Water is always at the top of a gardener’s list of concerns, but with drought and heat unusual to Vermont’s gardening season the question of how to get enough water to thirsty plants has been particularly salient. Old systems that gardens put up with in milder years are no longer cutting it. Community gardeners have […]
Interns Support Community-based Garden Education
Thanks to an energetic and talented group of interns, VCGN is able to facilitate hands-on garden education–for seniors, adults, children and families, in residential settings, at the hospital, and in community gardens, with New American communities, UVM Medical Center patients, beginner organic gardeners, family play groups, restaurant workers, and others. Meet the team! Liza Greene […]
Birth of a Giving Garden
By Gordon Clark, Coordinator, Vermont Victory Gardens Inspired by a Hunger Council meeting early in 2019, some residents in the Village of Barton, Vermont, close to the Canadian border in Orleans County, decided to build a few raised beds for local residents in need. There were no takers. Issues of time, experience, skills and tools […]
Pop Up PLANT Sale!
All kinds of plants, bareroot perennials and spring bulbs, June 5th in South Burlington & June 6th in Essex Junction. Stop by Saturday, June 5 at American Meadows (2438 Shelburne Road, South Burlington) from 10am – 2pm AND/OR Sunday, June 6 at the First Congregational Church (39 Main Street, Essex Junction) from 2pm-4pm to stock […]
Vermont Victory Gardens
Is your community garden growing food for Vermonters in need – or would you like to? Then please consider joining Vermont Victory Gardens! VVG is a project of the UVM Master Gardeners, in partnership with the Vermont Community Garden Network, to inspire, connect and support those who are growing food to help combat hunger in our […]
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