Mar 24, 2008

Category: General

Work crews have rennovated Blueberry Cove buildings, including the "Skylight," a space to support our gardening programs.

A work crew from the Maine State Prison's Building Trades program has been helping to renovate old camp buildings in preparation for an expanded residential camp program offering in summer 2008.

The good-natured, jovial 3-man crew is under the direction of Building Trades Instructor Barry Roe and have been busily leveling and re-siding a camp building known as the "Skylight." Roe says that the project "is a good way for the guys to get experience and to give back to the community" and that he is pleased to be able to work for a 4-H project.

The structure will be used as a garden program space containing a potting work bench for seeds, a garden library, and curriculum materials which will be used this spring with students participating in the St. George School garden project and also this coming season as a program classroom for summer campers.

"Skylight, which overlooks our seaside garden, will provide a great space for learning both before and after hands-on exploration in the garden," said Hanna Wheeler, Blueberry Cove Program Coordinator. "School field trips, tours, and our outdoor education camps will all use this building."

Building materials for the siding have been generously donated by Jim Robbins, President of Robbins Lumber of Searsmont. The lumber is white pine, certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and grown locally in Maine-in keeping with Tanglewood's mission to promote environmental sustainability and the local use of natural resources.