For information about church gardens, please contact Laurie Morrissey, UUCSS’ Landscape Chairperson.
Adopt a Garden Plot: There are several garden plots around the church grounds that members can adopt as their own.
Participation by members & friends
Spring Clean Up Day and Fall Clean Up Day offer to everyone connected with the church the opportunity to take part in the development of the landscaping. These are occasions when paths and benches are built, weeding is done, mulch is spread, new beds are dug, trees are planted, etc.
The adopt-a-garden program provides individuals with the opportunity to tend a particular section throughout the year. Some of these sections are as small as 5 ft. square. Others are much larger. Care involves planning, planting, weeding, and watering. Advice, instruction, and tools are available for all of these tasks.
Educational
Botanical labels giving the Latin and common names
and, where applicable, the name of the person honored or memorialized
by the plant are installed for many species of plants on the
property.
8th grade classes have cultivated a new
planting bed, built and installed a bat house, made concrete
stepping stones, paved a path with concrete, and contributed
a camellia and a yellow azalea to the garden. In addition
on Clean Up Day they clear the nature trail.
For many years the 3 - 5 year old Sunday School class has
planted a tree for Arbor Day.
Public use
The gardens were designed and developed
to offer relaxation and inspiration to the general public
as well as to church members. An effort is made to have
something in bloom or in fruit every month of the year.
Environmental
107 trees, both evergreen and deciduous, were planted
on the property between 1992 and 2000 to cool the area and
to contribute to urban reforestation. Other plants
were selected to attract birds, butterflies, and other wildlife.
Water conservation is facilitated by the
use of woodchips.
