Messalonskee High School Eagle’s Greenhouse Garden
131 Messalonskee High Dr
Oakland, ME 04963
Beth Prelgovisk
bprelgovisk@rsu18.org
2074657381
http://www.rsu18.org
Category
School Vegetable Garden, School Flower Garden, Farm to Cafeteria
When was your garden project started?
September 2013
What type of facility hosts your garden?
Public School
What does your garden project include?
Vegetables, Greenhouse, Cooking or Taste Testing in Classroom
Who volunteers in your garden?
Teachers, School Staff, Parents, Grandparents/Other Family Members, Students outside of school day, Family Members, Community Members
How is your garden project funded?
Grants, Donations
What community connections do you have?
Nurseries, Other Local Businesses, Greenhouses
Who tends the garden when school’s out?
Volunteer students/families, Me!
What are your future goals?
To have a fully functioning new Greenhouse To collaborate with Kennebec Valley Community College to offer a dual credit Agriculture Awareness Class. To use the greenhouse for science class/expirements To have garden program that contributes to families, food pantry and the school cafeteria. To continue to grow both in our plants and in our education
What is your most significant need?
To complete our new 18′ X 14′ greenhouse by hooking up the water, the furnace and the electricity. Purchasing the raised bed benches. We have the soil and seed that were donated.
