I recently realized that I haven't posted a picture of the finished bridge for those of you who haven't made it out yet this summer. We are still hoping to put some finishing touches on it to pretty it up some, but it is a good sturdy bridge that has been working well for us. Bridge over the Swan Creek Bridges are a way of getting from one place to another, and are ...
Tree at Crossing Hedgerows Sanctuary - photo by Brennah Cavanaugh Work song, part 2: a vision If we will have the wisdom to survive, To stand like slow-growing trees On a ruined place, renewing, enriching it, If we will make our seasons welcome here, Asking not too much of earth or heaven, then a long time after we are dead The lives our lives prepare will live Here, their houses strongly placed Upon the valley ...
Back in November of 2019, we celebrated the official beginning of Crossing Hedgerows Sanctuary as a nonprofit. In the year prior, the board members had gone through a course on Effective Collaboration together which helped us craft our vision and mission statements, as well as learn how to work together as a group. It gave us a firm foundation for going forward, and we made the leap to go through the process of becoming a nonprofit. We ...