Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center

Garden Club

Join the Garden Club

What We’ll Do

Help keep Ignatius House colorful all year long. The Ignatius House Garden Club cares for container plants, ornamental trees, and a vegetable garden throughout the year. The Club is new as of 2021 and this is a great time to join! Check out the list of “Upcoming Projects” to see where you can lend a hand.

Care for flower & vegetable container beds around the Retreat House
Help beautify other areas of the property with seasonal color
Donate plants, containers, garden equipment or funds as the Spirit moves you

Next Meeting

Sunday, Nov. 21, at Noon
Let us know you’re coming! Contact Donna Court, co-chair.

Why This Matters

Caring for our common home is a part of Jesuit spirituality. Our Catholic faith is one that wants creation to be cherished and renewed. A whole new way of living opens up as a consequence of a personal and passionate relationship with Jesus. We get the grace to transcend ourselves, writes Pope Francis in Laudato Si’. We get new strength to care for others and for creation. We can live with a new horizon, embracing Jesus’ vision of the Kingdom of God, of a renewed and transformed world and ecosystem where we all are responsible to each other.

Read more from the Society of Jesus about why “Caring for Our Common Home” is a global Apostolic Preference, or strategic priority, for the Jesuits worldwide.

Upcoming Projects

Fall-Winter plants in patio containers
Fall-Winter plants at the Columbaria, a place of eternal rest
Planting bulbs for Spring
Live Christmas decor
Riverside Drive entrance improvements
Outdoor Chapel landscape improvements