By Libby Weiland & Virginia Holiman My Visit “Show our guest what you’ve been growing,” says Ms. V, and within minutes of my arrival two young boys are guiding me around their yard–past the volunteer squash patch, through the archway starting to twine with scarlet runner beans, around the sunflowers just about to bloom, to […]
Garden Spotlight: Edible Brattleboro
“Grow Gardens Everywhere for Everyone” By Marilyn Chiarello (Edible Brattleboro) & Libby Weiland (VCGN) In January, 2015, Edible Brattleboro founder Marilyn Chiarello was first inspired to bring edible landscapes to Brattleboro after viewing Pam Warhurst’s TED Talk, entitled “How We Can Eat Our Landscapes.” With the support of Post Oil Solutions, a not-for-profit that develops […]
Good Food Good Medicine: Reaping Garden Benefits Year-round
By Libby Weiland, Statewide Network Coordinator & Joann Darling, Good Food Good Medicine Joann Darling is a Food Justice educator for the Barre-based group, Good Food Good Medicine. Good Food Good Medicine is a grassroots food justice program that provides adult and children’s community food and gardening education free of charge to residents in two […]
Advice from the Field: Workplace Garden Videos
Hear from employees about their own experience with workplace gardens!
Unifying Ideas: Stamford Seed Savers
By Libby Weiland, Statewide Network Coordinator & Stephen Greene, Stamford Seed Savers Long-time garden organizers, Helen Fields and Stephen Greene—instrumental movers and shakers in the school and community gardening movement in Southern Vermont—are excited to have turned their focus on their home community—Stamford, Vermont. Helen and Stephen were looking for a project that would unify […]
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