Toolshed Tips: Fall Activities
By Libby Weiland, Program Coordinator Your October Tip: The season has arrived when our gardens begin to slow down. As we move indoors for warmth, preserving, and feasting on the bountiful harvest from the last month, let us not forget what remains in the remnants of our fall gardens. How do we transition from the […]
Toolshed Tips: Garden Assessment
Your September Tip: September is a great time to begin to gather information from gardeners, volunteers, and others about their experience with this season’s garden before the cool weather starts to push garden thoughts out of focus. Here are a few tips to learn more about how you’re garden is doing and what you’ll want to […]
Toolshed Tips: Share the Harvest
Your August tip: Welcome to the month of plenty! This is the time you’ve been waiting for all season. This beautiful abundance can quickly turn into an overwhelming amount of food, which is a very good thing if you know how to manage it. Here are a few ideas for helping your gardeners get the […]
Compost Grant Winners Announced
Green Mountain Compost and the Vermont Community Garden Network have teamed up to support local gardens with donations of new compost, seeds, and other resources. The spring 2014 grants were open to any community-based initiative or program that serves low-income gardeners in Chittenden County. Eligible applicants include schools, community groups, neighborhoods, workplaces, public housing sites, […]
Benefits of Community Gardens
Check out this fun infographic created by John Mejia and Aleyna Rodriguez in their Spring 2014 Participatory Action Research class at the University of Vermont:
Toolshed Tips: Action Planning
The Toolshed: Tips for Garden Leaders Your December tip: Remember that incredible brainstorm session you had with your garden group at the end of the season? The one where you came up with a long list of ideas for the future of your garden? If you haven’t already taken action now’s the time to dust […]
2008-2010 Successful Community Gardens Mini-grant Program
The Vermont Community Foundation provided grant funding to Friends of Burlington Gardens to support the 2008-2009 Successful Community Gardens Mini-grant Program. Each of the mini-grant recipients listed below received a $500 mini-grant from FBG to aid in establishing a new allotment style community garden. Fall 2008 mini-grant award recipients: Morgan Spring Community Garden (Bennington) Macrae […]
2008 Burlington School and Youth Garden mini-grant awards
2008 Burlington School and Youth Garden mini-grant awards Six mini-grants totaling $2,825 were awarded to school and youth gardens in Burlington that directly involve K-12 students during the summer months. Mini-grants were used for improvements including raised beds, top soil, fencing, water systems, and signs/bulletin boards. Preference was given to garden projects serving low to […]
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