If you ordered hanging baskets from the Garden Ministry, please note that the pick-up location has changed. Baskets will be available for pick-up at the far side of the Parish Community Center, opposite the white building, at O'Connor Hall.
While the hanging basket sale was by preorder only, the Garden Ministry's online plant sale is still open for orders. Use the link below to access the sale.
ACCESS SPRING ONLINE PLANT SALE HERE
For 2023, members of the Ministry have volunteered for some campus projects for the summer.
Parish Vegetable Garden
Volunteers - The Olesh and Pirovitz families
St. Francis Benches - restore
Volunteer - Kathy Kobylarz
Memorial Bench - Restore
Volunteer - Kathy Kobylarz
Parish Outdoor Nativity Stable - Restain
Volunteers - Barbara and Kevin Glover
Outdoor Railings - Repaint
Volunteers - Marie Tito and Kathy Kobylarz
Thanks to all of you for taking on these projects for this summer!
The Ministry hosted its first Workshop on April 1st presented by Gerda Krogslund, a Master Gardener from Cornell Cooperative Extension.
The presentation introduced gardeners to the fundamentals of garden design and to explore how to make the most of what you already have in place.
Gerda covered:
Bio: Gerda Krogslund has served the gardening community since 2005. Gerda retired in 2003 from her career as a high-school math teacher and she often uses her teaching skills to help her grandchildren with their education. Gerda loves traveling, presenting to local community groups and reading. She still finds a few moments to maintain lovely gardens at her homes in NY and Martha’s Vineyard.
We learned many things during her presentation and now will be able to apply this new information as we plan our adopted gardens on our campus and at home. During our break we enjoyed refreshments and goodies donated from Ministry Members and also had our first Member meeting for 2023. The best news is that we gained 15 new members at this meeting, bringing the total membership to 60!
Thank you all for your participation and your generous contributions of time, baking and donations to make this event a great success!