Let's astound ourselves

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."
- Thomas Edison

Welcome Putney Alum!

Hello any and all Putney alumni who make it here. Please, please post a comment and let the ideas, resources and information flow on how to do what we all must do: live in a sustainable way right where we are. If the kids in the public schools of our country could have just a taste of the earthy magic that is Putney, blessed be!

Field Trip to Medomak Valley HS Greenhouse

The field trip was fantastic. Neil Lash is a wealth of fascinating information about the heirloom plants he takes care of. Many of us are blessed with cuttings of a geranium from Thomas Jefferson's garden. That is so cool to me! I will be posting photos and the link to the film we made that day very soon. The excitement and energy generated by the trip continues to fuel our vision here. Mr. Smith is ready to start greenhouse construction.

We are on our way!!

Medomak Valley Field Trip Tomorrow!

Very exciting! Students from BRHS Environmental Science class and Health Advisory Board along with member of LAPP and channel 7 will all visit the lettuce growing greenhouse at Medomak Valley High School tomorrow where they will enjoy a very educational tour by Neil Lash (thank you Neil!).

So hoping that out of tomorrow's visit there will emerge a group of excited students eager to help bring to fruition the design of a greenhouse for BRHS and for the Boothbay Community Garden project.

Will post photos and observations from the trip tomorrow.

When we are ready, I hope for LAPP to join this network: Rooted in Community - check it out!

Wednesday, Jan 27th, we will have our second meeting to date to begin a discussion about the HS greenhouse

design process, led by the students.

Stay tuned!!!

Field trip to Medomak Valley next week!

Opening minds, feeding mouths, building friendship...

Peninsula Garden Project (PGP): Mission Statement

"We the Boothbay Region High School senior Environmental Science Class, commit ourselves to educate, beautify, and unify the peninsula by building and maintaining a greenhouse that will be connected to a community garden dedicated to providing food and friendship."

(this mission statement was written by this years Environmental Science class in their excitement to be part of a beautiful project for their school and community in the fall of '09. Lapp has been created to include all of those in the community who want to be part of this and to spearhead the many facets of the project, but I wanted to show how dedicated this class feels about seeing this project to it's fruition).

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Setting Dates

Our field trip to Medomak Valley Greenhouse is set, Thursday, February 4th in the morning. Time to be announced soon.

Lauren's environmentalism class will be designing the Greenhouse with the help of the LAPP board.

Things are rolling along!

Hoping to ramp up this blog site as soon as I learn how and can't wait to make artwork for it!

Now to find my non-profit partner.......:)!!

January 13, 2010

Too late to write all that happened, but maybe I can list it:

1). Talk with Mama D's about buying organic greens and produce from both BRHS greenhouse program and community garden. Also discussed beautification of the "Gateway" to Boothbay Harbor and benefits of Eco-Tourism to our Tourism economy.

2). Student Health Advisory Meeting at BRHS: Food improvement initiative

made strides today in having Dan Welch, BRHS principal, attend meeting to back up the kids desire to have an expanded salad bar and healthful sandwich bar added to the lunch options. A list was drafted and students signed on to meet with Darlene French of Food Services to make these positive changes.

3). Talked to Bill Smith about the trip to the AEWC at Orono, the windblade

testing company that is part of the university with the Wind blade competition team and other interested students at BRHS. This trip will happen in Feb or March.

4). Long talk with Tracey Hall about the LAPP vision and how it ties in with her work with Lisa McSwain on getting permission to have a community garden at Penny Lake. Tracey is totally on board to help with the High School aspect of the vision including work in the design of and function of the new greenhouse.

5). Visited Neil Lash at Medomak Valley High School to see the mixed greens growing operation up close in the winter months. He is very knowledgeable and very willing to share his knowledge with the students and staff of BRHS in a pending field trip.

5). Great talk with Ntina tonight about creating artwork for LAPP members.

which leads me to my excitement over creating artwork for all of this, including this blog!

prayers to Haiti

1/12/2010

Day One of the LAPP blog. Here we go!