Lyme-Old Lyme MS ‘Eco Warriors’ Go Into Trenches at Food Share Garden

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June 17, 2025
Members of the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Eco Warriors club visit the Lyme-Old Lyme Food Share Garden at Town Woods Park to learn more about the group that they help support through lessons learned in the middle school greenhouse.

LYME/OLD LYME–A partnership between the Lyme-Old Lyme Food Share Garden (LOLFSG) and Lyme-Old Lyme (LOL) Schools continued last week as a group of “Eco Warriors” descended on the garden at Town Woods Park in Old Lyme. 

Lyme-Old Lyme Food Share Garden Board Member Peter Hunt said the members of the LOL Middle School Eco Warriors club were given a tour of the food share and pollinator garden. They also helped roll up row cover in the cabbage patch to help prevent the cabbage from overheating and bolting during a hot spell as the plants enter their final weeks of maturation.

The visit stemmed from last year’s joint effort to restore the greenhouse at the middle school to benefit the schools and wider community. A fundraising push by the LOLFSG yielded $8,000 in donations from the community and the statewide SustainableCT initiative. 

Eco Warriors uncover cabbage in the Lyme-Old Lyme Food Share Garden at Town Woods Park.

The project included replacement of polycarbonate panels on the roof, sides and gable end of the greenhouse. Exhaust fans, shutters, and vents were added, along with an irrigation system and hydroponic tower. 

Hunt said the Eco Warriors were especially interested in where the crops go after harvesting. All produce is donated to local free food distribution programs in Old Lyme and New London County.

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Elizabeth Regan

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