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04/06/2026

The Mediterranean Border in June

The Eco Church editorial for the June/July 2026 edition of the Church magazine:Spring at Eco Church has been busy with B...
25/05/2026

The Eco Church editorial for the June/July 2026 edition of the Church magazine:
Spring at Eco Church has been busy with B2G's being distributed and a new project getting started.
Inspired by a Zoom meeting I attended on: The Road to Cleveleys attaining Gold Eco status, I put forward a proposal - to create a Moss Garden, which will act as a carbon sequester area. At Cleveleys, being a rural area, they were sequestering carbon by planting trees in a field, that would not apply here but the Church garden does have a woodland area and trees that have been sequestering carbon for over 100 years and also a lot of Moss. Moss is an ancient plant, surviving previous climatic changes through millennia and can store more carbon than trees, so a proposal was put forward. The members kindly agreed to a Moss Garden and a start was made. All good intentions, a spot was chosen, upturned terracotta pots placed at the corner of the woodland area and visible from the garden bench, moss placed on the top of the terracotta pots and on stones laid in and around the pot and watered in. All good! On a return visit, all the Moss had disappeared - the Universe had other ideas! The cause of the disappearance was probably due to all the beautiful little birds in our Church garden using it to line their spring nests. So, the Moss Garden is a work in progress and now we are heading into summer will be put on hold until later in the year when damp conditions return.
On the Get Growing front, B2G's have been distributed to families at Starfishes and Sunday Club, and a gallery of pictures are now coming in to the Discover Hub page showing how their nurturing skills are being rewarded with the first signs of fruit, tiny beads of currant blossom, a glimpse of a pollinated strawberry flower and healthy green leaves of garlic.
The Mediterranean Border has moved from lush verdant spring green growth of spring flowers to being planted up with herbs to grow over summer. If successful, then the Mediterranean Border, in addition to the potted roses, grapevine, figs and bay, will be home to Oregano, Golden Marjoram, Chives, Sage, Lavender and Camomile.
As always, please support Eco Church and our other Church groups by shopping online through: www.easyfundraising.org.uk By shopping online through Easyfundraising, a donation will automatically be made once the transaction is completed.
🌞As Spring moves into Summer, Eco Church wishes you all a beautiful sun filled summer.🌞

19/05/2026

A huge thank you to all who have generously onlined shopped through Easyfundraising. The theme for May was abundance and that is just what is happening with the donations coming in. Thank you again and if you haven’t shopped through Easyfundraising click on the link below to find out more and how easy it is:
www.easyfundraising.org.uk

There are 10 Bags2Grow available to pick up in the Church Hall celebrating the month of May. Named after the Roman Godde...
17/05/2026

There are 10 Bags2Grow available to pick up in the Church Hall celebrating the month of May. Named after the Roman Goddess Maia, May symbolises maternal energy, fertility, nutrition and abundance.
The fifth month and the number 5 symbolises growth, renewal, divine grace, blossoming, gratitude, giving thanks and transformation.
So in celebration of the abundance of May, the B2G contains 5 seedlings to take home to nurture, grow and watch transform from tiny seedlings into nutritious culinary herbs to add to delicious meals.
The B2G contains:
My Littliest Pot Herb Garden and Birdfeed seedball.
The 5 herb seedlings 🌱 going clockwise from the bottom in the picture are:-
🌱Dill, Basil Red Rubin, Coriander, Basil Red Boza and in the centre 1 Chive seedling 🌱

Botanical Notes:
Water 💦 the pot when it arrives at its new home.
Place on a sunny windowsill for seedlings to establish and grow stronger.
When all chance of frost has gone, the pot can be placed outside in a sunny spot.
The seedlings can be used as companion plants for other plants, for example, they can be planted next to tomato plants in sunny borders.
The B2G also contains a Birdfeed seedball to place outside next to trees or shrubs. It is prime nesting and fledgling time 🐥 so will be a welcome treat for our feathered friends 🐦‍⬛

🌱💦🌞Also a huge thank you to the family that donated the pots that made the My Littliest Pot Herb Garden possible, thank you 🌞💦🌱

17/05/2026

May is the month of growth, renewal and abundance, so the Bible reading that is the inspiration for this month is taken from the Old Testament - Psalm 65: 9-13. The accompanying image is from the Good Shepherd stained glass window in the South Chancel.

08/05/2026

Tackling, taming and planting up the Mediterranean borders in May

The pictures are starting to come in for Gallery 2026 with your wonderful nurturing skills being rewarded with the first...
08/05/2026

The pictures are starting to come in for Gallery 2026 with your wonderful nurturing skills being rewarded with the first signs of fruit - tiny beads of current blossom and the first glimpse of a pollinated strawberry flower, plus the healthy green leaves of garlic.
We also have the beautiful delicate apple blossom on the Apple tree planted in the Church garden for the late Queen Elizabeth’s II Green Canopy Initiative.

There are 10 Boxes 2 Grow available to pick up in the Church hall. The My Littliest Mediterranean Garden B2G contains a ...
27/04/2026

There are 10 Boxes 2 Grow available to pick up in the Church hall. The My Littliest Mediterranean Garden B2G contains a collection of companion herbs 🌱for the tomato plant 🌱 and can be used for ingredients for a pizza 🍕 topping or Ragu sauce.
Included in the B2G:
1) Tomato seedling - Tumbling Tom Red
2) 1 Tagetes seed
3) 2 Basil seedlings: Sweet Genovese and Red Boza
4) 1 Chive
5) Oregano and Golden Marjoram cuttings

Botanical Notes:
The B2G can be placed on a warm sunny windowsill for the seedlings 🌱 to establish and once the weather is warm enough and no chance of frost, can be placed outside. The B2G is planted up in a biodegradable punnet and the entire box can either be planted into a pot outside or directly into a sunny border.
Just add water 💦
It is peak nesting time for the birds 🐦‍⬛and there is a Birdfeed seedball to take home and place in a safe spot in the garden to encourage birds to come and visit your growing space 🌱

27/04/2026

This Bible reading is unusual in that it does not follow a theme but a response to an event - Storm David over the Easter weekend. Seedlings 🌱 that were sown in January, February and March were lost. So this Bible reading is to inspire us to keep calm and carry on, find empathy for those facing difficulties due to no fault of their own and find gratitude and grace for the opportunity to restart, in our case to sow seeds again 🌱
The accompanying image is taken from the South Chancel stained glass window depicting St Paul preaching in Athens.

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