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KSGN Members

Listed Alphabetically by member name - Schools are highlighted in red,

 

Aline Abel, Volunteer

Hayfield Montessori School

2000 Tyler Lane
Louisville, KY 40205

(502) 454-7122

As of spring 2009, in the first stages of growing a school garden.

 

Maggie Barrett

Foxhollow Farm

8905 Highway 329

Crestwood, KY 40014

(502) 241-9674

magsbarrett@gmail.com

www.foxhollow.com

 

Michael A. Boice

Oldham County, Cooperative Extension Service

1815 North Highway 393

LaGrange, KY  40031

Tel: (502) 222-9453

michael.boice@uky.edu

Education and resources for horticulture through University of Kentucky

 

Robin Burke, Director, Producer, Independent Filmmaker

mailing address:

PO BOX 1260

Mount Washington, KY  40047

502 744-4344

robinburkefilm@gmail.com

Current fun web sites:  www.livinglightlythefilm.com  and www.miracleontheohio.com and www.thegreenbuilding.com

 

Jim Busch, Owner

Landscape business

1024 Highland

Louisville, KY 

Tel: (502) 581-9064

Fax: (502) 589-7376

jimbusch@iglou.com

Offer experience developing, designing, and managing school gardens

 

Dr. Paul Cappiello

Yew Dell Gardens

6220 Old LaGrange Road

Crestwood, KY  40014

Tel: (502) 241-4788

paulc@yewdellgardens.org

www.yewdellgardens.org

Offer to help schools create gardens, provide offsite gardens and training

 

Danville Montessori School

411 E Main St
Danville, KY 40422
(859) 236-9310

Docent Gardener:  Pete and Brenda Cashel at Terrapin Farms

 

Pete and Brenda Cashel, owners

Terrapin Hill Farm

3696 Mackville Road

Harrodsburg, KY  40330

Tel: (859) 734-7207

brenda@terrapinHillFarm.com

www.TerapinHillFarm.com

Docent Gardeners.   Help get gardens "started" in the school curriculum; Offsite training facilities and garden sites.

 

Holly E. Clark

Foxhollow Farm

8905 Highway 329

Crestwood, KY 40014

(502) 241-9674

hollyclark26@gmail.com

Arranges and provides educational opportunities for students at Foxhollow Farm.

Holly also helped to start a school garden for the girls at Maryhurst and can share her experience there.

 

John Delautre, Head of School

St. Francis School

11000 US Hwy 42

Goshen, Kentucky 40026

(502) 228-1197, ext 106

jdelautre@stfrancisschool.org

www.stfrancisschool.org

Offer enhanced curriculum to their students by utilizing on campus gardens, greenhouse and nature preserve.

Docent Gardener:  Ben Walters with Paradis Farms

 

Aloma Dew

Sierra Club Kentucky

(270) 685-2034

aloma.dew@sierraclub.org

http://kentucky.sierraclub.org/

Aloma gives presentations of the importance of growing and eating local food. She also organizes the annual Healthy Food Local Farms Conference.

 

Rob Frederick, VP Director of Corporate Responsibility

Brown-Forman Corporation

850 Dixie Highway

Louisville, KY  40210

(502) 774-7707

rob_frederick@b-f.com

www.brown-forman.com

 

Kayleigh Gamble

Community Farm Alliance

Louisville Office
2130 Portland Ave, #1
Louisville, KY 40212
Phone: 502-775-4041
Fax: 502-775-4039

kgamble@hungercenter.org

www.communityfarmalliance.org

 

Aly Goldberg, volunteer

Kentucky School Garden Network

c/o St. Francis School

11000 US Hwy 42

Goshen, Kentucky 40026

(502) 457-9986

ajgoldberg@insightbb.com

Aly is a parent and Board member at St. Francis School. She volunteers her time to assit with the administrative work for KSGN.

 

Kandris Goodwin

MSD

goodwink@msdlouky.org

 

Mary Goral, Education, PhD, MS, BS

Bellarmine University School of Education

2001 Newburg Road

Louisville KY 40205

(502) 452-8131

mgoral@bellarmine.edu

http://www.bellarmine.edu/

 

Carol Gundersen

Food Literacy Project

9001 Limehouse Lane

Louisville, KY  40222

Tel: (502) 491-0072

carol@foodliteracyproject.org

www.foodliteracyproject.org

A working vegetable farm with a Youth Learning Garden component and both farm fields and youth garden can be visited to get a sense of what is possible in a schoolyard garden.

 

Sherry Hurley

Farm To Fork Catering

1012 Ellison Avenue

Louisville, KY  40204

Tel: (502) 523-4840

farmtoforkfood@gmail.com

Caterer of local, sustainable produced ingredients. Offer to volunteer in school gardens, recipe development for children to cook with locally grown ingredients, cooking classes/demonstrations

 

David Keal

Field 51 Produce

1205 S Buckeye Lane
Goshen, KY 40026
502-292-8456
Dave@field51produce.com

www.Field51produce.com

 

Mark Keating

University of Kentucky Sustainable Agriculture Program

308JAG Science North

Lexington, KY  40546

Tel: (859) 257-5130

Fax: (859) 257-2859

mkeatz@UKY.edu

Offer education and resources for horticulture through University of Kentucky

 

Cynthia Knapek, Executive Director

Operation Brightside

400 South 1st Street

Louisville, KY 40202-1416

www.louisvilleky.gov/Brightside/

 

Mary K. Korfhage

Food is Elementary

2424 Douglass Boulevard

Louisville, KY  40205

Tel: (502) 458-2659

mkspots@aol.com

www.foodstudies.org

Non-Profit

Offer to share experiences with Food is Elementary and hopefully get more schools involved

 

Elizabeth  and Mike Mays, Owners

Heine Brothers' Coffee

2714 Frankfort Avenue

Louisville, KY 40206

502-899-5551

elizmays@bellsouth.net

Mmikemays@heinebroscoffee.com

www.heinebroscoffee.com

Elizabeth is currently working with the garden at Field Elementary.

