Local Schools Champion Community Garden Effort

Regional School Unit #1 (RSU 1) students are launching a Community Garden! The vegetables they grow will go to the school cafeterias and local food banks.

Kicking off the gardening season, community members are invited to attend an Open House at the Bath Middle School Green House, Thursday, April 16, 2009 from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Bring gardening gloves and trowels, if you have them, and come help dig the dirt! There will be opportunities for continued volunteerism throughout the spring and summer, as well.

The Community Garden will be located near the corner of Lemont and High Street in Bath - - they have a near half-acre plot, that has never been gardened before, and the Woolwich School 6th Graders have already tested the soil. A wide array of academic lessons are planned relative to this hands on effort and they are not limited to biology and earth science. Picture students writing a business plan for the garden, producing a documentary film about the development of the garden, or building an interactive topical map of the garden - there may be no limit to the possibilities.

A naming contest was held - The Winner: "LOCAL Garden" - - an acronym that stands for "Leading our Community in Agricultural Learning". The name was submitted by one of the Advanced Placement classes at Morse High School.

Given that Bath is an urban location, this is just one more of those things that makes our community a great place to live. Personally, I have had a small vegetable garden plot in my tiny backyard in Bath for the past 8 years - there are seeds sprouting in peat pots in my south-facing windows as I write this. I think this is a great way for kids to learn that food does not originate on the grocery store shelves and it's just one more thing that makes our community a special place in which to live.

If you'd like more information about what's going on in Bath or about relocating to Bath, please do not hesitate to contact me! "Talk to Terry"

HAPPY GARDENING !!