Plymouth County Sheriff's Farm Companion and Pollinator Garden

The Companion & Pollinator Garden at Plymouth County Sheriff's Farm is a partnership project of food production beds and pollinator plants put together with support from Mass Audubon and Terra Cura. This small but growing section of raised beds nestled within the petting zoo area can be found near the picnic area and parking lot.

Included is a raised bed dedicated to native plants.  Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis), Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), Clustered mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum), Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum), New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), and Wild Bergamot  (Monarda fistulosa).

Beyond the raised bed project is a 90-acre farm - the oldest operational prison farm in the country that was historically used to grow food to feed inmates. As part of rehabilitative, educational, and vocational programs qualified inmates are eligible for work assignments on the farm. The farm now grows and donates thousands of pounds of fresh vegetables to area food pantries every year.

Also at this location is the new hydroponics and aquaponics Environmental Justice Education Center. https://www.pcsdma.org/farm.html