Ecology & Spirituality
The Garden at St. Francis is a community reconnecting with the soil and water, right here where we live. We want to protect, restore, and cultivate our habitat – the only planet home we have in this vast cosmos that is the image and likeness of its creator.
This desire finds expression in our garden that feeds hungry people. We are approaching our sixteenth season of cultivating and expanding a 50X100 organic garden with several raised beds. Last year we harvested more than 2,000 pounds of organic vegetables to feed neighbors.
Feeding the Community
You too can be a part of this effort, volunteering for both small and large tasks. Our community members work throughout the season, preparing the soil, nurturing seedlings, planting, weeding and harvesting the yield. Everything from tending the garden to purchasing vegetables at our weekly farm stand on Sunday afternoons from late June until mid-October helps to alleviate the often hidden problem of hunger on suburban Long Island.
Come hang out with us, and join in God’s work of restoration and the healing of all things!
