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Volunteers constructed raised bed gardens and a pea and bean pole Sunday at Harriet Beecher Stowe School in Brunswick, At right, the workers laid out the materials for the project. (Courtesy of Debbie Atwood)
Volunteers constructed raised bed gardens and a pea and bean pole Sunday at Harriet Beecher Stowe School in Brunswick, At right, the workers laid out the materials for the project. (Courtesy of Debbie Atwood)
BRUNSWICK — More than three dozen students and parents gathered Sunday at Harriet Beecher Stowe to construct new raised bed gardens for the school.

“The weather held, as parents cut wood and drilled holes to construct the 10 raised beds, one with access for the wheelchair-bound,” a release from organizers states.

Funded by donations from parents and local businesses, the garden beds are in place without any outlay of public spending or grant money.

Hawkes and Taylor Forestry Products donated, cut and delivered all the lumber. Coast of Maine Organics Products donated and delivered two yards of organic compost. Country Fare Inc. donated and delivered three yards of loam.

School custodian Jim Tupper donated his time to open the school; and 10 to 15 families worked to build and fill the beds, while others brought refreshments.

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Organizers issued “special thanks to Steve Cumback, Larissa Dickinson and Chad, Seth Kroeck of Crystal Spring Community Farm, Debbie Atwood and Tim Higgins for making the day such a success and an extra thank you to HBS Principal Jean Skorapa.”

Students will transplant the vegetables they have been growing inside the school, and art students will make mosaic bird baths. As part of a fifth grade unit on the early colonists, fall crops will include flint corn, a variety of corn planted by Native Americans. Students may also try to grow wheat, oats, squash and pumpkins.

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