Blessings!

GENERAL UPDATE
We currently have 190 members enrolled in the Calvary Gardening Ministry. We held a meeting on March 12th with 70+ people in attendance, presenting an in depth view into the CGM Vision, Mission and Goals. As an added bonus, we had two breakout sessions, one of which was a class for beginning gardeners: Beginning Gardening Part 1 and Planning Your Garden. The other session was working with experienced gardeners/homemakers to discover skills, talents and resources they want to bless the Gardening Ministry with.

CGM is excited about upcoming class plans. See below - Other dates TBD - soon!

E-MAIL FAILURES
Please check your Junk/SPAM folders to be sure you are receiving emails from the Garden Ministry. Though we have settled on CalvaryGardeningMinistry@protonmail.com as our primary email address, you may have also received messages from CalvaryGardeningClub@protonmail.com. Please make sure your email service allows our messages to route to your inbox instead of your Junk/Spam folder.

MARCH 12 MEETING FOLLOW UP
For those of you who attended the March 12th meeting we promised the presentations would be posted - we are running a little behind. Please be patient - we are working on posting them for those of you who missed or want to refresh your memories.

UPCOMING CLASSES

April 2

Beginning Gardening Part. 2 with Monica -Fireside Room
Hands on Seed Starting with Rachel - outdoors

A donation is requested for the hands on part to cover cost of soil and seeds.

Register here

April 16

Talking dirt! (All about soil) - Fireside Room

How to prepare your garden - hands on outdoors

Register here

FUTURE CLASSES
If you have an interest in blessing us with your mad gardening skills on the topics below or other topics not mentioned below, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

• Growing Healthy Food for Healthy Families and a Healthy Community with Hilde
• Pest Control
  
• Talking Dirt (All about soil and it’s important role in growing a successful garden)
  
• Container Gardening
• Up potting
  
• Direct Seeding
  
• How to Build a Raised Bed
  
• Water Irrigation (how to install drip lines)
  
• Companion Plants
  
• Composting
  
• Beginning Seed Saving - the bigger the better!
  
• Beginning Canning
  
• Cover Crops
  
• Mulching
  
• Herbs
  
• Growing Vertically
  
• Making Compost Tea
  and much more!

GROWING IN FELLOWSHIP:

• Potluck
  
• Glean trees together
  
• Visit members' home gardens to tell us what they are doing.
  
• Seed swap
  
• Plant swap
  
• Teaching trip to The Farm.

OTHER RESOURCES NEEDED:

• Building/Labor
• Experience with Drip Irrigation
  
• Gardening Equipment - Tillers, wheel barrows, tools, trucks. etc.
  
• Food Preservation – Hydration/Canning/Freezing/Pickling
  
• Bees for honey/pollination
  
• Chickens
  
  

HOW YOU CAN HELP
We are looking for people who have experience in:
• Web Design
• Administrative/Data input
• Graphic Design
• Gardening or other food related Teachers
• Spanish Translation

CONTACT US AT: CalvaryGardeningMinistry@protonmail.com

IF:
• You want to play an active role in the Ministry coordination
• Due to health or age related issues you need help with your garden
• You have an interest in mentoring other less experienced gardeners

Keep Checking Your Email or the Website for upcoming class dates.

Stay Rooted!

In His Name

Calvary Gardening Ministry