Community Garden

Last Saturday was a gorgeous spring day and a perfect day to begin work on Cornelius UMC's Community Garden. It's shaped like a labyrinth and will (hopefully!) produce vegetables for the community food pantry and offer space for anyone to walk, rest or reflect.

This is an idea that came from a church member but has grown into something real through the enthusiasm and commitment of lots of different folks.

Including the folks there to help with the food pantry, we had around 50 volunteers at one point. We guessed that about 15 of those were church members--the rest from the community. It was amazing to work together toward something that we will all share.

Several of the families who came are participants in the family literacy program that has rented space from the church for many years. One family was the first to arrive and the last to leave--they worked so hard! I hope that their having committed to that day of work will reinforce for them that this is their garden!







Next up: mulch and manure!