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by Herb Gunn
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brighton has developed a community based program of environmentally sustainable gardening to provide fresh produce to Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeast Michigan and Fish & Loaves Community Meals Program.
G3 (God. Growing. Giving.) is a subcommittee of the St. Paul’s Peace & Social Justice Committee and involves growing a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables at the Church and at Emrich Retreat Center, a property of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan.
“Gleaners provides free food to approximately 900 people a month in Livingston County” says Joannée DeBruhl, Gardening Director of the program. “Fresh produce is desperately needed and our intention is to do something that impacts our community especially during difficult times.” The G3 group will host a table at the Brighton Farmers Market to raise funds and awareness for the gardens and for a Well Building Project in Malawi Africa adopted by the Congregation at St. Paul’s.
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Detroit, MI
On May 30, 2009, planting day for the G3 Garden Project, a group of 24 volunteers gathered to plant the gardens both at St. Paul’s and Emrich Retreat Center. “A total of 704 seedlings and 1,882 seeds were planted” said DeBruhl. “We moved 67,500 pounds of compost, 3,680 pounds of manure and 280 pounds of peat moss one wheel barrow at a time.”