Ways to Engage with Horticulture Programs in Your Area
Prospective volunteers are encouraged to use these area resources to connect with your local county Extension program.
Select your county from the list below or scroll down to view the opportunities available in your area:
- Aroostook
- Androscoggin-Sagadahoc
- Cumberland
- Franklin
- Hancock
- Kennebec
- Knox & Lincoln
- Oxford
- Penobscot
- Piscataquis
- Somerset
- Waldo
- Washington
- York
Aroostook
- Check out community gardens located in Aroostook County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Aroostook County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow the UMaine Extension Aroostook Facebook page
Androscoggin/Sagadahoc:
- Interested in Food Security: The Merrymeeting Gleaners and the Androscoggin Gleaners cover these counties.
- Landtrusts such as the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust (BTLT) and their Tom Settlemire Community Garden, Androscoggin Land Trust, and Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and their LOCAL Garden all have volunteer programs.
- Check out community gardens located in these counties (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Androscoggin and Sagadahoc Counties UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow the UMaine Extension Facebook page
Cumberland:
- Visit the UMaine Gardens in Tidewater Farm located at 200 Presumpscot Point Rd, Falmouth, ME 04105. We host workshops, garden tours, field trips and large community events at Tidewater Farm. The gardens are also a popular destination for passive education and outdoor recreation due to our location in the Portland Metropolitan area.
- Subscribe to our monthly Cumberland County Upcoming Events Newsletter and seasonal Tidewater Farm Newsletter by visiting our website here.
- Follow the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County Facebook page.
- Visit the Cumberland County UMaine Extension webpage
- Sign up as a volunteer gleaner with the Cumberland County Gleaning Initiative.
- Check out community gardens located in Cumberland County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
Franklin:
- Contact Kate Garland to inquire about general information about volunteering in Franklin County. katherine.garland@maine.edu 207.942.7396
- Check out community gardens located Franklin County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Franklin County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow the UMaine Extension Franklin Facebook page
Hancock:
- Hancock/Washington County MGV Newsletter – monthly. Please contact the Hancock County office for details: extension.hancock@maine.edu 207.667.8212
- Downeast Gleaning Initiative, sponsored by Healthy Acadia – contact: Eleanor Jones at eleanor.jones@healthyacadia.org (open to both MGV’s and other volunteers)
- Check out community gardens located in Hancock County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Hancock County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow the UMaine Extension Hancock County Facebook page
Kennebec:
- Central Maine Gleaners (Waterville area) and Kennebec Gleaners (Augusta area) are working on food security.
- Local garden clubs are very active. Central Maine (Waterville) and Kennbec Valley Garden clubs are centrally located.
- The Blaine House (Jeff Dutil) and Viles Arboretum both use volunteers to maintain their properties
- Check out community gardens located in Kennebec County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Kennebec County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow the UMaine Extension Hancock County Facebook page
Knox/Lincoln:
- Contact Vina Lindley to learn more about volunteering in Knox or Lincoln County
- Health Lincoln County website / Lincoln County Gleaners; Healthy Lincoln County Facebook page
- Knox County Gleaners facebook page, Contact: Kristie Kosalski knoxcountygleaners@gmail.com 207-509-9211
- Check out community gardens located in these counties (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Knox-Lincoln Counties UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow the UMaine Extension Facebook page
Oxford:
- The newly formed Western Maine Gleaners is looking for volunteers, contact Annie Kern at Alan Day Community Garden
- Check out community gardens located in Oxford County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Oxford County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow UMaine Extension Oxford County on Facebook
Penobscot:
- Contact Kate Garland to inquire about general information about volunteering in Penobscot County. katherine.garland@maine.edu 207.942.7396
- Check out community gardens located in Penobscot County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Penobscot County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow UMaine Extension Penobscot County on Facebook
Piscataquis:
- Contact Kate Garland to inquire about general information about volunteering in Piscataquis County. katherine.garland@maine.edu 207.942.7396
- Contact Laurie Bowen about Maine Harvest for Hunger volunteer opportunities. laurie.bowen@maine.edu 207.942.7396
- Check out community gardens located in Piscataquis County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Piscataquis County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow UMaine Extension Piscataquis County on Facebook
Somerset:
- Contact Kate Garland to inquire about general information about volunteering in Somerset County. katherine.garland@maine.edu 207.942.7396
- Check out community gardens located in Somerset County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Somerset County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow UMaine Extension Somerset County on Facebook
Waldo:
- Contact vina.lindley@maine.edu to learn more about volunteering in Waldo County
- Waldo County Bounty (gleaning program & give & take tables)
- Belfast Garden Club, a variety of volunteer opportunities (e.g. Wales Park Community Garden, Tree Working Group (TWiG), school garden support)
- Check out community gardens located in Waldo County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Waldo County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow the UMaine Extension Waldo County Facebook page
Washington:
- Hancock/Washington County MGV Newsletter – monthly. Please contact the Hancock County office for details: extension.hancock@maine.edu 207.667.8212
- Check out community gardens located in Washington County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the Washington County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow the UMaine Extension Facebook Page
York:
- Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm welcomes volunteers
- The Harvest for Hunger Project is the food security group in York County
- Check out community gardens located in York County (and beyond) using our Community Garden Map.
- Visit the York County UMaine Extension webpage
- Follow the UMaine Extension Facebook page