Elizabeth Mays - Garden Volunteer

Bloom Elementary
1627 Lucia Ave.
Louisville, KY 40204

Tel: 502-485-8211

Fax: 502-485-8809

www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/schools/Elementary/bloom.html

 

Elizabeth Mays - Garden Volunteer

Hayfield Montessori
2000 Tyler Lane
Louisville, KY 40205
502 454.7122
hayfield-montessori1@insightbb.com
www.hayfieldmontessori.com

Karen Meyer

St. Raphael School

1715 Sutherland Drive

Louisville, KY  40205

Tel: (502) 459-3498

karenmey@bellsouth.net

Offer lesson plan writing - particularly using food from garden in recipes that children can cook in classrooms (nutrition aspects)

 

Traci Missum

Oldham County, Cooperative Extension Service

1815 North Highway 393

LaGrange, KY  40031

Tel: (502) 222-9453

Fax: (502) 222-7930

traci.mussun@UKY.edu

Offer advice on growing, provide services like soil testing and plant problem

diagnosis, recruit Master Gardener volunteers to help with your project.

 

Karyn Moskowitz, Business Development Officer

Community Farm Alliance

Louisville Office
2130 Portland Ave, #1
Louisville, KY 40212
Phone: 502-775-4041
Fax: 502-775-4039
karyncfa@bellsouth.net

http://www.communityfarmalliance.org/

 

Layla Musselman

Ashbourne Farms, LLC

3800 Old Westport Rd.

La Grange, KY 40031

502-222-0602, office

laylamusselman@mac.com

www.ashbournefarms.com

Layla Musselman, Garden Volunteer Coordinator

Chance School

4200 Lime Kiln Lane

Louisville, KY 40222

502-425-6904 

laylamusselman@mac.com

www.chanceschool.org

Janey Newton

Foxhollow Farm

8905 Highway 329

Crestwood, KY 40014

(502) 241-9674

jnewt00@aol.com

www.foxhollow.com

 

Steve Paradis, Owner

Riverfarm Organics and Nursery

2901 N. Buckeye Lane

PO Box 56

Goshen, KY  40026

Toll Free: (800) 374-TREE

Local:  (502) 228-5408

riverfarmorganics@gmail.com

www.riverfarm.com

 

Denise K. Peterson, Horticulture Agent

Jefferson County Cooperative Extension

810 Barret Avenue
Louisville, KY 40204-1782
(502) 569-2344
dpeterso@uky.edu

http://ces2.ca.uky.edu/jefferson/

Offer education and resources for horticulture through University of Kentucky

  

Ginnie Richardson

Sullivan University

Louisville Campus
3101 Bardstown Road
Louisville, KY  40205
502.456.6505
gintisat@hotmail.com

www.sullivan.edu

 

Kaki Robinson, Volunteer

5416 Pawnee Trail

Louisville, KY 40207

502-384-9560

kbrobinson@insightbb.com

Kaki is a retired teacher at Kennedy Montessori Elementary School where she currently manages the school garden and the Environmental Club.

 

Eileen Schweinhart, Volunteer

St. Mary Academy

9114 Tiverton Way

Louisville, KY  40242

Tel: (502) 394-9745

bswine2@juno.com

Offer experience teaching Junior Master Gardener Classes to 4th graders at St. Mary Academy

 

Margaret Shea

Dropseed Native Plant Nursery

1205 S Buckeye Lane

Goshen, KY 40026

502 439 9033

Dave@field51produce.com

http://www.dropseednursery.com/

 

Claude Stephens, Director of Education

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest

PO Box 130

Clermont KY 40110

502-955-8512

cstephens@bernheim.org

www.bernheim.org

Bernheim is in the early stages of development for a demonstration project. They already have examples of native plant projects, rain gardens, parking lot design, native plant nursery operation, stream restoration, etc.

 

Katey Stone, Master Gardener

4513 Deepwood Drive

Louisville, KY 40241

(502) 228-4580

katequeenbee4@aol.com

Kater is a St. Francis School parent, volunteer, and Garden Committee Chair.

 

Ben Walter, Master Gardener

Riverfarm Organics and Nursery

2901 N. Buckeye Lane

PO Box 56

Goshen, KY  40026

Toll Free: (800) 374-TREE

Local:      (502) 228-5408

benw3170@gmail.com

www.riverfarm.com

Ben is the Docent Farmer for St. Francis School's Goshen Campus

 

David Wicks

Retired, Jefferson County Public Schools  Coordinator of Environmental Education

6215 Deep Creek Court

Prospect, KY 40059

(502) 228-7432

dwicks@bellsouth.net

 

Mark Williams, Chapter Leader

Slow Foods Bluegrass

(502) 548-2342

slowfoodbluegrass@msn.com

 

 

 

Kentucky School Garden Network                            KSGN@StFrancisSchool.org                       (502) 228-1197