We care for our monastery garden, but we also let things grow as they will on our hillside meadow.

More than something to be managed, “ nature is a joyful mystery to be contemplated with gladness and praise…We’re not its masters, consumers, ruthless exploiters, unable to set limits…

For that reason, St. Francis asked that part of the friary garden be left untouched, so that wild flowers and herbs could grow there, and those who saw them could raise their minds to God, the Creator of such beauty.”

Pope Francis ( Laudato Si’ 11-12)