Community Pitching in To Help at New Hospital
When St. Mark’s Hospital shut its doors in October 2023, everything was left unattended, including the Healing Garden, the large outdoor space in the center of the building. In anticipation of Progressive Health’s upcoming opening of the hospital, members of the La Grange Garden Club recently voted to revitalize the Garden. They decided the first step would be to replace the existing planter boxes, which had originally been built many years ago by longtime hospital volunteer Ted Borgstedte, and had decayed over time. Thanks to Freddie Behnke’s Wood Shop classes at La Grange High School, students designed and built nine new boxes with landscape timbers and hardware donated by McCoy’s Building Supply. Local Walmart manager Kevin Ickles donated 40 cubic feet of potting soil, and soon Garden Club members will replace the old boxes with the new ones, add amendments to the existing soil, and plant a variety of herbs, flowers, trees, and plants as recommended by local consultant David Will. Garden Club members were pleasantly surprised at the condition of the dozen red rose bushes that had survived on their own, as all they needed was pruning.
FOR THE RECORD
The St. James Episcopal Men’s Club (Holy Smokers) will hold a BBQ and the Episcopal Women a bake sale on Saturday, April 11, from 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. or until sold out at 156 N. Monroe St. across from H-E-B in La Grange. A half is $6 and sausage link is $7, drive through only. This barbecue is for the benefit of Meals on Wheels.
