On April 12, 2011, Friends of Burlington Gardens awarded 40 mini-grants totaling $40,000 to support school community garden programs directly involving Vermont children and youths in hands-on food production education during the school year and summer months. The mini-grants will provide reimbursements for site improvements including raised beds, top soil and compost, fencing, water systems, […]

Ten communities around the state rebuild Irene-damaged gardens Ten gardens around the state rebuilt safe and secure food production sites in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene. The first round of 2012 Garden Flood Relief grants were made possible through an Irene Recovery Fund grant from the Vermont Community Foundation and the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont […]