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Welcome!
We invite you to join us as we celebrate another summer of gardening,
cooking, learning, and playing in the garden at Madison Christian Community
(MCC). Each summer children from Lussier Community Center join with staff
and volunteers from MCC for eight weeks of "Garden Camp." Volunteers and
staff from MCC tend and nurture the garden space throughout the year to
provide produce for the Lussier Community Center Food Pantry.
2016 Recipes
Click here.
Pictures
from Kids in the Garden 2016
Loving Asparagus
Produce-to-go!
I eat it all…it’s delicious!
Weekly Activities
We gather on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for eight weeks during the
summer. Each week a new set of lessons and activities are offered that teach
about the interconnectedness of the garden to all of life, respect for
living things and each other, and healthy eating. Children rotate between
outside garden work and inside cooking activities with special presentations
from those skilled in gardening, botany, composting, beekeeping, chicken
care, and weather to name but a few.
Recipes from the Garden
Each year the children learn how to make healthy snacks using produce from
the garden. In our kitchen, everyone is a chef! At the closing of camp each
day we share this wonderful healthy creation made by the children.
Click on the links below to download recipes that we have been "kid
tested" in our MCC garden kitchen:
2015 Recipes
Click here for 2015
recipes.
2012 Recipes
Click here for a document
that includes the following recipes:
Spinach Salad with Orange Honey Vinaigrette
Sweet Zucchini Biscuits
Spunky Red Bean Chile Dip
Curry Pecan Deviled Eggs
L.O.V.E. Wrap Sandwich (Lettuce, Onion,
Vegetable, Egg Salad)
Kale Caesar Salad
Three Sisters' Salad
Cauliflower Broccoli Salad with Apples and Raisins
Couscous with Kohlrabi and Chermoula Dressing
Bug Crackers
Garden Ranch Pizza
2013 Recipes
Click here for
a document that includes the following recipes:
PB&J with Fruit Wrap
Zucchini Bakes
Blueberry Scones
Herbed Greek Salad
Strawberry Tomato Salsa
Panzanella
Olive Cheese Balls
Pizza Monkey Bread
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Kids in the Garden 2017
The kids from Lussier Community Education Center enjoyed wonderful
opportunities for exploration and fun in your MCC garden! In addition to
learning about compost, harvesting and weighing produce and eating berries
by the handfuls, they encountered many visitors bearing gifts. Popsicle
production with Max from Chrysalis Pops was fun and the cool treats a couple
of days later were so satisfying. Experts shared their experiences with all
stages of the Monarch lifecycle. A local volunteer brought painting supplies
and enthusiasm to encourage us to capture the beauty of prairie wildflowers
with watercolors. There were scarecrows to create with Lindy, recipes to
prepare and consume and Molly’s goats to meet. It was a fabulous summer.
Thanks to all of the garden volunteers who make this program possible. It is
a treat for me to see them twice a week during the summer.
Until next summer…..
Becky Hustad, Kids in the Garden Program Leader
Our Place in God's World: Garden Curriculum
Click the links below to download portions of the
curriculum.
God's World 1
God's World 5
God's World 2
God's World 6
God's World 2a
God's World 7
God's World 3
God's World 8
God's World 4
MCC Volunteers
Volunteers are at the heart of the Madison Christian Community garden
ministry.
All of our volunteers submit a background check, participate in our Parish
Child Protection program, and are committed to providing a safe and friendly
environment for all of the children who come to the garden. We have an
annual meeting with staff from the Lussier Community Center to ensure
compliance with their licensing policy and to further build our relationship
with this extended part of our community.
If you are interested in offering your time with our garden ministry
program, please contact Madison Christian Community.
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