September 12, marked the official end of the Planting Peace project.  Nearly 75 volunteers from eight congregations joined the extraordinary staff of Madison Planting and Design Group to landscape seven Habitat homes behind Jaycee Park in Mid-City. We laid 35 pallets of sod, planted 130 shrubs and 12 trees, and spread 100 bales of pine straw.

Several of the neighborhood kids and some homeowners came out to help. Many thanks to all of you Northminsterites who came out to help. Many had been out before to help clear land or landscape the early houses. For all, it was a beautiful sight to behold.

Northminster has joined several other congregations from Metro Jackson to help build a Habitat house on Jessamine Street in Mid-City. (Jessamine Street is just a few blocks south of Jaycee Park and Park View Place, where we landscaped last Saturday.)