Living Local
Living Local
South Street Garden
Three years ago, an organic garden was planted on a plot of land generously loaned to the College at Crystal Springs Farm on Pleasant Hill Road. A second garden plot is now being established on the vacant lots on the southwest corner of South and Coffin Streets!
This plot is ideal for a garden expansion. It will be closer to the two kitchens, which we hope will foster even greater participation from the Bowdoin College community, facilitate garden maintenance for employees who tend the garden, and improve access for the faculty and students who may use the garden as part of their studies.
Like the garden at Crystal Springs Farm, the South Street Garden will be organic and follow sustainable guidelines. No chemical pesticides will be applied and only rarely will mechanized equipment be employed. Our garden manager, KatherineCreswell will oversee the plot, and students, dining staff employees and volunteers will tend it. Our plan is to plant vegetable crops that thrive in northern coastal soils as well as flowers and high bush blueberries. We intend to lay out a garden with fencing that is aesthetically pleasing.
This summer the property will be cleaned up and the soil tilled. Blueberry bushes will be planted as well as a cover crop of grass to enrich the soil. We may plant flowers. Next spring, the vegetable crops will go in as well as an attractive fence to protect the garden from animals. By mid-summer of 2007, our first crops will be ready to harvest and serve to our summer guests and returning students!
We think that our organic garden at the South Street location will be an attractive and productive addition to the Bowdoin campus and adjoining neighborhood. If you have questions or concerns about the garden, please contact us at the Bowdoin College Dining Office at 725-3211.