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!
Collective Garden Registration is OPEN for 2026
What is “collective gardening”? A practice in resilience: empowering people to grow food for themselves and neighbors by helping to overcome the barriers to gardening like lack of land, start-up resources, tools, seeds, skill, confidence, or ample discretionary time. Collective gardens are communal growing spaces where gardeners share the work of planting, tending and harvesting […]
May 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 […]
New rainwater catchment systems used for a recent 100+pollinator planting
With the goal to create water access for community gardeners during shoulder season months (April/May and October/November) and during climate related stresses like prolonged droughts, Burlington Area Community Gardens (BACG) reinvigorated their water catchment systems at all community garden sites in the Burlington area. On average, the City of Burlington garden maintenance crew turns public […]
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