Garden Details
Garden Details
The garden is meant to offer a peaceful place for prayer.
We have benches for visitors to sit for prayer and reflection. There are beautiful statues, a fountain and a variety of flowering plants and shrubs as well as a stepping stone path through part of the garden. It is handicap accessible. Along the concrete path from the church to the patio and around the patio are memorial bricks with inscriptions for loved ones who have passed, families and commemorating events.
Garden Practices
Garden Practices
We use ordinary garden methods...plant, pull weeds, trim shrubs, seasonally change planters, mulch, do spring and fall cleanup. Treat for insects and diseases. Anything that needs to be done, we do.
Trees: Japanese maples, red buds, junipers, holly,
Shrubs: boxwood, euyonymous, hollies, hydrangeas,
bluebeard, nandina, camelias, abelÃas,
Plants: Echinacea, succulents, peonies, lamb's ear, dead nettle, hellaborus, hostas,
coral bells, mondo grass
Additional Information
Additional Information
We've been experiencing widespread fungus and powdery mildew and lost four large aborvitaes. The garden is also changing from a sunny location to a shade garden because trees are growing larger and shading more areas. It's been a challenge to find the appropriate plants during the transition.
Could use more volunteers to maintain the garden, particularly in the spring and summer.
Parishioners and community members enjoy sitting on the benches in a peaceful location, with the gurgling sound of the fountain and nature. We have birds and bees landing on the fountain for drinks.
Children enjoy walking on the stepping stones through the garden and stopping by the statues of the Blessed Mother, St. Theresa and St. Francis.
Brides and grooms come into the garden for photos. Others come to remember their loved ones as they stand by the memorial bricks they've purchased in their memory. The bricks line the edges of the concrete path into the garden and around the patio.
