Community garden coming soon to Swan Valley Elementary

UMaine Extension announces online community garden map

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched an updated community garden map to help connect Mainers looking for an opportunity to plant, tend and harvest vegetables and flowers in a communal space. The Community Garden Map includes information about local community gardens that provide opportunities for individuals to have their own garden plots or volunteer in collective growing spaces. Research shows that participation in co…

Community garden thrives with the help of volunteers

Red, yellow and green bell pepper plants littered the wooden picnic tables as a small group of volunteers crowded around raised garden beds that filled the converted basketball court, pulling on worn gardening gloves. “Today’s event is about planting the crops that will continue to provide fresh food for people across the planet,” said Angela York, executive director of Thrive Peninsula, as the group began digging their hands in the dirt. Thrive…

Community garden coming soon to Swan Valley Elementary

The Swan Valley Elementary School Board is considering a community garden project at the Condon area school. Kitty Logan, school board chair, said a horticulturalist from the Montana State University Extension and Ecology Department met with a local group called SMAAART, or Swan Mission Academics, Arts and Athletics Resource Team, which supports extra educational activities in the Swan Valley....