How does your garden grow?
In late spring, more than 50 volunteers began transforming a popular campus spot for sunbathing and ultimate frisbee into a quarter-acre community garden. There was buzz on campus, for sure, about this large garden. The buzz reached the Patriot-News gardening reporter, George Weigel, and he came to campus several weeks ago to talk with student Dan Webster and dining services director Mark Wirtz about the garden; I tagged along.
Today, George’s story about the Messiah garden is on the front page of the LIFE section. (The print edition is graced by two photographs, including one taken by our office’s very own student photographer, Dan Custer! He’ll be signing autographs later today…) It’s a terrific story — one that reflects the creativity, commitments, and determination of Messiah students. The garden and those responsible for maintaining it, help demonstrate environmental stewardship at its best.
The garden, planted to grow produce, is also “producing” a great story for Messiah!
And did you know that there is a blog for the garden? They’ve been posting updates and pictures! It’s located at http://blogs.messiah.edu/granthamcommunitygarden
July 20th, 2007 at 10:25 am