School or Community Site
Community Site
Physical Address
58 Boyd Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Contact Name
Billie Watson
Category
Vegetable and herb Garden, Orchard
When was your garden project started?
2009
What type of facility hosts your garden?
Boyd St. Garden is managed by Portland’s food justice nonprofit, Cultivating Community.
What programs does your garden project include?
Half of the garden is stewarded by high schoolers and open to the community to pick from. The other half is divided into plots for individual community gardeners to steward and harvest from.
Does your garden have a paid coordinator?
Yes
Who volunteers in your garden?
Local businesses, organizations, and school groups.
How is your garden project funded?
Grants, donors, and city partnerships.
What community connections do you have?
We have a wide and diverse support system from Portland Public Schools to Garbage to Garden. Many institutions, big and small, help us keep the gardens producing.
Who tends the garden when school’s out?
Cultivating Community staff and volunteer groups.
What are your future goals?
To increase production, optimize composting practices, and possess ADA garden beds.
What is your most significant need?
ADA garden beds, no groundhogs, and infinite compost.
