Happy February to you all! I feel like I blinked and all of a sudden we’re midway through winter. Though the farm is nestled snugly under a blanket of snow, all of us at G2G have been busy preparing for the year to come. As the brand new Farm Director, I’ve been spending a lot ... Click to read more.
Join us for an experiential workshop on elderberry pruning! Learn effective techniques for maintaining healthy, productive elderberry plants, and then put your new skills to work as we prune together on the farm. This hands-on session is led by Abbie Sewall, a certified organic elderberry grower and the founder of The Bailey Farm ... Click to read more.
Join us for a fun and hands-on workshop where we'll be making paper pots out of newspapers to pot up our tender, warm-weather seedlings. Enjoy a cozy morning with tea, coffee, and light snacks as we get ready for the growing season. Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ... Click to read more.
2025 Winter Garden Workshop series: Growing Literacy We are proud to partner with Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust and Curtis Memorial Library to offer this annual workshop series—a great opportunity to build gardening skills and connect with the community. Featuring master gardeners and experts, each workshop provides valuable insights on a range of gardening topics. Bring ... Click to read more.
The Passing of the Chard (aka the Torch) It’s been a busy fall for all of us at Growing to Give. We were pleasantly surprised by the continuation of the growing season. Every day has been like a gift. Warm sunshine kept us harvesting crops like leeks, sweet potatoes, collards, chard, Hakurei salad turnips, spinach, ... Click to read more.
The colors of harvesting in August. The August harvest brings about a special excitement. It awakens our senses to the taste, sight and smell of vegetables we haven’t had for a year. We always long for those first tomatoes picked in the warm sunshine destined for salads or sandwiches. Sungold cherry tomatoes popped directly into ... Click to read more.
Growing to Give Reaches 100,000-pounds of Donated Organic Produce August 16, 2024 – Growing to Give, a nonprofit farm operation in Brunswick, Maine, is proud to announce the achievement of a major milestone: the donation of 100,000 pounds of organic produce to Mainers experiencing food insecurity since its founding in 2017. Equivalent to an estimated ... Click to read more.
Greetings everyone! I want to share some good news about Genevieve, our Farm Coordinator. She has been accepted to the University of New Hampshire, where she plans to study ecology, starting in the spring semester 2025. This young woman has blossomed from a quiet, observant Farm Skills Training Program participant in 2022, to the smiling, ... Click to read more.
Join us for a Community Night at Brickyard Hollow Brewing Company! We're partnering with Brickyard Hollow for an evening of great food, drinks, and community. Come out, enjoy a night with friends, and support a great cause. A portion of the night's sales will go directly to Growing to Give, supporting ... Click to read more.
We grow a lot more than vegetables! We grow community! I was struck this week, getting ready for our Farmyard Jam, with the amount of pride that was evident all around me. I only needed to remind our crew that this was our moment in the sun, so to speak, for the 2024 growing season. ... Click to read more.
