PCF Invites the Community to a Ribbon Cutting for the New Career Technical Education Greenhouse
Photo By PCF’s Camden Kinnie. Photo shows construction of the Greenhouse at the Ishpeming Middle School Garden in 2025.
We are pleased to invite our community a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in celebration of the new Ishpeming Public School District Career Technical Education greenhouse. This event will take place on Earth Day Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 1:00PM in the Partridge Creek Ishpeming Middle School Garden, located at 402 Cleveland Ave, Ishpeming. Following the ceremony hosted by the Lake Superior Community Partnership, all attendees are welcome to participate in an Earth Day activity: the inaugural planting of the School Greenhouse with our students. We sincerely hope you will join us for this exciting event.
The Greenhouse was purchased by the Ishpeming Public School District through the 61S grant funding from the State of Michigan through the Eaton RESA, Michigan Department of Education. The Greenhouse and the Ishpeming Middle School Garden site are stewarded by Partridge Creek Farm.
Learn More About The School Greenhouse
The Greenhouse
The greenhouse was purchased by the Ishpeming Public School District (IPSD) as part of a 61S grant Funding from the State of Michigan through the Eaton RESA, Michigan Department of Education, for CTE (Career and Technical Education) classes and will be operated by the Applied Horticulture CTE class (called Flipping the Food System) as well as PCF. It will be used as a learning space and to steward healthy soil in order to grow food for the Ishpeming Middle/High School cafeteria.
Photo by: PCF’s Camden Kinnie. Photo shows the finished Greenhouse at the Ishpeming Middle School Garden in April.
Greenhouse Construction
Construction began on the Greenhouse in August of 2025 and is now fully constructed and ready for use as of April 2026. Construction was completed by PCF, the Ishpeming Lions Club, local volunteers, and IPSD students. PCF is grateful for volunteer and student participation in the building of this structure.
Photo by: PCF’s Mary Andronis. In the photo Ishpeming High School CTE students help build the Greenhouse.
Educational Programming in the Middle School Garden
While the Greenhouse is owned by the Ishpeming Public School District through the 61S grant funding from the State of Michigan through the Eaton RESA, Michigan Department of Education., the following Partridge Creek Farm youth programs utilize the Ishpeming Middle School Garden, and Marquette County youth now have a unique educational opportunity to participate in growing extended-season food in Greenhouses.
Farm-to-School Program: Ishpeming Middle School 5th-6th graders learn about cultivating healthy soil in order to grow nutrient-rich food for their community in a way that benefits their ecosystem.
Healthy Cooking Program: Cooking healthy food is demystified for Ishpeming Middle School 5th-6th graders as they learn how to cook simple and delicious meals that meet their nutrition needs.
Garden Club: Open to 5th-8th graders. It takes place after school every Thursday during the growing season.
Farm-to-School Summer Camp: Open to rising 6th-9th graders. It will take place during the week of August 10th this summer.
Photo by: PCF’s Keats Dormont. In the photo Ishpeming High School CTE students help prepare the site for Greenhouse construction.
