火博体育社区花园
Our first campus garden came to life in 2009. 自从移动到当前的空间 Wiecking Hall, the 社区花园 has operated with the leadership of one annual student 社区花园 Manager, who plans the crops in the spring, starts seeds in March, cultivates the garden through 10 weeks in the summer, and wraps up the garden 在秋天举行一年一度的丰收晚宴. 这顿饭的特色是来自火博体育的农作物 Garden and local produce for an all-vegetarian meal. 餐饮服务一直是一个现象 partner, helping pull together the menu and supporting student volunteers to prep 食物. Harvest Dinner 2019 brought out 300 attendees to the Spa dinner, and the 2021 and 2022 dinner held in the Dining Hall served over 1500.
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- Get involved by attending our weekly work parties, Sundays 3-5pm in September, October, 四月和五月.
- To stay connected to the happenings of the 火博体育社区花园, please email garden@salamzone.com 加入我们的工作聚会邮件列表. 我们定期在我们的 可持续的火博体育Instagram.
In April 2009 the volunteers from the Environmental Action Club, with the support of 设施 Services, broke ground to create the 火博体育大学 Student Garden. In 2014 there was an opportunity to bring the garden to a more central, visible location 在校园. 学生、教职员工和行政人员worked together to find a suitable location for the new我选择了威克格林. The new location is more accessible, highly visible and invites everyone to enter and enjoy the space. 在这个规划过程中 group decided to change the name of the garden to the 火博体育社区花园, representative of the collaborative process and inclusivity that the garden's mission strives to 实现. Students, staff, faculty and other community members are always welcome to enjoy the garden space as a place for rest, reflection, fun and learning.
The garden supplies local 食物, grown using organic practices, to Skidmore's dining 大厅. It facilitates a connection to, and appreciation for, the 食物 that we eat and offers hands-on learning opportunities for the Skidmore community. 花园提供了一个 outlet for community members interested in environmental issues, social justice and economic development to learn about the local 食物 movement and the ecology of 食物. In its first season, the garden produced more than 1,100 lbs of 食物, and students hosted a "harvest dinner" that served more than 150 students 食物 that was either produced by the student garden or donated by the Saratoga Farmers Market.
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| 北百老汇花园，2010年 | Garden at current site by Wiecking Hall, 2019 |
For a blast to the past, check out the Annual Garden Reports posted on this webpage 和/或访问下面的链接.
Beginning in fall 2021, Julia Danielsen '22, Emily Chase '22, and Lily Feldman '22 began exploring the feasibility of a campus hoop house, a type of temporary greenhouse, 为了他们的毕业项目.
With the guidance of Lowery Parker, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences, and under the umbrella of the ESS program’s 粮食系统倡议， they worked closely with local farmers at Pleasant Valley Farms, Old Saratoga Mercantile, 9 Miles East, Native Farm Flowers, and Pitney Meadows Community Farm to gather research.
In spring of 2022, they prepared a budget proposal and feasibility plan for such a structure at Skidmore, managed a 10-week pilot program, and secured funding for a hoop house kit through the College’s capital budget. 一项师生暑期研究 grant allowed Julia and Emily to stay through the summer to see the project through, and a gift from a private donor through Skidmore’s 可持续性 办公室 funded the 采购工具和用品.
Through their work with multiple stakeholders at Skidmore and in the local region, Chase and Danielsen say the experience has shown them the value of community-building, raising environmental awareness, and elevating social resources and learning opportunities.*
Meet Julia and Emily in this short film about the hoop house project:
这篇文章来自a 火博体育的文章发表于2022年8月8日.
Each summer a student manages the garden and creates an annual report highlighting the summer growing season, amount of produce grown and provides recommendations for 下一个生长季节. Check out the take aways season to season from our garden 过去的管理者.
