Seeking community and fresh fall air? Sunday mornings, around 9am, volunteers gather to work the community garden at MacDougal Park.
Historically this garden was started up to grow food for the AIO Food Pantry. This year the project has been a little in transition but, with community support, is set to be revived for more food harvesting next year.
If you'd like to get involved, please message this page or send an email to
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If you've like to come by and check it out, join us on a Sunday morning. Bring your gloves and favorite weeding tools if you have them.
No gardening experience required.
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More about the project:
The MacDougal Community Garden began back in 2017 by a small group of volunteers who had a vision for growing food for our community in a prominent space that is prime for gathering.
Over the years the garden has served, not only as a source of donated veggies to our local AIO food pantry, but as a source of camaraderie and companionship.
Partly due to sudden loss last year of one of its core volunteers and founders, Zander Shaw and personal and life challenges of other volunteers involved—the project is now in a bit of an ebb and in need of some new volunteer energy.
Ongoing volunteer work involves weekly work gatherings throughout the summer, which typically happen on Sundays at 9 or 10, depending on the weather; other needs are watering throughout the week.
Annual needs involve winter meetings to plan the garden plantings for the year.
An additional need right now is for some sprucing up of the wood chip paths (if you have a pickup truck and are willing, we could use a load or two of hemlock chips from NC Hunt down in Damariscotta.
Thank you!
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