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2023-24 SACO COMMUNITY GARDEN STEERING COMMITTEE
Peg Mills
Joel Hersom
Joel Hersom
Chair
Joel Hersom
Joel Hersom
Joel Hersom
Vice-Chair/Treasurer
Karen Martel
Walter Buczacz
Walter Buczacz
Communications Secretary
Walter Buczacz
Walter Buczacz
Walter Buczacz
Member-at-Large
Alex MacPhail
Alex MacPhail
Alex MacPhail
Member-at-Large
Bruce Martel
Alex MacPhail
Alex MacPhail
Member-at-Large
Amanda Mondor
Alex MacPhail
Amanda Mondor
Member-at-Large
John Saulle
Member-at-Large
A Brief History of the garden
How it All Started
The Garden was established by community volunteers in 2009, and is now in it’s 15th season. This garden in Haley Park on King Street in Saco began as an idea to increase the “Green” in Saco. Beginning in March 2009 we created an organization, solicited support, and dug in to make the Saco Community Garden a reality.
With Help from our Friends
The City of Saco provided the site, a few dedicated York County Master Gardeners supplied the know-how and many civic organizations and businesses gave generously to start the garden:
- Biddeford Regional Center for Technology
- Boy Scouts of America
- Dayton Sand & Gravel
- Deering Lumber
- Godbout Plumbing & Heating
- Lavalley Lumber
- Maine Community Foundation
- Maine Energy Recovery Company
- Moody’s Nursery
- New England Grassroots Environmental Fund
- Patriot Subaru
- PeoplesChoice Credit Union
- Precision Screw Machine Products, Inc.
- Rotary Club of Biddeford-Saco
- Rotary Club of Saco Bay
- Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution
- Saco Frame Center
- Saco Masonic Lodge No. 9 AF& AM
- Saco Parks and Recreation
- Saco Valley Credit Union
- Sam L. Cohen Foundation
- Sam’s Place
- Southern Maine Medical Center
- Winterwood Farm
- York County Federal Credit Union
It Took Some Work
The site, while ideal in terms of parking, water access and sun, had more of a base of grass over street rubble than an ideal planting medium. We excavated down more than a foot and replaced the soil with a Winterwood mix of 50 percent loam/50 percent organic compost. Volunteers measured out the plots and renters quickly claimed their 48 gardens. Students from the Biddeford tech school designed and built our handsome post and beam shed.