"When we come together in the creation of any art form - garden, mosaic, mural, pathway or water feature - a community of caring people is born. The quality of work we create generates pride, self-reliance, and a genuine respect for plants, creatures, and ourselves."

-- OUR LEGACY - Gardens for Humanity Website

As spring energizes our garden, many flowers bloom and birds return. What was previously a grey palette is now vibrant with color and fragrance. This year, for the first time in the twenty-nine years we have lived here, a pair of summer tanagers have taken up residence in our garden. The male is red and the female is yellow-green. They are now co-residents with robins, cardinals, orioles, hummingbirds, doves, quail and myriad other species. To create a garden is like creating a form of art.

This month, art is in the forefront of our newsletter. Visual, written and spoken art are our songs and flowers and winged flights. Gardens for Humanity will be connecting people with several art events to complement our garden work. Our founder Adele Seronde and friend Lisa Dahl will feature their books that celebrate life and beauty at an event called "An Earth Lover's Rendezvous About Hope and Solutions."

An on-going project, "Earth Cups," which artist Nancy Robb-Dunst is spearheading, invites you to make ceramic cups each Tuesday at the Sedona Art Center, and calls upon artists to paint them on Monday, May 30.

As we assist school communities to develop school gardens, we are encouraging collaboration with artists around the themes of nature and transformation. Art programs in schools complement the skills, knowledge and message of gardening. These themes are increasingly important as our communities strive to become more green, self-sufficient, healthy, humane and hospitable places to live. Gardens for Humanity is dedicated to be a catalyst for this process.

Sincerely,


President, Gardens for Humanity

http://www.gardensforhumanity.org/