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Earth Care

Cultivating Faithful Earth Stewardship

St Andrew Earth Care

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church is currently the only Earth Care Congregation in Montana recognized by the PC (U.S.A.) for environmental outreach and education. As an Earth Care Congregation, each year we more fully integrate creation-care into our congregational and personal life—deepening our call to tend and keep God’s good earth.

Billings Climate Coalition: Faith in Action

Inform, Unite, Respond

Our congregation proudly partners with the Billings Climate Coalition, a community alliance educating and mobilizing our region on climate change. Through events like Billings Climate Week, we join fellow congregations, nonprofits, and citizens in learning and advocacy.
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Empowering Earth Stewards: PEC Webinar Series

Engage, Learn, Act

Presbyterians for Earth Care invites participants to their dynamic webinar series—featuring expert-led sessions on everything from electrifying homes and churches to safeguarding pollinators and promoting environmental justice.

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Policies and Guidelines

Gardeners agree to:  

  • Attend a Gardener Orientation meeting at the beginning of each year. Plots will not be assigned until an orientation meeting is attended.
  • Be assigned a maximum of four plots. Returning gardeners may be assigned their same plots the following year.
  • Maintain communications with garden leaders by reading emails or making other arrangements to receive timely phone calls or printed mail.
  • Participate in the upkeep and operation of the Community Garden and the Mission Garden. This includes accepting and completing specific responsibilities and participating in Spring and Fall workdays. Gardeners with 1-2 plots will accept one assignment, and gardeners with 3-4 plots must accept two assignments.
  • Maintain their plot by weeding and other maintenance, including clearing, removing weeds from the paths adjacent to their plot, removing weeds and seed heads from self-seeding plants such as larkspur, calendula, dill, chives, and any other type of plant designated by the Garden Committee.
  • Clear their plots at the end of the growing season and remove buckets, trellises, cages, and other loose items.
  • Not allow plants to grow into the pathways or neighboring plots.
  • Not use inorganic pesticides or fertilizers nor plant genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
  • Notify the Plot Garden manager if they cannot maintain or must neglect or abandon a plot for any reason.
  • Not allow tall crops to shade a neighbor’s plot, block sprinklers, or otherwise negatively impact plant growth. Plants, tomato cages, and any other structures may not exceed 4 ft. in height.
  • Not modify plot boundaries or build structures on the plot without approval from the Garden Committee. Raised beds should not be higher than 12 inches.
  • Not store unused items in or around plots such as buckets, wood, metal, or plastic.
  • Only harvest produce from their own plot unless given permission by a fellow gardener.
  • Not adjust the watering system sprinklers or controller.
  • Not disturb others by playing radios or other music devices near the garden or labyrinth when others are present.
  • Not bring pets into the garden and respect the garden as a smoke-free area.
  • Follow these policies, understanding that failure to do so may result in rental termination and/or denial of application the following year.