This high production garden not only serves the students of Port Townsend High School, but the PT Food Bank during the summer months. Teacher Jennifer Kruse helps students get the most from the plot. During the summer months Food Bank Growers manage the space. The garden has been feeding students and donating food to the Food Bank since 2012 via this space. Volunteers meet Fridays 9-11.
Co-Managers
Garden Coordinator: Rachel Dunn - rachaelmichelledunn@gmail.com
Master Gardener: Doug Van Allen
- Maintained by 9th grade Health students who are in the garden every Friday during the growing season.
- Compost Piles (adding food waste from the school)
- Worm Bins
- Cover Cropping
- Crop Rotation
- Tool Repair
- Plant Germination
- Seed Production
- Expanding the Herb Garden
- Vegetables - lots of cold crops such as radishes or lettuce
- Food goes to the Food Banks as well as the school
CULINARY
- School Food Services Director: Shannon McMinnihan (office in Salish Coast School)
- Salad bars
- Food for Lunch program
- Culinary Arts Classes under Jennifer Kruse
- Garden Curriculum specialist: Stacey Larsen
Funding and Support:
Would you like to help? The plot needs someone to keep it viable throughout the summer season when the school isn't open--weeding, watering, transplanting, harvesting... Fridays from 10-2. Or if you can donate mulch, tools, etc. or funding, please contact Doug Van Allen.
FOOD BANK FARMS and GARDEN
Size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Gardening Style: Raised beds, hoop house, rows, full prep area outside of garden, pollinator garden, irrigated.
Growing: Veggies, raspberries, fruit, lettuce, winter and summer vegetables.
Serving: Port Townsend Public Schools with surplus to Port Townsend Food Bank, (Distributed Wednesday and Saturday).
Supporters: Port Townsend Schools, Hermann brothers, WSU Jefferson County Extension Master Gardeners.
Need: Volunteers in summer to harvest, prep, deliver food .
For more information:
FoodBankGrowers@gmail.com
1610 Blaine St. Port Townsend, Wa
(Drive down the dirt road to get to the garden that is behind the Gael Stuart Bldg.)