Garden Name
Benton Elementary School Gardens
School or Community Site
Benton Elementary School
Physical Address
68 School Drive
Benton, Maine 04937
Contact Name
Amanda Delorie
Email
adelorie@msad49.org
Category
Vegetable and herb Garden
When was your garden project started?
a small basic garden in child care 10 years, the “new garden project with grant & collabaration 5 months
What type of facility hosts your garden?
Public School, Day Care Center
What programs does your garden project include?
Garden projects during library time, cafeteria connections
Does your garden have a paid coordinator?
No
Who volunteers in your garden?
School staff, cafeteria staff
How is your garden project funded?
Various local donors
What community connections do you have?
Food Pantries, Scout Groups
Who tends the garden when school’s out?
School staff, cafeteria staff
What are your future goals?
To get the hoop house up, to be able to have enough produce to sell so we may be sustainable
What is your most significant need?
More money to add more raised beds, and to fix the hoop house donated to us
Any other comments?
We received a grant this year and many donations to help us build the raised beds, and it has been a great first year, expanding and collabarating our garden project between the child care program and the school day.
