School or Community Site
Mount Desert Elementary School
8 Joy Rd
Northeast Harbor, ME 04662
Patty Kelley
patricia.kelley@mdirss.org
Category
Vegetable and herb Garden, Flowers and ornamentals, Greenhouse or hoop house
When was your garden project started?
2015
What type of facility hosts your garden?
school grounds
What programs does your garden project include?
Prek-8th grade garden and greenhouse classes.
Does your garden have a paid coordinator?
Yes
Who volunteers in your garden?
The children do the gardening–plant, tend, harvest–during the school year
How is your garden project funded?
Donations, grants, PTO funds, school funds, plant sales
What community connections do you have?
The garden is in the middle of the Northeast Harbor village and people come to visit the garden throughout the summer. We are organizing an advisory committee, presently. The food harvested by the children is used in the cafeteria–when we have a summer bounty (when the kids are not in school)–the food is given to the local food pantry.
Who tends the garden when school’s out?
The garden coordinator
What are your future goals?
solar panels for the greenhouse? outdoor kitchen?
What is your most significant need?
Maybe to keep a good amount of funds in our garden account–to always be ready for the following growing season.
