Terrell House Permaculture Living & Learning Center

Terrell House Permaculture Living & Learning Center Terrell House Permaculture Living and Learning Center is and inspiring space for hands-on learning, research, and cooperative living.

The student residents tend the demonstration garden on site, and lead the Permaculture & Gardening Club at Umaine Terrell House, a university-owned property at 491A College Avenue, is an inspiring space for hands-on learning, collaboration, research, and cooperative living. Incorporating principles of sustainable design, local food, and intentional community, Terrell House provides a location for

interdisciplinary learning and research, events and workshops, a resident community, and a community garden. Terrell House was built in the 1980s as an energy systems experiment by two UMaine professors, a contractor, and several graduate students. It has been a model for interdisciplinary experimentation and applied research from its very beginning. Graduate students participated from the early stages in research, planning, and construction. Current residents and volunteers have diverse interests and fields of study, but are drawn together by an overarching desire to participate in interdisciplinary work related to social, ecological, and economic justice. Terrell House Permaculture Living & Learning Center incorporates a small intentional community, educational events, and a community garden. Residents oversee all aspects of the project including programming and volunteer management. Our vision includes a supportive social environment, affordable housing, on-site food production and preservation, educational opportunities, and community building and outreach, all guided by permaculture ethics and design principles. Visitors and volunteers can participate at Terrell House through potlucks, skill shares, workshops, permablitzes, and community gardening. Residents at Terrell House share household and programming responsibilities through regular house meetings, planning sessions, design and garden work, and experimentation with a variety of systems and approaches to communication, education, and economics.

So many beautiful people at open garden!!! Join us Sundays 10-12 for community and vegetables.
08/02/2026

So many beautiful people at open garden!!! Join us Sundays 10-12 for community and vegetables.

Grapes, garlics, cucumbers. Should we have an open garden loyalty card for our regulars?
07/26/2026

Grapes, garlics, cucumbers. Should we have an open garden loyalty card for our regulars?

Please come and support these local artists!
06/25/2026

Please come and support these local artists!

The people are OUT in the beautiful rain at open garden 🪏
06/07/2026

The people are OUT in the beautiful rain at open garden 🪏

Rumor has it some of you permaculturists are in town this summer. If this is the case for you, please join us this Sunda...
05/16/2026

Rumor has it some of you permaculturists are in town this summer. If this is the case for you, please join us this Sunday and EVERY Sunday from 10am-12pm. Bring a friend and we’ll see you there!!

Happening this week! Come beat the rain by starting mushroom logs with us and UMaine Mushroom Club on April 30th at 3:30...
04/28/2026

Happening this week! Come beat the rain by starting mushroom logs with us and UMaine Mushroom Club on April 30th at 3:30! Go home with your own mushroom log!!

Here’s our April schedule!! Thanks to everyone who’s been stopping by open garden! We’re keeping the construction moment...
04/08/2026

Here’s our April schedule!! Thanks to everyone who’s been stopping by open garden! We’re keeping the construction momentum going, so grab your high vis and get creative - we’re building raised beds!🦺🔨🪏🏡🫜

That’s right, open garden is back! Planting season is just around the corner and we need your help. Join us every Sunday...
03/23/2026

That’s right, open garden is back! Planting season is just around the corner and we need your help. Join us every Sunday starting this Sunday to prep the garden and start seeds!

Hey potluck fam! Terrell house is hosting our semesterly potluck THIS FRIDAY! Please bring buddies, eats, and extra serv...
03/23/2026

Hey potluck fam! Terrell house is hosting our semesterly potluck THIS FRIDAY! Please bring buddies, eats, and extra serving dishes if possible. Join us afterwards at the Bangor Contra Dance!

YOU ARE INVITED! To the first annual Terrell House Word Jam Pajamajam. Come in your PJs with a story to tell, a poem to ...
03/04/2026

YOU ARE INVITED! To the first annual Terrell House Word Jam Pajamajam. Come in your PJs with a story to tell, a poem to share, or a song to sing! Maybe a comedy skit? Or an interpretive dance?? Whatever is in your heart, come and share it with us! See you this Friday at 7!!

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