McDonogh Roots

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Maryland Food Bank Donation

Friday morning provided beautiful weather for McDonogh Roots' donation to the Maryland Food Bank. Many thanks to our on-the-spot recruits for helping load the truck. We...

Field Hockey Harvests Tomatoes

On Thursday, August 19, the JV and Varsity Field Hockey teams were out at the Roots plot to help harvest tomatoes. The girls gathered the tomatoes into buckets to be donated to...

Roots Update: Come out and weed!

A lot is happening in the Roots garden! The pumpkins are starting to sprout, and they should be ready just in time for Halloween festivities. They’ll make the perfect...

We have Green Beans!

We have green beans! This is our field in early July: the closer rows were planted first, and the farther rows went in during the last week of school. As we expected, we...

Apple Trees

Remember our apple trees? Planted back in December by fifth graders and first graders, we hope they don't kick the bucket! Since the trees are young, they haven't developed...

Roots Harvests

McDonogh Roots is a not-for-profit initiative of McDonogh School. Produce grown on the McDonogh Roots community plot will not be sold. Part of it will be donated to feed the hungry, and part will be used by Sage Dining Service to feed the school community. Harvest volunteers will be allowed to take some home as well.

Our Mission

McDonogh is a farm school, both in our traditions and our foundations. The farm unites our community through the cultivation of the earth and stewardship of the land. It directs us to extend the benefits we enjoy to those around us, challenges us to be aware of our environmental and social impact, and serves as a living classroom to stimulate growth and learning. Our farm builds upon the founder's original mission to develop in all of us the will "to do the greatest possible amount of good." — McDonogh Roots Mission Statement