Join our team to gain practical hands-on experience in garden sites and work alongside diverse communities of gardeners in the Burlington area. May-August8-12 hours per week$15/hr Application deadline: April 30 Read the full job description 26 Summer Apprenticeship.
Spring Workshops!
From planting calendars to seed starting and season extension, we have at least two workshops scheduled every month. Take a look at our Workshop or Greenhouse pages to learn more. Thanks to grant funding from SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) and Burlington’s CLF (Conservation Legacy Fund) all workshops are FREE!
April Newsletter
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Honoring Our Past and Present
It’s our 25th anniversary and we want to celebrate with you! We started in 2001 as Friends of Burlington Gardens in the home of Jim Flint. It took many leaders, volunteers and supporters over the years to grow from the grassroots gardening education organization to the portfolio of VGN managed teaching garden plots and a […]
Listen to us on StoryCorp
We were honored to be invited to share a conversation on NPR’s StoryCorp, featuring stories from frontline workers during the Covid pandemic. Carolina, VGN Co-Executive Director, and Jean Hamilton, a long-time collaborator, reflect on spending covid days focused on food access, the evolution of collective gardening, and the magic of seeds. Listen here: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/carolina-lukac-and-jean-hamilton/
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