In collaboration with a community group focused on promoting local foods, students planned and presented the “Fantastic Food Frenzy” – a free public supper event featuring food grown and prepared by students from several western Maine educational gardens, including ours. This event was held at our school on September 17, 2010, and in addition to the great food, we also had live music performed by students and displays from the six other garden groups that we partnered with. On the morning of the event, we took a tour of each others gardens, and in the afternoon, we worked with other volunteers to cook and serve the meal. We served about 120 people and got very positive feedback from our guests.
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- Gould Academy – barn sign with some great advice
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- Gould Academy garden
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- Gould Academy – visiting the garden
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- Gould Academy – chickens
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- Gould Academy – pigs
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- Gould Academy – sheep
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – “3 Sisters” companion planting
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – garden bench
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – the amazing one-acre garden
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – hand-painted garden sign
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – produce market stand
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – “Stewie” (the compost pile)
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – pumpkin patch
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – water catchment and irrigation system
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – garden harvest
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School garden
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School garden
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – garden advisor, Annette Caldwell
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- Buckfield Jr./Sr. High School – garden path
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- Alan Day Community Garden – entrance sign designed by OHCHS students
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- Alan Day Community Garden – entry road and barn
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- Alan Day Community Garden – water catchment and irrigation system
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- Alan Day Community Garden – the group learns about the history of this garden
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- Alan Day Community Garden – raised beds
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- Alan Day Community Garden – checking out the compost
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- Alan Day Community Garden – healthy harvest
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- Bryant Pond 4H Camp – inside the hoop house
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- Bryant Pond 4H Camp – hoop house
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- Bryant Pond 4H Camp – sign inside hoop house
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- Bryant Pond 4H Camp – garden harvest
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- Bryant Pond 4H Camp – rabbit house
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- Bryant Pond 4H Camp – harvesting from the garden
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- Bryant Pond 4H Camp – feeding the chickens
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- the group visited our garden before starting to cook for the supper
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- working togther to prepare apples for apple crisp
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- teamwork!
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- Students worked together to serve the food at the supper
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- The amazing menu, designed by our awesome volunteer – Suzanne Dunham
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- students had a lot of fun making this display sign
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- fresh baked bread
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- Spagetti squash dish
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- great turnout!
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- Educational Garden displays at the public supper
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- The educational garden displays were featured at the Bethel Harvest Fest
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- The “G.O.T. Farms?” display at the Bethel Harvest Fest
