St. James Glastonbury

The mission of the Building Design Committee is to insure that present and future design and building proposals and projects maintain a unified architectural and design concept, and to insure that a systematic and organized process be established for that purpose in order to make our building more welcoming to all.

1. Tasks and design needs for the recent building project remain on a prioritized list of “still to do”/new project/wish-list items established and maintained by the former Building Committee.  The Building Design Committee works to insure that these items are followed through and completed by providing their design expertise and knowledge to accomplish them.
2. The Building Design committee acts as a resource to the parish by providing design work and conceptual ideas on interior and exterior changes, improvements related to building design, including, but not limited to, such items as structural, architectural, material improvements and upgrades, and interior design work, such as color schemes, furnishings and furniture, floor coverings, window treatments, signage, lighting, cabinets, placement, location, and installation of bulletin boards or art work, and general decorating items throughout the building.
3. The Building Design Committee researches the materials needed and suggests the most historically or architecturally appropriate, functional, aesthetic, and economical way to carry out needs, proposals and ideas.
    

The Gardening Committee objective is to beautify and maintain the church landscape in order to welcome all into a peaceful setting.
Committee members are assigned in pairs (or by families) to a designated garden bed.
Fun includes:

• Watering deeply once or twice a week depending on weather and area.
• Dividing overgrown perennials in early spring or fall.
• Planting pink, white, blue annuals and spots of yellow in mid-to-late spring with Osmocote in each hole.
• Fertilizing with liquid MiracleGro every 2-3 weeks.
• Weeding once a week to keep ahead of sprouting weeds before they set seed. If done once a week, weeding will be a quick pluck.
• Deadheading regularly makes for less weeding of dropped seeds (e.g., coneflowers, spirea shrubs and cat mint). It also makes shrubs appear neat.
• Cutting bed edges once or twice in a growing season depending on lawn growth nearing the bed. The wider the edge gap, the less cutting needed. Add Preen after cutting and when weeds start to sprout on edges. Cutting allows the mower to give a manicured cut as well as a barrier between the lawn and bed. A flat shovel is best for edge cutting
• Planting bulbs in fall.
• Fall cleaning of brown top perennials and dead or dying annuals.
• Early fall planting of mums for color.

There are different sizes of garden beds as well as just tending to three prominent cement planters. Committee members may choose their garden bed(s) on a first-come, first-served basis.
Through gardening we are able to share God's gifts, nature's glories, and to welcome all into our peaceful gathering place.