Upcoming Events
Winter Volunteer Day
Are you feeling blue about the winter and cold?
Come help Living Earth Center with some fun winter-time gardening related activities!
No experience necessary!
This month's focus will be making orange slice ornaments for our Winter Solstice Celebration.
Cora and Sky spent time this fall collecting flower heads and seed pods and we have a lot to clean and prepare for planting!
We are also looking to meet the needs of the community by trying out some winter growing in the LEC basement grow room and could use some help with that!
Winter Solstice Celebration
Join us in celebrating the shortest day of the year and welcome the return of the light at our annual Winter Solstice Celebration. Enjoy an (optional) educational guided snowshoe hike, big bonfires, warm refreshments, and a community reflection.
As we get busy for the holiday season, it is good to take a moment to slow down, reflect on our year, and remember to spend time outside regardless of the chilly weather.
Bring your family and friends and enjoy an evening of warmth, reflection and fun!
Evening Schedule
6:00pm-6:30pm Guided snowshoe hike around Good Counsel. At the same time, warm refreshments will be served and fires will be going if you prefer to stay warm and socialize.
6:30pm-7:00pm Community reflection and story readings around the fire
7:00-7:30 Community bonfire
Plan to join us as we celebrate the darkness and prepare to welcome back the light.
Event is free to all, with donations gratefully accepted.
Pre-registration is requested but not required.
Free parking available in the Loyola Parking lot across from the Red Barn
Winter Volunteer Day
Are you feeling blue about the winter and cold?
Come help Living Earth Center with some fun winter-time gardening related activities!
No experience necessary!
Cora and Sky spent time this fall collecting flower heads and seed pods and we have a lot to clean and prepare for planting!
We are also looking to meet the needs of the community by trying out some winter growing in the LEC basement grow room and could use some help with that!
Winter Volunteer Day
Are you feeling blue about the winter and cold?
Come help Living Earth Center with some fun winter-time gardening related activities!
No experience necessary!
Cora and Sky spent time this fall collecting flower heads and seed pods and we have a lot to clean and prepare for planting!
We are also looking to meet the needs of the community by trying out some winter growing in the LEC basement grow room and could use some help with that!
Winter Volunteer Day
Are you feeling blue about the winter and cold?
Come help Living Earth Center with some fun winter-time gardening related activities!
No experience necessary!
Cora and Sky spent time this fall collecting flower heads and seed pods and we have a lot to clean and prepare for planting!
We are also looking to meet the needs of the community by trying out some winter growing in the LEC basement grow room and could use some help with that!
LEC News and Updates
With visits to food shelves on the rise, LEC has been in contact with our local food shelves and food recovery program to discuss what needs we can help meet over the winter months.
To that end, we have started trays of micro-greens and will also be growing spinach, lettuce, and other produce that can be grown indoors under grow lights to donate to our partners...
On Friday, October 10th, LEC welcomed School Sisters of Notre Dame General Councilors to Mankato. Sisters Carolyn Anyega and Christine Garcia came all the way from Rome, Italy on a tour of SSND's Sponsored Ministries. They visited LEC's Community Garden on Good Counsel Hill and learned more about LEC's impact in the Mankato community. SSND founded the Community Garden...
With tomato season just around the corner we thought we would re-share this recipe for Fresh Tomato Bruschetta shared originally by our Executive Director Laura Marsala Peterson back in September of 2020:
I recently made this simple recipe for a small outdoor gathering and multiple people asked how to make it. I was almost embarrassed to tell them because it was so easy didn't want to blow my gourmet chef cover! Nonetheless, if you have tomatoes, this easy summer recipe is definitely one you want in your wheelhouse!
