Our Garden Sites

San Francisco

• Alma Via - Lake Merced (a small garden at a senior care facility that we support)
  
• Christ Church Lutheran - Sunset District (a sidewalk garden)
  
• Faithful Fools - Tenderloin (a rooftop garden)
  
• St. Mark's Lutheran - Tenderloin (raised beds for seniors designed for gardening with wheelchairs and walkers)
  
• The Free Farm at the St. Paulus Lutheran lot - Western Addition (1/3 acre farm that includes a labyrinth, double dug beds, vertical gardening, container gardens and terraced beds).
  

Berkeley

• Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran -Berkeley Hills (a biblical garden).

Oakland

• Bethlehem Lutheran - West Oakland (urban farming style gardens and vertical gardening).

St. Paulus Lot to Become a Living Church!

The 103 year old St. Paulus cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1995. And since then the congregation has been hoping to redevelop the site. Existing as ″church without walls″ in the Fillmore district of San Francisco, St. Paulus continues its history of ministry with the homeless, those living with HIV/AIDS and responding to racism and injustice.

The Urban Share Program will transform this empty abandoned lot and create a living church amongst the ashes. Using 100% recycled and reused materials we will be transforming pews from local congregations into raised bed planters. Additionally, we will be creating a stage for community events, a tool shed for a community tool lending library and a generosity stand to allow the community to share their stories, resources and talents with each other.

This site seeks to address issues of economic, social and emotional poverty in the neighborhood. Additional funds for this project have been raised to provide trauma care, disability support and mental health care for individuals living in poverty.

Interested in helping, sponsoring, donating or learning more about this project? Email: pete@welcomeministry.org

Completed Garden – Scheduled to Open around Thanksgiving

St. Paulus Urban Farm - Western Addition, San Francisco

St. Paulus Lutheran - Western Addition District
The 103 year old St. Paulus cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1995. And since then the congregation has been hoping to redevelop the site. Existing as ″church without walls″ in the Fillmore district of San Francisco, St. Paulus continues its history of ministry with the homeless, those living with HIV/AIDS and responding to racism and injustice.

This location has served as a garden in the past, but was ended as St. Paulus sought to redevelop the site. Recently as the current economic downturn has stalled the redevelopment project, the site will once again be used for gardening.

We hope to turn the site into an urban farm that can provide produce for low income residents in the area while also creating volunteer and arts opportunities.

Christ Church Lutheran - Sidewalk Garden - Sunset District, San Francisco

Christ Church Lutheran - Sunset District of San Francisco
Christ Church Lutheran recently fixed the concrete around the trees in front of their church. The open space around the trees leaves the perfect space for a sidewalk garden. Now all we need are the plants.

Help us transform this:


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Want to donate time or money? Learn more here: www.welcomeministry.org/garden/share
Have any of these items we need, please contact: megan@welcomeministry.org

Tamara talks about the garden at Bethlehem Lutheran in Oakland - Video

St. Mark's Lot site - video