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Community Garden
The Community Garden at St. Andrew has completed its 15th year of service to the Billings community. It started small and has grown to 100 individual plots, a Mission Garden, a greenhouse, a small orchard, an apiary with two hives, a demonstration herb beds, flower beds, a labyrinth and a composting operation. Over 50 families make use of the plots and an additional number of Master Gardener and other volunteers participate in its operation. The half-acre Mission Garden is cultivated by the plot gardeners. It produced 2 1/2 tons of fresh produce last year that was donated to local service agencies such as Family Services, the homeless shelter, and a homeless youth agency. The garden emphasizes that we are a "community of gardeners" and not just a community garden. We hold group work days in the spring, potato planting and fall harvest. A fall harvest dinner closes out our growing year.