in our new web page for

Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church in Houston, Texas

As of January 5th we have linked our plant lists to a marvelous array of photos of Wild Flowers in Israel at the suggestion of Sara Gold, one of the contributing photographers for that extensive site. http://www.wildflowers.co.il/english

We have also linked to each page in Lyton John Musselman's extensive site displaying
photos he has taken in the middle east, many recording current pratices of growing and cooking with biblical plants. Lytton, whose recent book is reviewed at this site,
shares much of his ongoing research about Biblical plants on the Old Dominion University website (http://www.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/bible/bible.php) as a gracious gift.

Coming...

a twenty-minute DVD by the Rev. Marsh Hudson-Knapp!

Tour the Biblical Garden at the First Congregational Church of Fair Haven

as Marsh explores seventy-five of the plants growing in our Biblical Garden and shares their stories in the Bible! Each flower from our garden is shown as we have photographed them over the years at their peak times. Each story is told with enthusiasm and delight.

Professor Ram Degany of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, after a recent preview showing declared,

"This is wonderful! Every church should see this!"

Great for worship, small group and personal viewing.

Email to reserve your copy... hkfamily@sover.net

Review Coming Soon!

A review of another exciting resource on Biblical Gardening:

A Resource Manual for Faith Based Gardens by extension agent Jerry Chenault

Late News from a Connecticut Garden...

Marsh
  
Thank you so much for sharing the photos.  Your website is always an inspiration and has been of invaluable assistance as we establish our Biblical garden here at St. Peter's.  My family and I are hoping to make a trip to Vermont this year and visit your lovely gardens.  We visited St. John the Divine in NY last year.  We had a Spring Fling luncheon on Ascension Day and I gave a presentation to members of our congregation on the gardens.  Our Children's Education Director was very interested in the brochure I showed her that you had sent me last year and we are hoping to incorporate a childrens garden next year.  My boys are a great help to me (7 & 10).  It has become a family endeavor with my father building a beautiful trellis for grapes and my sister is helping to design a water feature.  It is such a wonderful feeling to be within the garden, surrounded by God's creation.  Thank you for sharing your knowledge to those of us that are beginners.  I will have to forward you some of the pictures of our gardens.  This has been and continues to be a wonderful journey.
  
Take Care,
  Sandi Baker
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
  Cheshire, CT

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April 2009

I have some exciting correspondence about the construction of several Biblical Gardens in Poland

and in South Africa! Isn't this exciting?

More news soon!

Marsh