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At the same time, the Dominican Sisters were meeting in a committee called Global Awareness to look at our changing times and a new order of things that included a view towards how we care for the Earth.  The Committee proposed the creation of an organic garden at their Motherhouse in Amityville.  It was the energy of these two groups that met and mingled in Sophia Garden.  Their vision was to live out a commitment to be responsible members of the Universe, to model a sustainable way of living and to produce food without the use of chemicals in a way that cares for Water, Wildlife and People.  The Garden was named after Sister Sophia, an Amityville Dominican, who cared for and nurtured the land at the Motherhouse in Amityville.

FarmThe modern story of Sophia Garden is interwoven with the history of the  land that the farm occupies.  In 1875 a group of Dominican Sisters from Regensburg, Germany immigrated to the United States.  They arrived first in Brooklyn before making their final home in Amityville.  In Amityville they farmed the land to feed themselves and the orphans of other German immigrants who had been entrusted to their care.  The land was farmed for vegetables, contained a fruit orchard and the Sisters raised cows, pigs and chickens.  The root cellar where they stored their vegetables is on the National Historic Register.




Our goal is to contribute food to the hungry among us, not just from our surplus, but from our source.



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