UK: Psalm 23 Garden launches campaign for community gardens nationwide
“Creating a community garden gives us an opportunity to overcome the loneliness that we’ve all felt. It will build communities’ mental welfare and it enhances the environment.”
Inspire
Sept 13, 2021
Excerpt:
The well-known biblical text, The Lord is my Shepherd, is highly visual, making it perfect for a community garden design. It refers to ‘green pastures’, ‘still waters’, a difficult journey and a homecoming at that journey’s end. So just four elements are needed to create a garden: a tree, wildflower planting, water and seating.
Prof Paul Williams, CEO of Bible Society, said: “We’ve all spent too long apart over the last year. It would be wonderful to create community gardens together as a positive way of emerging from the pandemic.”
He added, “The garden expresses something of the mood and message of one of the best-loved passages in the Bible. So, we hope it’s a reminder and an invitation to go back to something foundational, spiritual and beautiful in our lives.
“Psalm 23 is all about God’s care and kindness toward us even in very difficult times. It invites us to look to God in the troubles of life.”
The first Psalm 23-inspired community garden was created during lockdown in Tadley in Hampshire.
