weeds for squatters. As a Christian fellowship, the folks at church are quite hopeful about the potential for becoming better friends with residents in the community.
The idea has been around as a seed, but now we can look to a group that knows what they’re doing and wants to work with us. UrbiCulture Community Farms is working with us to make the garden grow. Their people know how to set up the raised beds, run water to ’em and generally stack the deck in favor of fresh vegetable success, Their whole existence is driven by a desire to get good, nutritious food to people who don’t have it – at the price they can afford. At Celebration, that sounds like loving our neighbor as ourselves. The seed of the idea seems to have sprouted and is starting to take root.
There are a few photos below and there are a bunch more here.
