School or Community Site
Sebago Elementary School
Physical Address
283 Sebago Road
East Sebago, Maine 04029
Contact Name
Jennifer Elsaesser
Category
Vegetable and herb Garden, Flowers and ornamentals, Orchard, Grow lab(s) or tower inside
When was your garden project started?
2000 (This is a guess)
What type of facility hosts your garden?
Public School
What programs does your garden project include?
Providing food to our school lunch program, curriculum connections in math and literacy, local fair entries, cooking lessons and taste tests, soil education, science lessons, cafeteria food waste program, tending plants and vegetables
Does your garden have a paid coordinator?
No
Who volunteers in your garden?
Teachers and Students
How is your garden project funded?
Teachers and Grants
What community connections do you have?
Parents and Teacher Alumni
Who tends the garden when school’s out?
Teachers and Alumni
What are your future goals?
We would like to provide food for our Sebago Backpack Program for families in need, plant fruit trees, as well as provide food and herbs for our lunch program
What is your most significant need?
Soil, perennial vegetables, fruit trees, plants, indoor towers to extend our growing season
