Hands for Growing

Hands for Growing is a collaborative effort between St. Patrick's Youth Ministry and DOVES. We grow and maintain a garden located near the horseshoe pits at Sidney Legion Park. We use the skills learned in growing and maintaining a healthy garden and relate those to skills needed to grow and maintain healthy relationships.
The program is open to young people in our community who are going into 7th-9th grades.

We are grateful to the Sidney Parks Dept for the use of land and water, and for their assistance in so many ways! Their generosity makes our program possible.

TNT Lumber generously donated and cut pieces of wood to create bottoms for our tire planters.

Our garden space has expanded this year as our young people's imaginations have expanded with their dreaming of what is possible. At this point (June 12th) we need to kick it into high gear to get things in the ground!

This space is created to allow us to share our experiences through pics and posts and it's exciting to have it in order to hear the thoughts of the young people and parents who make it possible.

Happy growing -both the garden and relationships in our lives! - this summer!