About Us and our community garden plots

We are a Community

The Old Sauk Community Gardens is located on land owned by the Madison Christian Community (MCC), a partnership between Advent Lutheran Church and Hope United Church of Christ. The MCC acquired seven acres of land

from retiring farmers in the late 1960’s. Almost immediately some of it became community gardens for people in the neighborhood and church members (Lower Garden Plots). More recently, the community garden expanded up the hill to the area next to the church driveway (Upper Garden Plots). In addition to the church building, MCC has added three prairies, a labyrinth, the Cremains Memorial Garden and manages the “Spirit Woods” on the east side of the Lower Garden Plots. These are all part of MCC’s desire to be good stewards of the land.

Community Gardens

Gardeners should maintain individual plots in a manner that promotes the beauty, health and sustainability of the Old Sauk Community Garden, the common grounds, surrounding neighborhood, prairies,

and “Spirit Woods.”

This Gifted Land

Reverend David Keesey-Berg "We begin with the land because the land was here, as a gift from a bountiful Creator, before the first human eyes gazed on its beauty and the first human feet walked on the soft earth that surrounds us in this holy place. When I stand at the beginning of the Labyrinth path behind our

church, I sometimes feel like I can sense the presence of those men, women, and children who first passed this way. I picture them kneeling down and placing their hands reverently on the soft, warm earth. I sometimes feel like I can hear echoes of their prayers."

Connecting Creation Care with Community

About Us and our community garden plots

We are a Community

Community Gardens

This Gifted Land

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