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The Forest Garden is between Kellogg House and Stetson Hall. The Forest Garden was maintained by the Forest Garden group from 1998 to 2006. From 2006 to 2010 the Forest Garden was abandoned due to the looming construction of the Stetson-Sawyer project.  The [[Sustainable Growers]] revived the garden in 2010 due to the postponement of construction.  There are many plants including basil, cilantro, thyme, sage, oregano, parsley, rosemary, lavender, bean, watermelon, buckwheat, lemon balm, spearmint, and peppermint.
| name          = Forest Garden
 
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| selective      = No
 
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| meeting-time  = Saturdays 9:30 AM
 
| meeting-place  = Forest Garden (Next to Kellogg House)
 
| contact-name  = Erin Blanchard
 
| contact-unix  = 06eeb
 
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| website        =
 
| established    = 1998
 
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The Forest Garden used to be between Kellogg House and Stetson Hall. Now that Kellogg is vacant and slated to (eventually) move out of the way of the new Stetson-Sawyer Library construction, the Forest Garden has reverted to nature. But it will return, someday somewhere.
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The Forest Garden had to be abandoned in spring 2011 with the renewed construction of the Steston-Sawyer project. Some plants (rhubarb, black raspberries, currants, sage) were successfully transplanted to the Parsons Garden, managed by the Williams Sustainable Growers (WSG). Check out the blog at: http://williamsgrowers.blogspot.com/.

Latest revision as of 10:25, July 12, 2011

The Forest Garden is between Kellogg House and Stetson Hall. The Forest Garden was maintained by the Forest Garden group from 1998 to 2006. From 2006 to 2010 the Forest Garden was abandoned due to the looming construction of the Stetson-Sawyer project. The Sustainable Growers revived the garden in 2010 due to the postponement of construction. There are many plants including basil, cilantro, thyme, sage, oregano, parsley, rosemary, lavender, bean, watermelon, buckwheat, lemon balm, spearmint, and peppermint.

The Forest Garden had to be abandoned in spring 2011 with the renewed construction of the Steston-Sawyer project. Some plants (rhubarb, black raspberries, currants, sage) were successfully transplanted to the Parsons Garden, managed by the Williams Sustainable Growers (WSG). Check out the blog at: http://williamsgrowers.blogspot.com/.