Rebecca Henderson

All this earth

Could all that is lost ever be found?

Could a garden come up from this ground at all?

from “Beautiful Things” by Gungor

If ever a patch of land needed redeeming, this is the one. It is tucked away in a corner of our church’s property — a very sad little corner that could use some love and revival.

A couple of months back, a discussion came up about this little patch being the perfect size and position for a garden. Why not make it a community garden, where we as a church can invite people from the community to have a space to grow vegetables? It’s something we could work on together, get our hands dirty together, and then enjoy eating the harvest together. Not to mention reflect together on all the gardening, agricultural, and food metaphors in the Bible while we live those metaphors out.

The first planning meeting is tonight, in preparation for our first work day this weekend. I thought I would post a before shot so that you can see the progress we make on the garden. Hopefully the next shot will show the land cleared up and pruned and ready for building the garden boxes. The concrete slab will have a pergola (yeah, I didn’t know that word either — it’s wooden latticework that can be covered with climbing vines) and seating space. The dream/plan is to be ready to plant in the boxes next spring and be sharing a harvest with the community next summer!