City Farm or Community Farm

The school established gardens in the front yard in 2019 for classroom activities, fresh vegetables, and fruit production. The produce goes to  school lunches or local food banks. 

This high production garden not only serves the students of Port Townsend High School, but the PT Food Bank during the summer months.  Teacher Jennifer Kruse helps students get the most from the plot.  During the summer months Food Bank Growers manage the space. The garden has been feeding students and donating food to the Food Bank since 2012 via this space.  Volunteers meet Fridays 9-11. 

Renamed in 2021 as The Red Hen Food Bank Garden is hosted on the same property of the RainCoast Farms Event Center. The owners Mike Gaede and Margaret Stroemer have provided the space and two green houses for Food Bank Growers to plant and harvest fresh food for the patrons of the Tri-Area Food Bank. Volunteers meet Tuesday 10-12 in the spring and 9-11 in the summer. Contact Mary Hunt for details. MaryClareHunt@gmail.com

The orchard began in 2010 and now has 70 trees producing over 1500 pounds of fruit for students to eat fresh or go to the food bank when school isn't in session. To learn about individual tree types, their production, and their care go here: https://sites.google.com/site/blueheronschoolorchard/