Cultivating Community

Join us Thursday, May 28th, from 5:30-7:30pm at our
Boyd St. Urban Farm (58 Boyd St.) for an evening of learning about urban soils and strategies for safely growing food in Portland! There will be hands-on activities to demonstrate soil health best practices and resources for testing soils in your farm or garden.

This event will feature the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Cultivating Community, Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District, City of Portland Sustainability Office, Fresh Food Gardens, and American Farmland Trust - New England.

This free event is open to the public and refreshments will be provided. Interpretation services are available upon request. For more information, email [email protected].

To register or learn more, click the link in our bio. We hope to see you there! 💚

Summer is upon us and we are always looking for volunteers out in the gardens!

If you're itching to get your hands dirty, drop in on one of our volunteer days in the community gardens. The first one will be happening next week on May 13th from 5pm-7pm at the North St. Community Garden.

Join us, meet new friends and neighbors, and wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty. We will have gloves, tools, and light snacks to go around!

We hope to see you there 🌻🌱

If you can't make this one, see the poster below for more upcoming volunteer opportunities.

Our Youth Leadership Intensive (YLI) students have been having a blast over the last few weeks!

Over April break, the students spent time out in the community, enjoying the outdoors, and exploring partner programs. Our YLI students visited our friends at Carlisle Academy where they practiced equine groundwork and group challenges as well as our friends at Chewonki where they got to feed the farm animals, stack wood, and help plant the first potatoes and onions of the season. The students wrapped up the week at our Boyd Street Urban Garden, where Roberto Rodriguez from Fresh Food Gardens showed them how to build garden beds and get their hands dirty!

We love getting to experience these hands on opportunity with the high school interns and helping them learn leadership strategies and build new skills 💚🧅🪚