School or Community Site
Ocean Avenue Elementary School
Physical Address
Ocean Avenue Elementary School
150 Ocean Avenue
Portland, Maine 04103
Contact Name
Beverly Stevens
Category
Vegetable and herb Garden, Flowers and ornamentals, Orchard,, Grow lab(s) or tower inside, One native Maine plant bed
When was your garden project started?
2013
What type of facility hosts your garden?
School
What programs does your garden project include?
grade level beds, after school club,
Does your garden have a paid coordinator?
No
Who volunteers in your garden?
parents, teachers and students
How is your garden project funded?
It started with grant funding, but now we have little overhead and have paid for it through our PTO
What community connections do you have?
A few times we have had groups come in for the day and overhaul the beds with new weed guard wrap: United Way, Harvard Pilgrim
Who tends the garden when school’s out?
Volunteer staff come by to water and weed.
What is your most significant need?
Paid coord
