{"id":135706,"date":"2023-03-31T11:30:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T04:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-putting-a-garden-at-the-heart-of-the-church-mary-montague\/"},"modified":"2023-03-31T11:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T04:41:24","slug":"country-diary-putting-a-garden-at-the-heart-of-the-church-mary-montague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-putting-a-garden-at-the-heart-of-the-church-mary-montague\/","title":{"rendered":"Country diary: Putting a garden at the heart of the church | Mary Montague"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMagheralin, County Down: The parishioners here have been busy, their environmental endeavours a direct expression of pastoral care\u201cWhere shall we place our hope?\u201d These words pop into my head as I watch a bumblebee dawdling around the pollinator garden of Magheralin parish church. The garden was created last year by parishioners, both as a place of reflection and to help local biodiversity. It\u2019s already flourishing. Around the central arrangement of holly planted into the shape of a trinity circle, there are spikes of dogwood, scrawny willows dabbed with pinkish-grey catkins, and beds of daffodils. A robin warbles softly through the choral strains drifting from the imposing 19th-century church. Nesting rooks guffaw from the churchyard\u2019s massive horse chestnuts. A coal tit wheezes.Across the road is Magheralin\u2019s old church, an ivy-softened ruin guarded by mossy headstones. Dating from the 14th century, this provides a sanctuary for wildlife found in old graveyards. In a few days, Easter will be celebrated there under a roof of open sky. That annual service seems to reach across to the pollinator garden, connecting the congregation\u2019s heritage and future. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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