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Throop Learning Garden

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Throop Memorial Church  •  300 South Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena

Throop Learning Garden is an example of how we can transform our environment through community. We worked together to found a garden based on permaculture principles. We began with Bermuda grass and hardpan clay. We now enjoy a garden that includes a raised bed food garden, a fruit tree food forest, a drought tolerant native garden, demonstrations of water harvesting techniques, soil building, uses for “urbanite” and other recyclables, and comfortable places to congregate. We also host a wealth of birds and beneficial insects, including praying mantises, many moths, and butterflies.
Garden work days are most Sunday mornings from 8:30 to 10:30.

~ 2013 Pasadena Green City Award for Urban Nature ~


Gratitude

11/14/2013

 
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
 
Autumn is the time for gratitude, a time to slow one’s pace and savor what has transpired.
 
We enjoyed good yields that were shared by our neighbors. We worked hard on many projects and rooted friendships as we grew community. We joined in collaboration to “just do stuff” with a wider community. We even found time to sit in quiet meditation.
 
Now is the time to consider a pause in activity to fully take in what we’ve accomplished together. Now is the time to consider what seeds we may sow in the future.
 
I am so grateful for all the energies people have brought to the garden. I am so grateful that others are dreaming gardens for other locations. And what a joy that we are all opening to new skills, ideas, and possibilities. Most of all I am so grateful that we have a shared journey that continues to unfold, one slow step at a time.

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    January Nordman
    Michael Kelley

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