Project Report: Church of Our Saviour
Community Garden
Two members of The Church of Our Saviour on Jim Miller Road, Rebecca Smith and
Jack Boedecker, started dreaming about a garden almost two years ago.
Their dream was
kindled during a GICD presentation...
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Project Report: Church of Our Saviour
Community Garden
Two members of The Church of Our Saviour on Jim Miller Road, Rebecca Smith and
Jack Boedecker, started dreaming about a garden almost two years ago.
Their dream was
kindled during a GICD presentation sponsored by Fr.
Ed Sholty, who was then priest at
the church.
(see GICD Grows People! on page 2).
The community garden idea germinated for many months and, with the guidance of
GICD, a garden plot was
designed early this year and a
cover crop planted.
At that
point, progress almost stopped
due to a lack of gardeners.
GICD again helped out by
connecting the church with
another gardener, Bob Curry,
adding forty yards of compost,
cottonseed meal, dried
molasses, donated plants and
seeds, and a large dose of
volunteer labor for a work day
in early May.
By June, the crops were
beginning to mature and
donations were starting for the
Southeast Dallas Emergency Food Bank.
Still, the garden was understaffed with
volunteer gardeners.
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