Last Call with Andrea Cameron, Forest Grove teacher and community gardener
Sarah Connell Sanders
Correspondent
Andrea Cameron spent the last year developing a flexible curriculum for the Community Teaching Garden and Literacy Project. Woodward Day School has already begun to use elements of the curriculum and Forest Grove Middle School, where Cameron teaches, will launch this project as an after-school club when COVID-19 protocols allow for it.
How long have you been in Worcester?
I grew up in Worcester over by St. Peter Marion. Now, I own a house in the Indian Lake neighborhood. I bought it about seven years ago. I work at Forest Grove, which is right down the hill from the lake. I met Carl Gomes two summers ago. He had an end-of-the-summer neighborhood block party. When I met him, he started talking about his vision for a community garden. I shared with him that I worked at Forest Grove and I loved his idea. Shortly after, I began working with him on a curriculum that we could use for the garden.