"The Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. Therefore, we have to understand the land. There is a whole new generation that needs that and must learn the benefits of stewarding it. Only by having an understanding of the land's cyclical nature, you are able to connect with the full cycle of how He created it. The Agroforest Project reflects that."
Chuck Pierce
Glory of zion international ministries president
"The Beulah Acres Agroforest brings together the vision of the Israel Prayer Garden with permaculture concepts and the goal of stewardship. Since we first broke ground at Global Spheres Center, we have embraced our mandate to steward this piece of ground in Corinth, Texas, for the glory of God and the health of our local environment. I look forward to the ongoing restoration that we have started here for years to come!"
Pam Pierce
Glory of Zion International Ministries VP & grounds director
Agroforest with a smile
TESTIMONIES
Daniel Arenas - Project Manager - Urban Garden specialist
- Permaculture Designer - Educator
"The Agroforest is a learning process with the Land, it's a classroom and a dream come true! I've learned so much from being part of the glory of zion family, and to be able to design and develop something like this project is a huge blessing. The right people around, at the right place, doing the right thing just really means a lot to me. I love the land, I love the people, I love jesus! enjoy the website and also our journey as we learn and work with nature!"
“This is such a wonderful place to come and see how nature and beauty go hand in hand. I can come and find peace in the garden and learn from all the plants and animals.”
Chris Davidson - Israel Prayer Garden Overseer - Permaculture Designer
Beulah Barnyard is a little piece of heaven on earth. With farmland in many cities disappearing into subdivisions or commercial buildings. It’s rewarding here to learn about stewarding the land, animal husbandry, the joy of new life, and at times heartache. Realizing God is with us in every season, helping us to learn, heal and grow.
He is so creative in how He encourages and unfolds a story, at times without even realizing you’re a part of it. I remember as a young girl passing farms with red and white barns, beautiful green pastures and animals grazing, often I’d wonder what it would be like to live there. Recently, I was walking down to Beulah Barnyard looking at the pasture the trees, Noah & Hadassah grazing and the little red and white barn and just started smiling!!!
As you walk the land from the Israel Prayer Garden to Beulah Acres Agroforest and Beulah Barnyard, the footprint is a visible representation of how the land has flourished from stewarding it.
I’m so honored to be a part of what God is unfolding here.
- Susan Murphy
Beulah Barnyard
“What the garden crew has done with the undeveloped ground in the agroforest is nothing short of amazing. they have transformed the land into another beautiful extension of the garden.”
- George Slack
Garden Associate
“coming to beulah acres and the agroforest was something that i didn't see coming into my life. it was an opportunity presented to me to be a part of something that was greater than myself and something that will grow and prosper for years to come. getting to be involved with a project as meaningful as the agroforest has really showed me how exciting it is to be creating an environment for us to watch plants, trees, wildlife and ourselves grow together. i love having the chance to listen each day for gods voice and his direction in this plan for our project as a whole and also for myself and being in this environment allows me to be surrounded by his amazing creations, to reflect on my service and be involved in a project that i truly believe in.”
- Allison Lohse
Office support
The Agroforest is a beautiful project that reconnects us with God’s Creation. Over the last 5 years I have seen up close the various gardens growing and establishing themselves, from fruit orchards to native pollinating areas, to vegetable gardens with seasonal plants, to perennial herbs, to vegetables, to flowers and different forms of planting and gardening being experimented with the rescuing integration and synergy with nature in mind, in addition to offering educational opportunities for the community.
For me as a personal experience, more satisfying than picking an organic blackberry in the agroforest, is seeing the future generation harvesting it and that includes my children picking it straight from the bush and experiencing this unique sensation that was part of my childhood, and now through the Agroforest that became part of their childhood and their friends as well.
As a mother, I feel responsible for keeping this connection with living nature in my children's daily lives in the midst of an increasingly technologically connected world.
I feel honored and happy to help establish this prosperous project like all small beginnings, but unique and necessary to keep our roots alive and the next generation prepared for the future.
- Michelle Arenas
Field Support & Beulah Bounty
The agroforest is truly such a beautiful extension of the Garden. The amount of time and hard work that has been put into the Agroforest is evident in the way it has flourished. What I love most about it is the way it flows from one area to the next. As part of the Beulah Acres Team, I have had the pleasure to harvest plants and herbs to use for creating the products we bring to our community. We have created herbal teas, medicinal tinctures, and even skin care. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful, organically grown ingredients harvested by hand, to bring to you. If you have not had the opportunity to stop by and see it I would highly recommend doing so. From fruit trees, to herbs, and everything in between it has a little bit of everything to transport you to a true gardener’s paradise.
- Emilie Slack
Beulah Acres Bounty
“I've been here at global spheres center, israel prayer garden since the project began in the spring of 2011. with the new beulah acres agroforest i have never seen a project come into fruition the way this project has. it is a real testimony to see us all working together, the garden staff, a large community involvement; Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists, and i think mostly the hard work of our leader daniel. his research is impeccable. i've experienced his planning and now i am beside myself to see the results.. but we've only just begun. we first planted trees to get our canopy started, a long process. We have utilized lots of volunteer native plants out of the israel prayer garden which are now well-established. augmented with lots of other native plants and vegetables, causing everything to work together establishing our agroforest. we have also completed our swale. I am so proud to be a part of this project!"
- Sue Stunich
in honor of our loved one