Welcome to the UMA Community Gardens!

UMA Community Gardens LogoUMA’s Community Gardens are seedbeds for social connection and civic engagement.

Over the last few years, the University of Maine at Augusta Community Gardens have been reborn as educational centers that integrate coursework, research, student clubs, campus events, and outreach to surrounding communities.

In the gardens, growing community and growing food take place side by side. The vegetables we grow are donated to on-campus food closets and off-campus food banks as part of our commitment to address food insecurity in the state of Maine. In this way, the UMA Community Gardens are not just projects for engagement but also for service and justice.

To learn more about our work, click the tabs below, or read our annual reports (2017 report | 2018 report | 2019 Augusta report).

This garden invites everyone, no matter where you come from, what language you speak, what ideas you hold, or what hopes you nurture. You are welcome here.

– James Cook, Associate Professor of Sociology

The Augusta Campus Community Garden

Spring/Summer 2024 Update: The University of Maine at Augusta Community Garden is reopening this spring/summer with a new UMA Augusta Student Garden Club! Any UMA student is welcome to join. Those interested in joining the garden club should contact Dr. Zachary Roth or fill out this 2-minute interest form.

Acts of Participation in the UMA Augusta Community Garden, from March to November 2019, measured in hours of gardening events, pounds of food, and acts of participation in gardening

Acts of Participation in non-gardening events sponsored by the UMA Augusta Community Garden in 2019

The University of Maine at Augusta Augusta-Campus Garden Labyrinth, July 5 2018

Aerial photograph of the augusta community garden 2018Augusta Community Garden Student Presentation Day, May 2 2018Augusta Community Garden Community Day brought children out to paint birdhouses and decorate the garden fence.The first permanent labyrinth at the University of Maine at Augusta was built in Spring 2018 in the UMA Augusta Campus Community Garden. A path of white clover will be perennial, with annual vegetables and flowers growing in the labyrinth walls.Augusta Community GardenAugusta Community GardenAugusta Community GardenAugusta Community GardenThe University of Maine at Augusta Community Garden Labyrinth grew in well during the Summer of 2018. By fall, a wall of sunflowers reached as much as 11 feet high.CabbageTomatoesSunflowerRed salad bowl lettuceDelicata squashCarrot topCony HS Volunteers in the gardenCony HS Volunteers in the Community Garden

Interested in learning more? Contact Dr. Zachary Roth at zachary.roth@maine.edu

The Bangor Campus Community Garden

The UMA Bangor Community Garden is a space for anyone to explore the world of gardening. We partner with the Peace and Justice Center and supply food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens and food security programs. Don’t hesitate to get involved! Can you dig it?

Daffodils in the UMA Bangor GardenTulips in the UMA Bangor GardenStudents in the bangor community garden practicing social distancingStudents in the bangor community garden practicing social distancingStudents in the bangor community garden practicing social distancingAs of May 5, 2019, the hugels are constructed and ready for topsoil!As of May 5, 2019, the hugels are constructed and ready for topsoil!As of May 5, 2019, the hugels are constructed and ready for topsoil!30 yards of topsoil delivered for our labyrinth in May, 2019.30 yards of topsoil delivered for our labyrinth in May, 2019.30 yards of topsoil delivered for our labyrinth in May, 2019.Bangor Community GardenBangor Community GardenBangor Community GardenBangor Community GardenBangor Community GardenUMA Bangor community gardenUMA Bangor community garden harvest

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