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Garden Ministry UpdateA good soaking rain was much welcomed this last week. This will take the pressure off our Watering Committee for a bit, but has set us back a week on bulb planting and dividing the perennials and finishing the Sign landscape. Garden Crew will continue maintenance 9am Mondays and can use help from those of you on the Landscape Crew or anyone who likes to dig. Text Anna 763-438-2642
Garden Ministry 22nd Annual Pumpkin Sale
October 14 & 15 – Only 2 weeks away!
Help is needed unloading, washing and setting up- TBD on call
Before Mass set up and presale- 30 minutes before each mass
After Mass sale, reset- each Mass after communion for 30-45 minutes
Text your availability to Anna 763-438-2642
Cheers!
St Joseph's Garden Ministry
Yes! Awesomeness is what happened last Saturday when we moved all 40 yards of mulch in just over 3 hours. It looks fantastic and now we can all enjoy the feeling of a job well done and the thought of less weeding!
Special thanks to Curt Schmitz who came with his bobcat and sped thing up considerably and Lord of Life Church for barrowing us their wheelbarrows. (-;
We also weeded the sign bed, pulled a stump out and took care of some of the roots. We are looking into landscaping this bed: our sign is the first thing people see! If enough people volunteer-landscape crew- 763-438-2642- let me know when you are available and we will get this project done also!
See you for garden maintenance Mondays at 9am or Wednesdays at 5:30 pm with concert
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Welcome to the St Joseph the Workers’ Garden Ministry!
Our mission: To dedicate our time and talent to enhancing our community’s awareness of God’s gift of nature through beautifying the landscape of our Church.
In the fall of 1996, we started as The St Joes Garden Club, but soon realized our work in maintaining our Churches landscape was more of a way to give back, a calling, a ministry. In 1997, we wrote our mission statement and changed our name to St Joseph the Worker Garden Ministry. Since then, we have not only beatified our Churches landscape and built a fellowship, but we have also inspired our Church community to take notice and become active in nurturing the earth. We brighten spirits and encourage others to become caretakers of the world.
This year our Garden Ministry will have 2 crews maintaining our beautiful landscape. During the growing season, our Gardening Crew will meet most Monday mornings at 9 am and Wednesday evenings at 5:30 to help with watering, deadheading and weeding. Our Landscape Crew will help with the heavier jobs such as shearing, pruning, pulling and planting new trees and shrubs, installing new flower beds and the biggest job of all, moving 35 yards of wood mulch! This crew will be working some Saturday mornings and some evenings. Our church landscape is large so any and all help is much appreciated and can be done independently at a time convenient for you. Instruction provided.
We welcome everyone, experienced or not, of all ages. Groups, families and individuals, please consider volunteering in our gardens or with the heavier work of landscaping. By helping on our Gardening Crew weekly or our Landscape Crew every once in a while, you can look at our Churches landscape and gardens with pride in knowing you helped in making them beautiful! Our Garden Ministry has accomplished much over the past 26 years. Imagine what else we can be do with more hands!
maufamily@aol.com
763-438-2642
2023 Schedule
2023 Garden Ministry Maintenance Schedule
March TBD Dormant pruning Happy Hour Kick Off April TBD Pre-Easter Cleanup Tidy up before Easter May 5/6 Saturday 9am Spring Cleanup Bring all tools 5/15 Mon 9am
5/31 Wed 5:30pnMaintenance Weed, prune, mulch Saturday 5/20 9am Planting Plant all beds/pots June 6/24 Saturday 9 am Mulch, mulch , mulch! All wheelbarrows and pitchforks meeded! June Mondays 9am
Wednesdays 5:30pmMaintenance Garden maintenance/ trimming shrubs July Mondays 9am
Wednesdays 5:30pmMaintenance Garden maintenance August Mondays 9am
Wednesdays 5:30pmMaintenance/transplant perennials Garden maintenance September Mondays 9am
Wednesday TBDMaintenance/Plant Spring Bulbs Plant bulbs, transplant perennials October Friday 10/6TBD Pumpkin Sale Pumpkin Set up TBD Saturday 10/7 TBD Pumpkin Sale Sale After 5 pm Mass Sunday 10/8 Pumpkin Sale Sales before and after all Masses-take a shift November Fall cleanup Bring all tools TBD Spruce tops
We encourage our ministers to join the CCB, Church Community Builder, an interactive communications web site. Please let Anna or the Church office know and they can send you an invite.
We look forward to our 26th season of creating beautiful gardens and thank you all for your years of support!
Cheers!
The St Joseph the Workers Garden Ministry
Please Email Anna Mau for further information
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The SJTW Garden Ministry crew working to keep our grounds and landscaping looking beautiful. Thanks to Anna Mau and her team.
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Welcome to SJTW Gardening Ministry
Thank you for your interest in the SJTW Gardening Ministry!Above is our schedule, with some of the dates to be determined. As always, keep an eye (or two) on the email for updates. And always bring your tools! We ll know our grounds are a lot of work, but as the saying goes ‘Many hands make lightwork’.
If you prefer the cleaner side of gardening, we would welcome assistance with web site and kiosk updates, photography/photo album and planning.
Please call Anna Mau at 763-438-2642 if you can help or have questions.
Happy Gardening,
Anna Mau
