Council Tree Garden 2025
The Council Tree Garden exists to initiate a cycle of blessing within Northern Colorado. Throughout the season, our grounds are actively pursuing growth and restoration of nature and humanity not only through what we grow, but through who we are. Our goal is that each person that enters finds a sense of place and belonging here and leaves encouraged and filled by our common connections to food and one another. Our produce finds its way into the heart of the community through visitors to our weekly produce stand, community organizations and the goodness of neighbors. Visit us and find out how you can be a part of cultivating love and blessing to those around you. Email rico@counciltreecovenant.com to volunteer or get more information.
The Garden would love your hands and heart. Let's join together to cultivate a beautiful hospitable place of welcome and community.
The Council Tree Gardener, Rico, will be onsite every Tue, Wed, Thur roughly during working hours & you are welcome to join at any time. Or, visit any time to pull weeds on the walkways and among the plants with one simple rule, "if you don't know, let it grow." Some plants that may look like a weed are not, just pull the weeds you know for sure are, there are plenty!
To contact the Council Tree Gardener directly with more specific questions email him at Rico@counciltreecovenant.com
Plans are developing to continue our vegetable distribution at Harmony Village towards the end of June.
Plant of the Week: Flax
Did you know that Flax, in the form of linen, is the most mentioned plant in the bible? Flax is one of the most useful plants known to mankind, and has been cultivated for it's seeds and fiber (linen) probably since the time of Cain. It's seeds have been found in archaeological digs of ancient man all over the northern hemisphere, and it's fibers were often used as burial shrouds. The Pharaohs, of biblical fame, have all been wrapped in linen, as also was the body of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Linen is first mentioned in the bible in Genesis, when Pharaoh had Joseph arrayed in fine linen and made him ruler over all Egypt, second only to himself. After the exodus, when the priesthood was established, God told Moses that fine linen was one of the acceptable offerings for sin atonement. The Ark of the Covenant was practically covered in linen, of blue, purple, and scarlett. The priests wore garments of linen. It was more valuable than gold, and rightly so. The robe that King David took off when he danced before the Lord, yep, linen. Rahab hid the Israelite spies under linen stalks she was drying and processing on her roof. The virtuous woman of Proverbs 31, she makes fine linen and sells it. The seven angels with the seven last plagues in Revelation are depicted as wearing linen. The bride of the Lamb, which is us, the church, will be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white, for linen is the righteousness of the saints (rev 19:8). And the armies in Heaven following God, all dressed in fine linen. I feel that if God's word talks about a plant that many times, it's probably worth listening to. And maybe we need a little more flax out here in the garden, and we can all learn to spin it into linen together.
