Supporting community and school gardens in Vermont.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“What happens to all these lovely school gardens in the most bountiful months of the summer, when school is out and there is no one to tend them?” Kathleen Kesson poses this often-asked question in an excellent article found in Seven Days Kids. Experience tells us that the answer boils down to two areas: 1) […]
Free workshops on growing your own food and other sustainable gardening practices taking place at the Intervale in Burlington!
Every year VCGN is blessed by a energetic and creative team of garden educators–this year is no exception! Our seasonal staff for 2021 come to us from across the state and will be supporting gardeners and leading programming in Chittenden, Addison and Washington Counties. In addition to this dynamic team we will also have garden […]
Connect to request and share seeds in Burlington or learn how to start your own local swap at BTV Seed Swap. Our Annual Burlington Seed Swap is a little different this year! Like so many things, COVID has forced us to go virtual for the much anticipated Seed Swap. The good news? Our new BTV Seed […]
A conversation with Mindy Blank, Executive Director, Community Resilience Organizations This actually gives me a lot of hope for the future because agriculture is something that can realistically be regenerative—obviously, it will take a lot of work for regenerative agriculture to become a common practice, but it can be done. Regeneration Corps participant from Sharon […]
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