The Green Exchange, our annual plant sale, will be open for business after church on May 23. Green Exchange refers to trading your $5 bills for our home-grown perennials freshly dug from members’ gardens. If you have a garden and some time, bring us a potted division from your favorite plant. Sale proceeds from the Green Exchange go to the church, and have bought, for instance, the black benches that welcome visitors to our courtyard.
The Memorial Garden was created in 1964 out of Heritage Funds, and designed by professional landscaper Alice Milton. Because of the prevailing red brick all around, she designed a “White Garden,” which we have mostly continued. For 46 years now, the plants have been maintained entirely by volunteers who discover that gardening makes a healthy contribution to our church. Whether you are an experienced green thumb or a novice, we invite you to join in caring for our green oasis on North Main Street, for the pleasure of our members and our neighbors.
Here is how to help: sign up to come in once during the summer to pull some weeds, water if the soil is dry, and cut off spent flowers. A sign-up sheet lets you choose a convenient time. We’ll send a reminder letter with simple instructions. Bring a friend, a partner, a child, and enjoy caring for this lovely place.
The Gardeners of the First Unitarian Church
The Memorial Garden was created in 1964 out of Heritage Funds, and designed by professional landscaper Alice Milton. Because of the prevailing red brick all around, she designed a “White Garden,” which we have mostly continued. For 46 years now, the plants have been maintained entirely by volunteers who discover that gardening makes a healthy contribution to our church. Whether you are an experienced green thumb or a novice, we invite you to join in caring for our green oasis on North Main Street, for the pleasure of our members and our neighbors.
Here is how to help: sign up to come in once during the summer to pull some weeds, water if the soil is dry, and cut off spent flowers. A sign-up sheet lets you choose a convenient time. We’ll send a reminder letter with simple instructions. Bring a friend, a partner, a child, and enjoy caring for this lovely place.
The Gardeners of the First Unitarian Church
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