Gardening in Cheshire County
Harper Acres community garden in Keene.
Information on the number and location of individual and communal gardens in the area is limited. However, local and national resources for schools and communities interested in growing gardens are plentiful and expanding (see Food System Support and Other Resources & Links).
Organizations working in Cheshire County to expand gardening resources and garden sites include:
General Gardening (Adult and Youth)
Community Gardens
School/Youth Gardens (all found in MFCC's Feeding the Next Generation, Stories From the Field)
Work-place & Institutional Gardens
Organizations working in Cheshire County to expand gardening resources and garden sites include:
General Gardening (Adult and Youth)
- University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension-Cheshire County--gardening education through Agriculture Agent and Master Gardening Program
- Monadnock Farm and Community Connections--coordinate garden educational resources (workshops, school garden funding, and publication, Feeding the Next Generation: Stories from the Field (school and youth garden case studies in the Monadnock region)
- Stonewall Farm--teach gardening curriculum to area youth and provide workshop opportunities for adults
- Federick Hooper Institute--promotes and provides youth education around farming and gardens to schools in Walpole, NH; also established and oversees two community gardens in the Walpole area
- The Sustainability Project--provides educational opportunities and programs for the public on gardening, particularly around permaculture design
- Monadnock Locavores--summer workshop series
- Tracie's Community Farm, LLC--on-farm workshop series in Fitzwilliam
Community Gardens
- Keene Community Garden Connections (of Antioch University New England's Environmental Studies Department)--working with social service agencies and organizations in the community to establish gardens
- City of Keene Parks and Recreation Department--promoting the establishment of community gardens in Keene
School/Youth Gardens (all found in MFCC's Feeding the Next Generation, Stories From the Field)
- Garden Meals--gardens at Surry Village Charter School, and Marlow Elementary
- Cornucopia Project--garden at Dublin Elementary
- The Orchard School and Community Center
- Early Sprouts--preschool gardens at Head Start centers
- North Walpole School, Walpole Elementary, and Walpole Middle School gardens
- Symonds Elementary School in Keene
- Winchester School
Work-place & Institutional Gardens
- C & S Wholesale Grocers--2 employee gardens in Keene
- Antioch University New England--raised bed gardens tended by student volunteers; produce used for school cafe and donated to Keene Community Kitchen; site also used as learning environment