This summer (May 2025), we had to say "see you later" to one of our student gardeners, Sophie Therrien, as she graduated and headed off to graduate school. Congratulations, Sophie. We will miss you and all of your hard work.

For the summer student garden position, we are delighted to add Isabelle Veenstra (Class of 2027) to our team. She will be a great addition, and we are excited to work with her! Emma Towers will also return as our other student gardener for the Summer of 2025 and the 2025-2026 school year.

Michelle Navarre and Rosemary Baker are continuing their work with us as Master Gardener Volunteers, part of the UMaine Cooperative Extension's Harvest for Hunger Program and the Master Gardener Volunteer program. Master Gardener training participants must complete 40 hours of volunteer service in a community garden, and our two gardeners chose UMF! 

• Michelle Navarre works on the UMF campus with the Adult Completion Program.

• Rosemary Baker works locally in special education and earned her Master's degree from UMF in Special Education.

Additionally, we added Geology Professor Larry Tuttle, who will work alongside Gretchen Legler as Co-Garden Director until Gretchen retires at the end of this year.