Butterfly Garden offers green urban space and beauty for all

A growing body of research indicates that urban green spaces benefit people and Earth by improving physical and mental health, increasing social wellbeing, reducing crime, and curbing the hazards of climate change. 

Is there a spiritual dividend as well? 

“The world will be saved by beauty,” Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day said.

So yes! We anticipate that our 4,500 sq. ft. butterfly garden will bring all of these things to our neighborhood: health for people and Earth, well-being for our neighbors, beauty for all, and a deeply spiritual sense that all of us belong to Earth, to God, and to one another. 

This beautiful urban green space is where Siena Hall once stood.

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