Calling on Garden Support – Extension Master Gardener Volunteers

Early spring is the time when garden organizers are taking stock: Are there enough tools on hand? What needs to be fixed or upgraded? Do we need to order compost? In our logistical rush to get things ready, let us not forget perhaps the most important question: Do we have the people committed to the […]

Voices of Vermont Extension Master Gardener Project Leaders & Community Partners

By Libby Weiland

Seed Libraries: Conserving Biodiversity, Building Community, Sharing Resources

By Claire Londagin VCGN Network Outreach Assistant

Growing and Harvesting Popcorn is an Annual Tradition at Westminster Schools!

By Irene Canaris Garden Coordinator

Fall Grow It! – 4 Workshops, 4 Unique Garden Sites

VCGN visited four sites with unique compost systems for this Fall’s Grow It! workshops:

Gardening and Cooking with Kids

By Carolina Lukac Gardens for Learning Statewide Coordinator

Green Thumbs at Work: Transforming Concrete Landscapes

By Libby Weiland Statewide Network Coordinator

Lessons from the gardens: Hope in the wake of tragedy

Williston’s Oliver Gardner Community Garden Makes a Move

By Aaron DaCosta In late April, the Oliver Gardner Community Garden moved their raised beds, stakes, hoses, and rain barrels across town to Williston Central School. The site had been located behind Gardener’s Supply near Taft Corners for the past seven years. The land owner had allowed the garden group to set up there and […]

The Seven Sisters of Abenaki Indigenous Agriculture

One of the recurring themes during my first season gardening in Vermont has been seeds – where seeds originally come from and how to honor the sacredness of life within a seed when seeds are so abundant and readily available in Vermont.  Last month I went to a workshop on northeastern indigenous crops hosted by […]

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