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Community Garden

Cultivating relationships. Providing nourishment. Growing love.

Mary Ann Roth said it best after hearing about the “goings on” in the St. Paul Community Garden…the beds, the soil, the peat moss, the seeds, and plants. “All it needs now is God’s love, “ she said.

Mary Ann and her husband Don have been excited about the garden project from the beginning, in spite of health issues that keep them from working in the soil. They ordered heirloom tomatoes and peppers just for the project. They’re delighted to imagine how these special plants, grown from seeds deliberately saved over generations of growing seasons would be in the St. Paul garden.

Sherry Staub, who doubles as the Pied Piper, led Madison first-graders along Brady Street to the garden one day. With plastic spoons and hope, each lodged a tomato plant in the garden soil. Reflects Sherry, “ When the kids return at the end of the summer, we’ll celebrate the harvest with a salsa party!”

So many St. Paul people have generously given of their time, gardening know-how, muscle, seeds, and plants so that this project might grow vigorously.

It’s far more than horticulture, says Sherry. “Connections are made every time we gather.” Kids work alongside seniors and residents of the 2025 Main St. house (where the garden is growing). Joyce, a house resident, prays over the garden each morning.

The fruits (or veggies) of the garden will be distributed to families connected with the children of our partner schools and to local outreach organizations which provide food for hungry people.

If you’re interested in helping with the daily maintenance of weeding and watering, waterers and weeders are needed! If you can help, come Mondays and Wednesdays between 4 and 6:30 p.m., or Saturdays between 8 and 10 a.m., or Wednesdays between 7 and 8 a.m.

Sherry Staub,

Matt Schroeder,