FALMOUTH — The Maine Foodscapes Garden Project, dedicated to bridging the gap between people and where their food comes from, is accepting applications from organizations serving need-based populations and income eligible households for the 2023 garden build season.
Each spring, Foodscapes partners with Maine households experiencing limited income to build free raised bed vegetable gardens at their homes. In addition to the locally sourced hemlock raised bed gardens built in partnership with selected applicants and volunteers, the garden project supplies free seeds, seedlings, compost and garden mentorship.
The project also partners with organizations, schools, and housing communities across Southern Maine to build community gardens.
Applications can be found and submitted at mainefoodscapes.org. Paper applications can be mailed to Maine Foodscapes, 22 Montgomery Road, Windham, ME 04062 by the deadline.
Household applications are due by Saturday, April 22, and community garden applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
“Each year we receive over 250 applications from Mainers representing 10-plus counties across the state requesting gardening resources to grow their own food. Foodscapes primarily serves Cumberland and Oxford Counties and has begun to serve households and organizations in Oxford and Androscoggin counties,” said founder Ali Mediate in a Foodscapes news release.
“It never ceases to amaze me witnessing the joy, skill-sharing, and relationship that happens when volunteers, households, and community partners collaborate to bring the new raised garden beds to life. It brings me hope that a more resilient local food system for Maine is possible knowing that these gardens feed our communities in more ways than one.”
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