My dear boss, mentor and friend, Nancy Williams brought a new idea to my work with Mosaic, developing a Plant Care Team. Nancy’s learned about The Sill in NYC and it sparked an idea of hers. Perhaps, we could develop a Mosaic Plant Care Team (still looking for a clever moniker) that would take care of plants in businesses around Omaha. The beauty of this program would be for our Mosaic team members to be in charge of the plants’ care but also to be able to connect with the business people in the offices. I think this is HUGE!

While many of my Mosaic friends love to work at Sacred Seeds or in our Community Garden, the long, hot days can be daunting. Providing an opportunity for them to care for plants, away from the heat and with the added feature of getting to know the people who work there is the perfect trifecta.

In telling my family about this, my dear sister in law, Julie said, “Why not start with Capstone?” Honestly, I hadn’t seen it truly coming to life as my mind is muddling around in site plans for the garden, onboarding a new Mosaic team for Table Grace and developing Job Aides for our current Mosaic teams. For Julie to offer their corporation for our project pilot not only affirmed her belief in this work but in subsequent conversations, she has shared how excited she is to get to know the Mosaic teams.

A couple weeks ago, a couple of us looked over the new Capstone space to decide what plants should be purchased for the different areas. Another colleague at No More Empty Pots, Susan Whitfield, is also very excited about this idea and how it can be replicated. She encouraged me to meet with the staff of these businesses before Mosaic shows up to provide guidelines/expectations/etc. When Susan mentioned this to me, I realized that I hadn’t done this at No More Empty Pots and what an asset this could be for everyone involved. So, today, I’m working on a short job aid for new businesses for our Plant Care Team.

Last week, I was reading an article and found a reference to a book by Dr B.C. Wolverton published in 1997, “How to grow fresh air”. I picked it up at the library a few weeks back and felt the Lord’s hand upon me, it was a wonderful assurance. How He brought to my attention knowledge needed for this next phase. Now, onto the book to prepare for Capstone’s Plant Care Team!