Inspiring Creation Care

We are ALL called to be good stewards of the land and resources in which we have been blessed.

Empowering our community to take action.

Join us in creating habitat for pollinators.
Join us in growing fresh food for yourself and our neighbors in need.
Join us in reclaiming our forest by removing invasive species and planting native plants.

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Monarch Fest
Community Harvest Garden
Food Forest

iNauralist Page

Christ the King has its own iNaturalist page, where the biodiversity on our property is logged and shared. Our observations go into a global biodiversity database where researchers all over the world can study the observations for their research. Anyone can contribute to the database. Take a look at all the amazing plants and animals that have been sighted here. Nearly 600 observations logged through October 2025!

Congratulations to the Creation Care team at Christ the King Lutheran Church, which received the top award from The Cincinnati Horticultural Society at their 2025 Gardener Recognition Awards for “magnificent use of their property.” CtK took home the top honor of the night, the Jerry Eichert Memorial Award, recognizing “incredible site restoration.”

The judges praised all aspects of the gardens at Christ the King, including the Community Harvest Garden, Food Forest and Rain Garden, the Pollinator Garden and Monarch Waystation, the Forest and Meditation Trail, landscaping in the front of the building, even our Compost Learning Center and community art installation.
This truly is a team effort with dozens of volunteers over the years who have planned, planted, tended, watered, weeded, chopped, harvested, mulched and more.

Seed Library

CtK is the newest location of a wildflower seed library from Three Valley Conservation Trust. It is located next to our Little Free Library in the parking lot near the church entrance, and works in a similar manner. Anyone is welcome to take seeds home to plant. According to Three Valley, “With native wildflower seeds provided at our seed libraries, we’re sowing the seeds for a more biodiverse and resilient environment. The initiative is not merely about planting flowers; it’s a commitment to bolster habitats for pollinators, fortify the local ecosystem, and empower our community to engage in conservation firsthand.” They chose to put this resource here because of our commitment to creation care. We are blessed to be a partner in this mission. If you are thinking of planting wildflowers in your yard, check it out! For more information, contact Susan.

We would like to acknowledge, thank, and honor the people who were the good stewards of the land in West Chester, Ohio before the European colonization.

Those people include the Adena and Hopewell whose cultures are ancient and predate American settlement. They include the Kaskaskia, a tribe that is no longer in existence due to forced removal. And they include the Wazhazhe, the Shawnee, and the Myaamia (mi ah' mia) who continue to share their gifts with us on this land to this day.

Those gifts, among others, include the knowledge of sustainable agriculture and horticulture that contribute to what we are trying to accomplish here today.