The St. Francis Sustainable Garden Project supports the hungry, at-risk children and their families in our area. We use a garden plot in front of the St. Francis rectory where we grow and harvest herbs, vegetables and flowers. In past years each harvest has produced over 180 lbs. of produce- all delivered to the pantry at Foundations Preschool of Ann Arbor, - child care center for at-risk, low-income families.

The St. Francis Grounds & Botanical Gardens: Several gardens surround the St Francis of Assisi campus of buildings, including, but not limited to, the church, school, rectory and/or parish offices. These gardens need to be a beautiful expression of hospitality, in particular, the entrances, to our fellow parishioners and visitors as well as reflect a statement of our appreciation for God's creation and nature.

Questions? Contact: Scott Wright (734-821-2121)

THANK YOU: EARTH DAY CLEANUP BY 7TH GRADERS St Francis Garden Ministries: School Involvement (e.g., Confirmation Service Hours)

Many thanks to the seventh graders who cleaned up a lot of the St Francis school and church grounds last week for Earth Day celebration!  Here are the results including some additional cleanup from a couple of other parties for the curbside pick up (Also thank you to whoever hauled all the bags to Winchell Street for this morning's pick up).

Special kudos to Ms Megan DeVerna for liaising with me on this simple but super beneficial project.  Hopefully this will become an annual tradition with the ENTIRE school.

Happy Easter season,
Erich Jensen

See the Garden Ministries blog!  http://sustainable-garden-project.blogspot.com 


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Mary Garden


Enjoy the fruits of your labor!
Mary looked beautiful yesterday with her skirt of daffodils!  Thank you!


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St Francis Garden Ministry: Peace Garden Cleanup Saturday Apr 8 9am - Noon

Dear All,

Many, many thanks to Dorothy Greca, Karen Cole, Ann Marie and Erich Jensen, Amy Kilbourne and Edd Post for their energetic help and hard work on cleaning up the Peace Garden including, but not limited to:

  • Cutting down the tall grasses
  • Raking leaves
  • Spreading 10 bags of new mulch (around the Carillon/Bell Tower)
  • Leveling mounds of old mulch (around Hosta Garden)
  • Trimming a row of yews along the Parish Office
  • Bagging (and readying) all debris for compost pickup (16 lawn bags, 1 x 55 gallon city bin, and 6 branch bundles)

The morning was fortunately cool and bright and comfortable for this gardening effort unlike the original date of Thursday which was rainy and cold with a bit of snow.

See photos below:


Edd Post mowing down the grasses!


Peace Garden in cleaned up state (facing east)


(left to right: Erich Jensen, Edd Post, Amy Kilbourne, Karen Cole, Dorothy Greca, not pictured photographer Ann Marie Jensen)


Peace Garden with Mary Statue and Climbing Rose trellis)


Peace Garden facing west



The debris for Tuesday city compost pickup



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