The folks at the Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District (CCSWCD) are throwing a Harvest Celebration on September 28 from 10 a.m.-noon at the Phinney Food Forest on the corner of South Street and Green Street in Gorham.

As part of its ongoing efforts to establish two food forests as well as the “Edible Main Street” of planters filled with herbs and vegetables available to all to harvest, the CCSWCD is holding this event to continue to educate the public about not only its existence, but how the public can take advantage of its resources.

They will be offering guided tours to both identify all of the different types of plants and to share their deep knowledge of their many uses. These tours will be starting at intervals so drop by anytime to learn what healthy sustainable free food is available right now.

There will also be a raffle. The CCSWCD has created a Facebook page “Gorham Edible Main St and Food Forest” and is running their Photo Scavenger Hunt raffle there. Every couple of days, they are posting a request for photos of a specific type to be taken at one of their planters or either of the food forests and then posted to their account; for example, “Find a Bee.” Every post response is an entry to the raffle. More details and maps to locate the forests and planters are available on the Facebook page.